Chuck Benson

Internet of Things (IoT) risk mitigation & management for institutions & cities.

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@MathsCirclesOz Rush

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#EPA says over 148,000 #water systems in the US. That's a lot of #OT / #IoT https://t.co/yzL6BoJKPH #risk #criticalinfrastructure #CI

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per #FBI #hive #ransomware group has extorted over $100 million from 1300 organizations since June 2021 https://t.co/v8b24HwBVU #risk #IoT

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while no big surprise, report lists ethernet/IP, #modbus, & #bacnet as top 3 industrial control #ics protocols https://t.co/bLURFhQ8J0 #risk #iot

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per #GAO report, loss of #safety just one example potential impacts from cyber attacks on #offshore oil & gas facilities #IoT #OT #risk https://t.co/AaptNuexCi (table pg 18)

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log jam on the #Bosporus -- a study in interdependencies. RussianWaronUkraine -> G7 sanctions -> loss of shipping insurance -> insurance workarounds -> administrative back log -> physical energy supply back log https://t.co/1UgWWuWL3N #risk #maritime #energy #iot

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#GAO admonishes Dept of Interior's Bureau of Safety & Environmental Enforcement #BSEE for not sufficiently addressing cybersecurity for the network of > 1600 offshore #oil & #gas #facilities https://t.co/rh0Aw3Kmjn #risk #iot #wheretheresCriticalInfrastructuretheresIoT

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#microsoft report says #IoT devices using #ARM processors are most targeted for compromises (though report does not give the denominator, ie the relative total number of ARM processors deployed in IoT devices compared to other manufacturers) https://t.co/bLURFhQ8J0 #risk

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#TSA issues Security Directive that requires #rail operators submit a Cybersecurity Implementation Plan within 3 months https://t.co/f6djlC3aZ8 #risk #iot #OT #transportation

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#microsoft-named #threat actors - gadolinium, radium, & gallium - found active in #Pacific island governments in #solomonislands & #PapuaNewGuinea . roughly coincides w/ China-Pacific Island Countries (PICs) Foreign Ministers’ Meeting in
Fiji https://t.co/bLURFhQ8J0 #risk #iot

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Government Accountability office #GAO concerned about lack of consistency in #IoT cybersecurity & risk mitigation approaches between #DHS, #DOE, & #DHHS https://t.co/e0ykSTCiaZ #risk #criticalinfrastructure

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#China focuses network ops on #SoutheastAsia & #Pacific island nations & groups in response to 'renewed interest' in the region by the #US. https://t.co/bLURFhQ8J0 Eg the US Marine Corps' #usmc major force redesign to focus on China/Pacific #risk #OT #iot #Geopolitics

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Environmental concerns & Russian war on Ukraine & its impacts on #Europe 's #energy supply are two contributing factors causing several countries to consider pulling out of the Energy Charter Treaty #ECT https://t.co/ZxCms4Ssia #risk #iot

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in #microsoft report, 32% of firmware images analyzed contained at least 10 critical vulnerabilities https://t.co/bLURFhQ8J0 #risk #iot #OT

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#microsoft on #Russia n cyber operations on #Ukraine this winter. The piece is hardly unbiased, but still worth a scan. https://t.co/ziBYktKnMO #iot #criticalinfrastructure #risk #geopolitics

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new #phishing infographic from #CISA https://t.co/A8pGdVT8tB #risk #iot

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human operated #ransomware most prevalent; 1/3 of targets successfully compromised; 5% of those are ransomed https://t.co/bLURFhQ8J0 #risk #iot #OT

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estimated 921 password attacks per second -- an increase of 74% in one year https://t.co/bLURFhQ8J0 #risk #iot

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I am a contributing author to new book just published by the Army War College Press on energy security and #hybrid #warfare, “What Ukraine Taught NATO about Hybrid Warfare.” Mine is Chapter 2, “The Internet of Things Challenge.” #risk #iot

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