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Continuing our OT:ICEFALL research, Vedere Labs has disclosed three new vulnerabilities affecting OT products from two German vendors: Festo automation controllers and the CODESYS runtime, which is used by hundreds of device manufacturers in different industrial sectors, including Festo. As in the original OT:ICEFALL disclosure, these issues exemplify either an insecure-by-design approach— which was usual […]

Some economic sectors may be hitting the brakes, but the cybersecurity talent shortage persists across all industries and shows no signs of abating – not while sophisticated cyberattacks continue to rise in number and complexity. The 2022 (ISC)2 Cybersecurity Workforce Study found that even as the global cybersecurity workforce is at an all-time high, it […]

Update as of November 4, 2022: Forescout has just released an update of the eyeInspect dynamic threat detection capabilities (Threat Detection Add-Ons v1.14). This version introduces alerting for communications involving hosts using a vulnerable OpenSSL 3.0 version. The detection is based on specific HTTP server header field patterns we found, in most cases related to […]

In cybersecurity, three key terms are vulnerability, threat and risk. Often they’re tossed around interchangeably, but they have a specific relationship to one another: A risk is the potential for loss or damage caused by a threat exploiting a vulnerability. In statistical terms, risk is the probability of a negative event occurring and its potential […]

Over the last two years since going private, Forescout has undergone a significant transformation. We are extremely proud of our 20+ year heritage as the world’s leading network access control provider, yet we knew that we had untapped potential. Decades of deep analysis of network admission protocols and requirements, the world’s largest repository of device […]

The growing number and diversity of connected devices in every industry presents new challenges for organizations to understand and manage the risks they are exposed to. Most organizations now host a combination of interconnected IT, OT and IoT devices in their networks that has increased their attack surface. According to a recent report by the […]

It’s with great pleasure that we announce that Forescout has been awarded with “Overall IoT Security Solution of the Year” for our Forescout Continuum Platform in the 6th annual CyberSecurity Breakthrough Awards. This is the second consecutive year Forescout has been an award recipient in the CyberSecurity Breakthrough Awards in recognition of the support we […]

Government agencies rely on IoT and OT devices to carry out their missions and manage everything from security cameras and personal identity verification (PIV) card readers that monitor and control access to facilities and data, to environmental controls that improve comfort, safety and efficiency. Data centers couldn’t operate around the clock without tightly controlled air […]

On September 12, the FBI released a private industry notification entitled “Unpatched and Outdated Medical Devices Provide Cyber Attack Opportunities.” The notification underscores how a growing number of vulnerabilities in medical devices and Internet of Medical Things (IoMT) assets can be exploited by threat actors to “impact healthcare facilities’ operational functions, patient safety, data confidentiality […]