Threats & Vulnerabilities
An Elevator Ride with Mission Secure
Every company has an elevator pitch. But what if your building doesn't have an elevator? What if you work from home? We don't want you to miss out on our elevator pitch, ...
PIPEDREAM Malware: Understanding and Mitigating the Threat
The last year has brought unprecedented attention to the cybersecurity risks facing operational technology and industrial control systems. CISA’s new alert on APT Cyber Tools Targeting ICS/SCADA Devices adds even more urgency ...
Civil Defense 2.0
We have been witnesses to the escalation of tension in Eastern Europe for months now. Many were taken by surprise when on 23rd February Russia took military action against Ukraine. But Air ...
Best of 2021 – Worldwide Hack: Microsoft Exchange Server Zero-Day Exploits
Hundreds of thousands of worldwide organizations are newly hacked via holes in Microsoft’s email software per a Krebs on Security article posted March 5, 2021. “At least 30,000 organizations across the United ...
Detecting and Blocking Log4j Attacks with Mission Secure
Log4j is a Java-based logging framework used worldwide in applications, services, and websites. In December 2021, Log4j was revealed to have a critical vulnerability that allows remote code execution via a relatively ...
REvil & Kaseya Shine a Spotlight on Lacking Cyber Protections
Note: Mission Secure does not incorporate Kaseya software in any of our 24/7 OT cybersecurity managed services or technology stack and is not at risk for any indicators of compromise (IOCs) associated ...
When Cybersecurity Regulation Becomes Mandatory
Sunday, June 27th, marked the 30-day vulnerability assessment report deadline prescribed in late May by the Transportation Security Administration (TSA). In direct response to the Colonial Pipeline cyber-attack that shut down operations ...
Ransomware Attack Shuts Down Fuel Pipeline Supplying the East Coast
Colonial Pipeline reported a cyber-attack that resulted in a halting of their fuel pipeline operations to the East Coast per sources including this Bloomberg article originally posted on May 8, 2021. Just ...
The Physical Impact of Manufacturing Cyber Threats
Cyber Threats to Physical Systems are Increasing in Sophistication and Volume The recent growth in cyber-attacks against operational technology (OT) systems is unprecedented. According to IBM’s 2020 X-Force Threat Intelligence Index report, ...
Cyber Threats to Manufacturing Industry
Cyber Threats to Manufacturing Industry: Cyber Threats to Physical Systems are Increasing in Sophistication and Volume The manufacturing sector continues to be the most active battleground between threat actors and operational technology ...
