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Threats target financial institutions, fintech, and cryptocurrencies

May 23, 2019 admin APTs, Banking apps, banking trojans, banks, bitcoin, cryptocurrencies, cryptocurrency, cryptowallets, emotet, exploit kits, financial institutions, financials, Fintech, information stealers, Infrastructure, malware, vital, vital infrastructure

Credit to Author: Pieter Arntz| Date: Fri, 10 May 2019 15:00:00 +0000

Losing trust in financial institutions can have a disrupting effect on society. And malware authors love to target these direct sources of money. How can we protect them?

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Tags: APTs banking apps banking Trojans banks bitcoin cryptocurrencies cryptocurrency cryptowallets emotet exploit kits financial institutions financials fintech information stealers infrastructure malware vital

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Thinking of updating your medium voltage switchgear? Hereafter what do you need to consider?

May 13, 2019 admin aging electrical equipment, electrical safety, Infrastructure, Maintenance, modernization, Replace Breaker, Retrofit, services, switchgear

Credit to Author: Georges Barbarin| Date: Mon, 13 May 2019 15:07:31 +0000

As the saying goes, ‘time is money’, and with the cost of downtime increasing into the millions per hour, this has never been truer. Consequently, the need for a reliable,… Read more »

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Vital infrastructure: Threats target financial institutions, fintech, and cryptocurrencies

May 10, 2019 admin APTs, Banking apps, banking trojans, banks, bitcoin, Business, cryptocurrencies, cryptocurrency, cryptowallets, emotet, exploit kits, financial institutions, financials, Fintech, information stealers, Infrastructure, malware, Security world, vital

Credit to Author: Pieter Arntz| Date: Fri, 10 May 2019 15:00:00 +0000

Losing trust in financial institutions can have a disrupting effect on society. And malware authors love to target these direct sources of money. How can we protect them?

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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 »

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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 »

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