cyber hygiene

  1. VIDEO AA21-287A: Ongoing Cyber Threats to U.S. Water and Wastewater Systems

    Original release date: October 14, 2021 Summary Immediate Actions WWS Facilities Can Take Now to Protect Against Malicious Cyber Activity • Do not click on Link Removed. • If you use RDP, secure and monitor it. • Use Link Removed. • Use Link Removed. Note: This advisory uses the MITRE...
  2. AA21-243A: Ransomware Awareness for Holidays and Weekends

    Original release date: August 31, 2021 Summary Immediate Actions You Can Take Now to Protect Against Ransomware • Make an offline backup of your data. • Do not click on Link Removed. • If you use RDP, secure and monitor it. • Link Removed your OS and software. • Use Link Removed. • Use Link...
  3. AA21-042A: Compromise of U.S. Water Treatment Facility

    Original release date: February 11, 2021 Summary On February 5, 2021, unidentified cyber actors obtained unauthorized access to the supervisory control and data acquisition (SCADA) system at a U.S. drinking water treatment plant. The unidentified actors used the SCADA system’s software to...
  4. TA15-213A: Recent Email Phishing Campaigns – Mitigation and Response Recommendations

    Original release date: August 01, 2015 Systems Affected Microsoft Windows Systems, Adobe Flash Player, and Linux Overview Between June and July 2015, the United States Computer Emergency Readiness Team (US-CERT) received reports of multiple, ongoing and likely evolving, email-based phishing...