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Nearly 4,000 US industrial devices exposed to Iranian cyberattacks
The attack surface targeted by Iranian-linked hackers in cyberattacks against U.S. critical infrastructure networks includes thousands of Internet-exposed programmable logic controllers (PLCs) manufactured by Rockwell Automation. According to a joint advisory issued by multiple U.S. federal agencies on Tuesday, Iranian state-backed hacking groups have been targeting Rockwell Automation/Allen-Bradley PLC devices since March 2026, causing operational disruptions and […]
US warns of Iranian hackers targeting critical infrastructure
Iranian-linked hackers are targeting Internet-exposed Rockwell/Allen-Bradley programmable logic controllers (PLCs) on the networks of U.S. critical infrastructure organizations. The warning came earlier today in the form of a joint advisory authored by the FBI, CISA, NSA, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Department of Energy (DOE), and the United States Cyber Command – Cyber National Mission […]
Malicious NuGet packages drop disruptive ‘time bombs’
Several malicious packages on NuGet have sabotage payloads scheduled to activate in 2027 and 2028, targeting database implementations and Siemens S7 industrial control devices. The embedded malicious code uses a probabilistic trigger, so it may or may not activate depending on a set of parameters on the infected device. NuGet is an open-source package manager and software […]