OT Security

Mounting cybersecurity threats aimed at operational technology systems have prompted the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, the FBI, the National Security Agency, and the Environmental Protection Agency, as well as cybersecurity enforcement agencies in Canada, Germany, the Netherlands, Australia, and New Zealand, to unveil joint guidelines for OT asset inventorying, reports Cybersecurity Dive.

Highly destructive operational technology cyberattacks around the world could have a financial toll of almost $330 billion yearly, while resulting in business interruption costs of over $172 billion, reports Cybersecurity Dive.

Exploitation in OT networks could alter sensor readings, trigger outages, introduce safety risks, and cause physical damage.

Intrusions targeting the already patched maximum severity Erlang/Open Telecom Platform SSH vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2025-32433, have significantly increased in May, with operational technology firewalls targeted by almost 70% of the attacks, The Hacker News reports.

Lenovo's Linux-based 510 FHD and Performance FHD webcams have been impacted by multiple security flaws dubbed "BadCam," which could be harnessed to facilitate keystroke injections and operating system-independent intrusions, Security Affairs reports.

Axis Communications has over 6,500 internet-exposed servers managing multiple video surveillance systems, almost 4,000 of which are in the U.S., threatening the compromise of security cameras impacted by a quartet of software vulnerabilities that could lead to hijacking attacks, reports The Hacker News.