Tech giant International Business Machines (IBM) has called on the government to establish a shared service center of excellence to develop protections against supply chain disruptions, according to a recent report it released in collaboration with experts from government, business, academia, and the nonprofit sectors.
CISA Releases One Industrial Control Systems Advisory
Release Date: June 27, 2023
CISA released one Industrial Control Systems (ICS) advisory on June 27, 2023. These advisories provide timely information about current security issues, vulnerabilities, and exploits surrounding ICS.
CISA encourages users and administrators to review the newly released ICS advisory for technical details and mitigations.
DOD Enters $13.8 Million Agreement to Expand Domestic Manufacturing to Strengthen U.S. Supply Chains
The Department of Defense’s Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Industrial Base Policy (OASD(IBP)), through its Manufacturing Capability Expansion and Investment Prioritization (MCEIP) Directorate, announced it has entered a $13.8 million agreement with The Timken Company (Timken) to increase production of high-precision ball bearings at its facility in Keene, New Hampshire.
Iowa’s largest school district confirms ransomware attack, data theft
Des Moines Public Schools, Iowa’s largest school district, confirmed today that a ransomware attack was behind an incident that forced it to take all networked systems offline on January 9, 2023.
While the school district also received a ransom demand following the attack from an unnamed ransomware group, the ransom has not been paid.
Almost 6,700 individuals whose data was affected in the resulting data breach will be contacted this week with details regarding what personal information was exposed.
Supply Chain Attack Defense Demands Mature Threat Hunting
The best cyber defense for organizations worried about protecting systems against the next software supply chain cyberattack comes down to active monitoring and threat hunting, experts say.
“Multiple software supply chain security failures in recent years have demonstrated that security extends well beyond the traditional ‘four walls’ cyber security model.”
China’s exports tumble in May as global demand falters
China’s exports shrank much faster than expected in May while imports extended declines with a grim outlook for global demand, especially from developed markets, raising doubts about the fragile economic recovery.
The world’s second-largest economy grew faster than expected in the first quarter thanks to robust services consumption and a backlog of orders following years of COVID disruptions, but factory output has slowed as rising interest rates and inflation squeeze demand in the United States and Europe.
CISA Releases One Industrial Control Systems Advisory
CISA released one Industrial Control Systems (ICS) advisory on May 30, 2023. These advisories provide timely information about current security issues, vulnerabilities, and exploits surrounding ICS.
- ICSA-23-150-01 Advantech WebAccess/SCADA
CISA encourages users and administrators to review the newly released ICS advisory for technical details and mitigations.
U.S. and International Partners Release Advisory Warning of PRC State-Sponsored Cyber Activity
WASHINGTON – The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), National Security Agency (NSA), and Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), along with the Australian Signals Directorate’s Australian Cyber Security Centre (ACSC), the Communications Security Establishment’s Canadian Centre for Cyber Security (CCCS), the New Zealand National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC-NZ), and the United Kingdom National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC-UK) are publishing a Joint Cybersecurity Advisory today that shares technical details regarding malicious activity by a People’s Republic of China (PRC) state-sponsored cyber actor.
China Bans U.S. Chip Giant Micron, Citing “Serious Cybersecurity Problems”
China has banned U.S. chip maker Micron from selling its products to Chinese companies working on key infrastructure projects, citing national security risks. The development comes nearly two months after the country’s cybersecurity authority initiated a probe in late March 2023 to assess potential network security risks. “The purpose of this network security review of Micron’s products is to prevent product network security problems from endangering the security of national critical information infrastructure, which is a necessary measure to maintain national security,” the Cyberspace Administration of China (CAC) said.
Food distribution giant Sysco warns of data breach after cyberattack
Sysco, a leading global food distribution company, has confirmed that its network was breached earlier this year by attackers who stole sensitive information, including business, customer, and employee data. In an internal memo sent to employees on May 3rd and seen by BleepingComputer, the company revealed that customer and supplier data in the U.S. and Canada, as well as personal information belonging to U.S. employees, may have been impacted in the incident.