SCADA stories
Industrial firms face growing disruption as ransomware incidents rose 12% to 1,140 in the second quarter, Dragos said.
The open-source move could cut latency to microseconds as AI systems increasingly need storage to act like part of the compute path.
Smaller operators face faster, cheaper attacks as Five Eyes agencies say frontier AI could reshape cyber threats within months.
Fewer firms are overestimating OT security maturity, as only 14% can see their environments fully and gaps are coming into focus.
Alarm floods across data centres, pipelines and power grids can now be reduced to one incident, if operators can route and document fast enough.
Connected factory networks are widening the attack surface, with SonicWall warning that old flaws and weak access controls can expose production systems.
Ageing networks and tighter budgets are pushing operators to use data to cut outages, prioritise maintenance and stretch asset life.
Generative AI is helping Tehran speed up phishing, malware and influence campaigns, while making attacks harder to attribute.
AI-driven vulnerability hunting for power, water and transport systems is set to expand as Nozomi brings OT expertise to Anthropic's initiative.
Australian councils will keep the same support as the move folds Metasphere telemetry and analytics into Grundfos' water utility business.
A four-day shutdown at a UK energy site has intensified warnings that ageing infrastructure leaves critical national systems exposed to wider disruption.
Hybrid critical infrastructure estates are leaving contractor and vendor access unseen, raising compliance and supply chain risk under reformed CIRMP rules.
Supermarkets and hospitals could face spoiled stock and medicines after flaws in two widely used refrigeration controller platforms were disclosed.
Businesses risk building outages and wider network breaches unless they secure internet-connected systems, Restore Information Management has warned.
Factory downtime risks and supply chain disruption have made UK manufacturing the country's most targeted sector for ransomware, SonicWall said.
The move cuts outage risk for industrial sites that need fast recovery in offline environments supporting critical services worldwide.
Ransomware attacks on British factory systems jumped to 1.84 million in five months, raising the risk of production stoppages and supply chain disruption.
Critical infrastructure operators could gain a single managed route for sensitive data as the partners remove reliance on public internet paths.
Remote Australian operators can now keep Starlink traffic off the public internet, easing security concerns for critical systems and SCADA links.
Growing threats to UK critical infrastructure have pushed Siemens and NCC Group to join forces on protecting industrial systems from cyber attacks.
