OT Security

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.

A decade of breach and insurance claims data analyzed in OT cybersecurity report.

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.