Manufacturing industry at greater risk of cyberattacks

Manufacturing businesses are seeing higher-than-normal rates of cyberattack-related reconnaissance and lateral movement activity. This is due to the convergence of IT with IoT devices and Industry 4.0 initiatives, according to a new report from AI-powered attack detection specialists Vectra. "The interconnectedness of Industry 4.0-driven operations, such as those that involve industrial control systems, along with the escalating deployment of industrial internet-of-things (IIoT) devices, has created a massive, attack surface for cybercriminals to exploit," says Chris Morales, head of security analytics at Vectra. State affiliated attackers accounted for 53 percent of attacks on manufacturing, according to the according to the 2018… [Continue Reading]