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NY Nuke Safe Despite Nearby Gas Pipeline
Indian Point Energy Center nuclear power plant would remain safe should there be a potential accident on a 42-inch natural gas pipeline located near the plant, said an expert team of Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) staff and outside specialists. In …
Adobe Patches for April
Adobe released its April Patch Tuesday security fixes for three product lines with all issues falling under the important category. The products are ColdFusion, Adobe After Effects and Adobe Digital Editions. ColdFusion 2016 versions 14 and earlier and …
Industrial Cybersecurity is Different
By Gary DiFazio Industrial cybersecurity is a unique animal. It brings together safety principles from the OT environment and security principles from the IT environment to protect your plant’s assets, as well as processes, networks and data. Without c …
Suspected Darknet Vendor Busted
A Maryland man is facing charges after his arrest Thursday for unlawful distribution of medications through the Darknet, and money laundering involving Bitcoin, federal law enforcement officials said. William Anderson Burgamy IV, 32, of Hanover, MD, Bu …
COVID-19 Effects on Safety Operations
By Gregory Hale Cybersecurity issues remain a top issue during the COVID-19 pandemic, but little has been said about the safety ramifications industrial operations are facing as they undergo production slowdowns and reduced operations. With more compan …
Webcast to Focus on Decommissioning NY Nuke
Decommissioning of the Buchanan, NY-based Indian Point nuclear power plant will be the topic of a webinar on April 21, said officials at the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC). The purpose of the webinar will be to provide key facts regarding the deco …
Education Needed for Ransomware Attacks: Report
Employees across business organizations of all sizes and industries lack a basic knowledge of the increasingly popular ransomware, a new study found. In fact, 45 percent of business employee respondents in North America (U.S. and Canada) said they woul …
COVID-19 and Growth of Mobile Robotics
Coronavirus has highlighted use cases for mobile robotics to successfully disinfect, monitor, look over, handle, and deliver materials to the point where the market will grow to $23 billion by 2021, new research showed. “Crises shift perceptions on wha …
NRC OKs Uranium Conversion Facility Renewal
The Nuclear Regulatory Commission has renewed the operating license of Honeywell International’s uranium conversion plant in Metropolis, IL, for an additional 40 years. The new license expires March 24, 2060. Uranium conversion is an important step in …
Oklo Applies for Idaho Fast Reactor
Oklo Power LLC applied for a license to build and operate the company’s Aurora compact fast reactor in Idaho, federal officials said. Oklo filed the application March 11, seeking Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) approval of an advanced reactor coole …
Considerations in Choosing a Defendable Safety System Architecture
Choices for SIS and BPCS architecture impact the life of the process and productivity of personnel Editor’s Note: Faced with designing and implementing both a safety instrumented system (SIS) and a basic process control system (BPCS), project team lead …
Russian-Based Hacker Platform Taken Down
A Russian-based cyber platform known as DEER.IO was shut down by the FBI Tuesday, and its suspected administrator, Kirill Victorovich Firsov, is now facing charges with crimes related to the hacking of U.S. companies for customers’ personal information …
CA Man Sent to Slammer for Analytics Firm Hack
A California man will spend seven years and eight months in federal prison after he was sentenced last week for extortion, computer fraud, and wire fraud for hacking into an Atlanta-based computer analytics company and attempting to extort money from t …
LILIN Hybrid DVR can Ease in IP Cameras
Lilin’s DHD516A 16-channel hybrid network video recorder allows users to bring in IP cameras to their surveillance systems as needs arise. LILIN’s DHD516A 16-channel hybrid network video recorder allows users to introduce IP cameras to their surveillan …
Visibility for Physical, Cyber Security
By Chet Namboodri A small 20-person rock crushing operation suffered a cyberattack that shut operations down for the day. One of the company’s conveyor belt control systems was unable to sense if it was on or off, so the belt kept moving. Product conti …
ManageEngine Vulnerability Fixed
Zoho released a security update on a vulnerability affecting its ManageEngine Desktop Central build 10.0.473 and below where a remote attacker could exploit this issue to take control of an affected system. ManageEngine Desktop Central is a unified end …
Feds Seeking Tracking System for Water
The U.S. government is looking for start-ups to develop or adapt a system to more clearly mark and track objects in the water. The new Maritime Object Tracking Technology solicitation is looking for new technology that could become a valuable part of m …
Working to Connect Remote First Responders
Colorado’s Rocky Mountains, known for panoramic vistas, wildlife, old gold mines and sports of all kinds, are attracting new pioneers: Engineers working to improve emergency communications. First responders face many communications challenges, includin …
Data Storage Provider Deals for Security Analytics Firm
Data center and storage system provider, Mellanox Technologies, Ltd. will acquire Titan IC Systems Limited, a network intelligence (NI) and security technology provider. Titan offers search and big data analytics across a broad range of applications in …
Moxa Patches Holes in Wireless Device
Moxa patch multiple vulnerabilities in its AWK-3131A wireless networking device, according to a report with CISA. The vulnerabilities are improper access control, use of hard-coded cryptographic key, OS command injection, use of hard-coded credentials, …