GBHackers News reports that nearly 2,200 breached Cisco Small Business RV, Linksys LRT, and Araknis routers have recorded spikes in illicit scanning activities since July 30.
The report emphasizes the growing integration of IT and OT systems, noting that vulnerabilities, including weak identity and access management, insecure internet exposure, and insufficient segmentation, make these industries prime targets for ransomware, hacktivists, and state-sponsored attackers.
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.
