Hackers Gone Wild: Dragos Unleashes 2025 OT/ICS Cybersecurity Insights
Dragos’ 2025 OT/ICS Cybersecurity Report reveals a whirlwind of hacker hijinks. With nine active threat groups in 2024, including the Iran-linked Bauxite and Russia’s Graphite, it’s a cyber carnival out there. Add in ransomware shenanigans and ICS malware Fuxnet and FrostyGoop, and you’ve got a blockbuster thriller for industrial cybersecurity!
Hot Take:
Brace yourselves, the cyber Avengers are here, and they’re not playing nice. In this epic tale of industrial espionage, hackers are donning capes and aliases like CyberAv3ngers and Sandworm, throwing malware like AcidPour and FrostyGoop around like digital confetti at a villain’s party. It’s a cyber circus, folks, and the clowns are far from funny.
Key Points:
– Dragos’ 2025 OT/ICS Cybersecurity Report unveils two new threat groups: Bauxite and Graphite.
– Bauxite, linked to Iran, is targeting sectors across the US, Europe, Australia, and the Middle East.
– Graphite, associated with Russia, has interests tied to the Ukraine conflict.
– An 87% surge in ransomware attacks on industrial organizations was recorded last year.
– Two new ICS malware, Fuxnet and FrostyGoop, made an impactful debut in 2024.