The attacks on refrigerators and freezers in several European countries can be seen as a wake-up call. Cameras and industrial systems are examples of technology that could be attacked in a similar way. If the right type of business is accessed, great damage could be done, says John Billow, head of the National Cyber Security Center.
CrimeLast week’s alert about critical vulnerabilities in the PHP programming language prompted websites around the world to be shut down in a hurry. But hackers do not appear to have exploited the security holes on any broad scale so far. We will probably have to get used to this type of vulnerability, says John Billow, director of the National Cyber Security Center.
SwedenA review by SVT Nyheter found that several systems used to control critical services can be attacked through vulnerabilities exposed on the internet.
SwedenA heating plant in western Sweden was the target of an attempted "destructive attack" by a pro-Russian activist group in spring 2025. The attack failed but, according to Carl-Oskar Bohlin (M), Minister of Civil Defense, it shows a change in Russia's modus operandi.
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