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October 13, 2026

sanitised. IoT & ICS/OT Daily Briefing: 13 Oct 2026

sanitised. IoT & ICS/OT Daily Briefing · Tuesday 13 October 2026

Today in IoT & ICS/OT
ICS / OT & Critical Infrastructure
OT Visibility Without the Trade-Off: How Waterfall & Siemens Energy are Securing Critical Infrastructure together
Waterfall Security
Lior Frenkel on the joint Waterfall and Siemens Energy MDR solution: real-time OT visibility through Unidirectional Gateways, with no path back into the systems.
ICS / OT & Critical Infrastructure
Refrigeration Controller Hack Spoils Food Across European Supermarkets
SecurityWeek
Learn about Frontier Pace Governance: a practical approach to helping IT operations move at AI speed without sacrificing security, accountability, or operational discipline. Join as we decipher the world of zero trust and share war stories on securing an organization by eliminating implicit trust and continuously valid…
ICS / OT & Critical Infrastructure
Frontier AI cleared every OT attack goal Booz Allen set in its lab
Help Net Security
Booz Allen set frontier AI models against an isolated industrial-control testbed in its Chantilly, Virginia lab and watched them clear all eight attack objectives it had defined. The Booz Allen frontier AI OT test architecture (Source: Booz Allen) The models mapped the network, tied equipment to known weaknesses, wrote…
IoT & Hardware
Here’s a faster way to get rid of Flock cameras in your area
Cybernews
Getting rid of Flock cameras isn’t easy. You can break or block them, but the company will install them again – and you might get criminal charges thrown at you. A group of activists in Utah is proposing another way. Amidst concerns over Big Brother-type surveillance, unwanted data sharing, and reports of cops abusing …
ICS / OT & Critical Infrastructure
Stormshield appoints Christophe Canguilhem as president and CEO, succeeding Pierre-Yves Hentzen
Industrial Cyber
Stormshield, a European player in sovereign cybersecurity, announced that Christophe Canguilhem will succeed Pierre-Yves Hentzen as the company’s president and CEO, effective Jan. 1, 2027. To ensure a smooth and orderly handover, a three-month transition period will take place, allowing Canguilhem to work alongside Hen…
IoT & Hardware
ENISA, E.DSO, EE-ISAC, ENCS flag growing cyber risks to Europe’s energy infrastructure from AI, connected devices
Industrial Cyber
Europe’s energy sector needs to close the gap between rapidly evolving cyber threats and its ability to respond in practice, as geopolitical attacks, artificial intelligence (AI) and the rapid growth of connected energy technologies create risks that regulation alone cannot address, argue experts gathering at the 9th C…
ICS / OT & Critical Infrastructure
OT-ISAC, SUTD combine research and industry threat intelligence to strengthen OT cybersecurity preparedness
Industrial Cyber
The Operational Technology Information Sharing and Analysis Center (OT-ISAC) and the Singapore University of Technology and Design (SUTD) signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to work together on cybersecurity research, threat intelligence and cyber exercises. The aim is to make critical infrastructure in Singapor…
IoT & Hardware
Watch: All recordings from the IoTSF conference 2026 now available
IoT Security Foundation
Previously available to IoTSF members only, all recordings from our 12th annual conference in August 2026 are now available to enjoy on our YouTube channel.
ICS / OT & Critical Infrastructure
IonQ to acquire Elisity in $1.3 billion stock deal to expand zero trust, post-quantum security offerings
Industrial Cyber
IonQ, a full-stack quantum platform and foundry company, announced that it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Elisity Inc., a Zero Trust security company, in an all-stock transaction valued at up to $1.3 billion. The acquisition brings together IonQ’s post-quantum cryptography (PQC) and quantum key dist…
IoT & Hardware
Low-Cost Android Phones Ship With Preinstalled Malware That Turns Them Into Residential Proxies
The Hacker News
Low-cost Android smartphones have been shipped with malicious software baked into the device firmware, allowing bad actors to covertly install apps, conduct ad fraud, and turn devices into residential proxies. The activity, which targets Android devices built on MediaTek platforms across several brands, is being tracke…
IoT & Hardware
Yandex Data Center Outage Disrupts Access to Cloud Files Following Drone Attack
Cyber Security News
Yandex has confirmed a major service outage after drone attacks damaged three data centers in Russia, leaving some users unable to access cloud files. Two facilities stopped operating, while a third lost part of its infrastructure. The disruption affected Yandex Disk users and businesses running services on Yandex Clou…
IoT & Hardware
LG webOS Flaws Let Remote Attackers Execute Commands as Root Without Authentication
Cyber Security News
Security researchers have disclosed four serious vulnerabilities in LG webOS smart TVs that could allow an attacker to bypass authentication, create a privileged account, and ultimately execute commands with root-level access. The flaws, tracked as CVE-2023-6317 through CVE-2023-6320, affect selected LG TV models runni…

CVE-2023-6317, CVE-2023-6320
Also in security today
Fraud & Cybercrime
FBI Arrests Cybersecurity Executive in ShinyHunters-Linked Extortion Investigation
Cyber Security News · also reported by GBHackers
The FBI arrested Canadian cybersecurity executive Edward Dubrovsky in Pennsylvania on October 8, 2026, as part of its investigation into the hacking group ShinyHunters. The arrest links a professional involved in ransomware response to an alleged cyber extortion conspiracy. However, the evidence behind the charges rema…
Policy, Regulation & Legal
Bernie Sanders wants to ban artificial superintelligence, but that’s tricky
Cybernews
“We will hold you accountable for breaking the law – no matter how much wealth and power you have.”
Nation-State & APT
Norway’s military rents Chinese cars with dashcams, and, surprise, they record military exercises
Cybernews
Chinese cars from Chinese-owned Hertz Norway were found to contain recordings of a “secret exercise” and even military gate codes, reports Norwegian media. However, cyber pros note that this alone doesn’t prove deliberate espionage – a 360° dash camera is a feature of Deepal models, which were reportedly involved in th…
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