SecurityScorecard Weekly Brief: The Driftnet Edition on Critical Infrastructure - Gilad F. Maizles

⚡ In this week’s Weekly Brief: The Driftnet Edition, Cyber Researcher Gilad F. Maizles breaks down new SecurityScorecard research powered by the company’s acquisition of Driftnet, exposing widespread internet-facing risk inside a U.S. municipal utility provider that also operated as the town’s ISP.

“Threat actors will always target the lowest hanging fruit.”

🌐 Using the Driftnet engine, SecurityScorecard identified significantly more internet-facing services and attack paths than traditional methodologies:

🔎 1,498 internet-facing services and 692 IP addresses, with 64% showing at least one technical issue that increased exposure risk
🔎 25 Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEVs) across internet-facing systems
🔎 382 IPs with weak or misconfigured encryption

🎥 One of the most concerning findings: surveillance equipment operating inside the same network environments as operational technology (OT) and industrial control systems (ICS).

The research showed how exposed cameras and internet-connected systems could potentially create pathways into critical infrastructure environments tied to critical utilties and communications services.

👉 Download the Driftnet report today: https://securityscorecard.com/resources/reports/securityscorecards-new-driftnet-engine-reveals-americas-small-town-surveillance-blind-spot/

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