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A shooting and mass casualty incident in San Francisco, interdiction of narco traffickers entering the country, and attacks in a casino resort. Repeatedly we are provided examples for the requirement of integrated communications. Gruesome as the real life examples may be, we see in the nightly news how first responder organizations with sophisticated and comprehensive support…
Absolutely! Drones continue to be employed in all areas of our daily lives; railways are not an exception. The low operational cost of drones make it an attractive alternative compared to manned aircraft and lesser capable ground sensors to conduct daily maintenance runs, inspections, surveillance and reconnaissance. As part of normal business operations railway companies…
The good news this week for many enterprises is that the Petya/NotPetya Ransomware scare is not really ransomware. The bad news, Petya turned out to be a worm that seizes control of infected devices, spreads to other devices on the network, digitizes its files, and has no intention of releasing them back to the owner,…
“Loose Lips Sink Ships”, that age old Force Protection measure from WWII posters has been replaced with “Don’t Click on That Link” warnings in an effort to protect critical infrastructure and corporate enterprises. It is about as serious as it can get, with a simple click of a link, a selection of a file icon,…
ALERT DISPATCH: New Threat June 28, 2017 The following threats need YOUR IMMEDIATE ATTENTION. As Cyber Attack Vectors-as-a-Service become more available hackers spreading malicious code and stealing personal data to sell on the black market seem to have become more emboldened. From our Open Threat Exchange: Petya Ransomware Sweeping Across the World NOW! Affecting…
Expert predictions of the growing trends in global activity in terrorism, crisis response and the affects of cyber attacks appear to be coming true. They all continue to point to ongoing events as evidence that adversarial intentions and malicious behavior will cause turmoil and disruption to normal business operations around the world. As…
In January of this year we reported on the potential rise of Cyber attacks on Industrial Control Systems and SCADA (ICS, SCADA and Ransomware). It is now being reported that ‘CrashOverride’, an attack vector that targeted the Ukraine electric grid last year, is now threatening Natural Gas and other infrastructure sectors across the globe. The National…
During the WANNACRY attack in May 2017 we reported on the surge of another Ransomware attack, JAFF. Like its partner in crime, JAFF seizes its victim’s computer or data storage and demands a ransom to be paid for the encryption key that allows the victim to unlock the data. No harm, no foul, right? Wong!…
It really is a minefield out there! A cyber minefield, but a minefield nonetheless. Cyber Threat Analyst have discovered a new malware delivery method that uses a PowerPoint file embedded in an email as its vector. The email body directs the reader to “see attached” item. The email message attempts to entice the reader by…