Infrastructure – Computer Security Articles

From 5% to 94% Grid Visibility: How Ecuador Modernized Its Energy Distribution Network with ADMS

February 22, 2019 admin ADMS, centralization, digitalization, Ecuador, Electricity Companies, Energy distribution network, energy future, Energy Management/Energy Efficiency, future, Infrastructure, Integration, modernization, power distribution, Power Outages, Renewable energy, Smart Grid, Sustainability

Credit to Author: Jose Angel Rios Blanco| Date: Fri, 22 Feb 2019 13:27:18 +0000

Energy distribution modernization requires a coordinated, strategic, research and development effort, and an implementation that involves collaboration between public and private sectors. Economic growth and prosperity, national security and the… Read more »

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Compromising vital infrastructure: communication

February 8, 2019 admin botnets, Breaking the internet, Business, communication, DDos attack, Domain Generating Algorithms, encryption, hordes, Infrastructure, internet backbone, Misinformation and fake news, mobile telephone networks, Myanmar, Redundancy, Security world, vital

Credit to Author: Pieter Arntz| Date: Fri, 08 Feb 2019 19:09:33 +0000

In the series about vital infrastructure we look at communication. How vital is it? How is malware a threat and even how does malware show us the way to secure communication?

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Tags: botnets Breaking the internet communication DDos attack Domain Generating Algorithms encryption hordes infrastructure internet backbone Misinformation and fake news mobile telephone networks Myanmar redundancy vital

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Silencing Your Noisy Data Center Infrastructure – with Liquid Cooling

January 19, 2019 admin air conditioner, condenser, CRAC, Data Center, data center infrastructure, density, HVAC, hybrid, hyperscale, Infrastructure, internet giant, IT, liquid cooling, Servers, storage, TDP, web giant

Credit to Author: Steven Carlini| Date: Fri, 18 Jan 2019 19:27:53 +0000

The world is generally a noisy place that is sometimes soothing or relaxing, but most often unpleasant with excessive levels of noise. In urban areas, there is constant noise emanating… Read more »

The post Silencing Your Noisy Data Center Infrastructure – with Liquid Cooling appeared first on Schneider Electric Blog.

MalwareBytes Security

Compromising vital infrastructure: transport and logistics

November 6, 2018 admin Business, cyberattacks, cybercrime, hacking, Infrastructure, logistics, NotPetya, phishing, prevent ransomware attacks, protection, ransomware, transport, WannaCry

Credit to Author: Pieter Arntz| Date: Tue, 06 Nov 2018 18:05:11 +0000

Transport and logistics are vital infrastructure, because we need them to deliver our daily necessities, but who is responsible for protecting them?

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Tags: cyberattacks hacking infrastructure logistics NotPetya phishing prevent ransomware attacks protection ransomware transport WannaCry

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Compromising vital infrastructure: how voting machines and elections are vulnerable

October 23, 2018 admin compromising voting machines, cybercrime, denial-of-service attacks, Elections, hacking, Infrastructure, machines, voting, voting machines

Credit to Author: Pieter Arntz| Date: Tue, 23 Oct 2018 12:00:00 +0000

What are our options for secure and honest election results? Should we be using voting machines or are there better alternatives?

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Tags: compromising voting machines Denial of Service attacks elections infrastructure machines voting Voting machines

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Reduce power outages by unleashing the digital power distribution grid

September 23, 2017 admin Access to Energy, Digital transformation, hurricanes, Infrastructure, microgrid, Smart Grid, Utilities

Credit to Author: Frederic Abbal| Date: Sat, 23 Sep 2017 21:35:22 +0000

Recent hurricanes have brought devastation to Puerto Rico, parts of Texas, the Caribbean, and Florida, causing millions of people to lose access to the grid. These unusually frequent catastrophic events remind… Read more »

The post Reduce power outages by unleashing the digital power distribution grid appeared first on Schneider Electric Blog.

Independent MotherBoard Security

Trump’s FCC Will Let Big Telecom Destroy Small Houston ISPs As It Rebuilds After Harvey

September 15, 2017 admin Broadband, Broadband Land, digital divide, Hurricane Harvey, hurricanes, Infrastructure, Natural Disasters

Credit to Author: Kaleigh Rogers| Date: Fri, 15 Sep 2017 15:33:59 +0000

The FCC has rules in place to prevent Big Telecom from leaving local competitors in the lurch, but it’s currently scrapping those rules.

Independent MotherBoard Security

Canada Will Study How Solar Storms Threaten Our Energy Grid

September 6, 2017 admin Canada, Canadian Space Agency, Coronal Mass Ejection, discoveries, energy grid, Infrastructure, Natural Resources Canada, Read, space, sun

Credit to Author: Kate Lunau| Date: Wed, 06 Sep 2017 12:00:00 +0000

“Our technology is getting more advanced, so we’re more susceptible to space weather.”

Security Wired

That Dallas Siren Hack Wasn’t Novel—It Was Just Really Loud

April 10, 2017 admin Critical Infrastructure, hacks, Infrastructure, Radio, Security

Credit to Author: Lily Hay Newman| Date: Mon, 10 Apr 2017 20:39:37 +0000

That Dallas Siren Hack Wasn’t Novel—It Was Just Really Loud

Emergency alert systems get hacked all the time. Consider this one a wake-up call. The post That Dallas Siren Hack Wasn’t Novel—It Was Just Really Loud appeared first on WIRED.

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Squirrels Keep Menacing the Power Grid. But at Least It’s Not the Russians

January 22, 2017 admin cyberattacks, cyberwar, electric grid, Infrastructure, power grid, Security, squirrels

A site that chronicles animals versus the power grid makes a good point about cyberwar hype, but an attack would still be serious business. The post Squirrels Keep Menacing the Power Grid. But at Least It’s Not the Russians appeared first on WIRED.