Dragos report finds significant 2023 increase in ransomware, geopolitically motivated attacks

A new report from Dragos analyzing threats to operational technology in 2023 shines a spotlight on factors driving an increase in ransomware attacks and how geopolitical conflicts are contributing to more attacks on critical infrastructure services.

“OT cyber threats reached a tipping point in 2023. Industrial and critical infrastructure has been moving away from highly customized facilities to ones that—for good economic and productivity reasons -- share the same industrial devices, technologies, and facility designs across sites and sectors," Dragos...