Control Loop: The OT Cybersecurity Podcast

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Control Loop: The OT Cybersecurity Podcast

Show Notes

The Palestinian hacktivist group GhostSec compromises Israeli PLCs. North Korea’s Lazarus Group targets the energy sector. The White House issues a memorandum on supply chain security. CISA issues advisories on ICS vulnerabilities. Guest Rachael Conrad of Rockwell Automation talks about how industrial automation organizations can achieve their connected enterprise by providing a safe and secure OT infrastructure. In the Learning Lab, Dragos' Mark Urban discusses the scale of the generation of electricity.

Control Loop News Brief. Palestinian threat actor compromises Israeli PLCs. “Pro-Palestinian Hacking Group Compromises Berghof PLCs in Israel,” (OTIRO) Lazarus Group targets the energy sector. “Lazarus and the tale of three RATs,” (Cisco Talos) White House issues memorandum on software supply chain security. “Enhancing the Security of the Software Supply Chain to Deliver a Secure Government Experience,” (The White House) CISA issues ICS advisories. MZ Automation libIEC61850 (CISA) PTC Kepware KEPServerEX (CISA) Baxter Sigma Spectrum Infusion Pump (CISA) Hillrom Medical Device Management (Update A) (CISA) Hitachi Energy TXpert Hub CoreTec 4 Sudo Vulnerability (CISA) Honeywell SoftMaster (CISA) Delta Industrial Automation DIAEnergie (CISA) Kingspan TMS300 CS (CISA) Paradox IP150 (Update A) (CISA) Siemens Mobility CoreShield OWG Software (CISA) Siemens Simcenter Femap and Parasolid (CISA) Siemens RUGGEDCOM ROS (CISA) Siemens Mendix SAML Module (CISA) Siemens SINEC INS (CISA) Siemens RUGGEDCOM ROS (Update A) (CISA) Simcenter Femap and Parasolid (CISA) Siemens Industrial Products Intel CPUs (Update A) (CISA) Siemens OpenSSL Affected Industrial Products (CISA) Siemens OpenSSL Vulnerability in Industrial Products (Update E) (CISA) Siemens SCALANCE (CISA)

Control Loop Interview. Rachael Conrad of Rockwell Automation joins Dave Bittner to talk about how industrial automation organizations can achieve their connected enterprise by providing a safe and secure OT infrastructure.

Control Loop Learning Lab. The Learning Lab has Mark Urban of Dragos, in part one of a two-part segment on electricity, explores the scale of the generation of electricity. For more detail, check out this blog post on Electricity by the Numbers. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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