Threat Management

A new kind of malware, known as Triton or TRISIS, goes after industrial safety systems that provide emergency shutdown capabilities. Experts say it can also be effective in attacking data center power and cooling systems.

The technology website The Register said a bug lets some software gain access to parts of a computer’s memory that are set aside to protect things like passwords. All computers with Intel chips from the past 10 years appear to be affected.

Here’s what data center managers can do to reduce exposure to the likes of the Andromeda botnet.

Encrypting data at rest and in flight is not enough; solution could help Equifax avoid epic breach

Attacks are growing in size, and “everyone has a target on their back.”

Compares “surge pricing” commensurate with attack size to vendor extortion

Christian Wienberg (Bloomberg) — A.P. Moller-Maersk A/S said a cyberattack that hit the owner of the world’s biggest container shipping company at the end of June will wipe as much as $300 million off profits in the third quarter.The...