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8th Annual Year in Review Names Two New OT Cyber Threat Groups, Ongoing Infiltration by VOLTZITE, and Global Threat from FrostyGoop Malware

COMPANY NEWS: Dragos, the global leader in cybersecurity for operational technology (OT) environments, today released the Dragos 2025 OT/ICS Cybersecurity Report, our eighth Annual Year in Review, the industry’s most comprehensive report on cyber threats facing industrial organisations. The report detailed two new OT cyber threat groups, reported ransomware activity surging at an increase of more than 87% over last year, and described the emergence of new malware families designed specifically for OT environments.

8^th Annual Year in Review Names Two New OT Cyber Threat Groups, Ongoing Infiltration by VOLTZITE, and Global Threat from FrostyGoop Malware

Dragos, the global leader in cybersecurity for operational technology (OT) environments, today announced a global partnership with Yokogawa Electric Corporation (TOKYO: 6841), a leading provider of industrial automation and instrumentation solutions to the process and manufacturing industries.

In the new COO role, Singh-Bushell will apply vast experience scaling high growth companies and market leaders through operational excellence and customer value

COMPANY NEWS: Dragos Inc., the global leader in cybersecurity for operational technology (OT) environments, and the Singapore Armed Forces’ Digital and Intelligence Service (DIS) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to jointly develop advanced cybersecurity capabilities, collaborate on strategic cybersecurity planning and training, and facilitate the two-way sharing of information about cyber threats.

GUEST RESEARCH:  Dragos's Industrial Ransomware Analysis Report Q3 2024  revealed that the ransomware threat ecosystem remained highly active, driven by the emergence of new groups, rebranding of existing entities, the expansion of initial access broker (IAB) operations, and the proliferation of illicitly traded tools. Operators demonstrated a growing ability to adapt to disruptions, leveraging technological advancements and strategic realignments to sustain their operations.

COMPANY NEWS: Dragos, the global leader in cybersecurity for operational technology (OT) environments, today announced the acquisition of Network Perception, makers of NP-View, an award-winning network visualisation platform for OT networks. The acquisition will bolster the Dragos Platform with industry-leading OT network visibility along with compliance and segmentation analysis and reporting capabilities tailored to safeguard critical OT environments.

COMPANY NEWS: Dragos, the global leader in cybersecurity for operational technology (OT) environments, today announced the latest release of the Dragos Platform, the industry’s most effective OT network visibility and cybersecurity platform. The updates provide industrial and critical infrastructure organisations with even deeper and enriched visibility into all assets in their OT environments, streamlined workflows for threat detection and vulnerability management that allow for efficient and effective response, and powerful integration of Dragos WorldView intelligence and Neighborhood Keeper community intelligence on current and emerging threats.

GUEST RESEARCH: Dragos, the global leader in cybersecurity for operational technology (OT) environments, has released its Australian 2023 OT Cybersecurity Year in Review report, providing an important view of the significant cybersecurity trends impacting industrial infrastructure organisations.

Rising attacks against Australian critical infrastructure drive demand for OT security

GUEST RESEARCH: Dragos, the global leader in cybersecurity for operational technology (OT) environments, today released its sixth annual Dragos OT Cybersecurity Year in Review report, the most comprehensive report on cyber threats facing industrial organisations.

Quarter two 2023 proved to be an exceptionally active period for ransomware groups, posing significant threats to industrial organisations and infrastructure, according to industrial cyber security firm Dragos’ latest ransomware attack analysis.  

Industrial cyber security firm Dragos, acting in concert with with the US Government, has worked to help mitigate a number of vulnerabilities in select communications modules manufactured by industrial security vendor Rockwell Automation.

Well-known ransomware threat researcher Brett Callow has poured cold water on claims that ransomware, which sought to capitalise on the recent Wagner group incidents, has been targeting Windows users in Russia.

Not for the first time, the industrial cyber security firm Dragos has contradicted popular conclusions about malware, saying its research into the ICS malware, dubbed COSMICENERGY by the Google-owned Mandiant, has found that it is not an immediate threat to operational technology.

Dragos Global Partner Program develops resellers into ICS/OT cybersecurity experts and advisors with the full spectrum of OT cybersecurity offerings in their portfolios

COMPANY NEWS: Dragos, the global leader in cybersecurity for industrial controls systems (ICS)/operational technology (OT) environments, has announced the launch of the Dragos Global Partner Program, the only channel program to comprise OT cybersecurity technology, services, and threat intelligence.

Dragos CEO Robert M. Lee sent an email to the company today (US time), to share the news about a layoff of 50 Dragos employees. Details include why this decision, was necessary to maintain the company’s trajectory as a business, ensure long-term continued growth and success, and continue to deliver on the company’s mission for their customers.

A known cyber criminal group tried to extort money from industrial security firm Dragos but failed in its bid, the company claims in a detailed blog post.

Scaled ransomware attacks against manufacturing and geopolitical tensions brought increased attention to the industrial cyber threat landscape

In 2022, breakthrough evolution in the development of malware targeting industrial control systems (ICS), scaled ransomware attacks against manufacturing, and geopolitical tensions brought increased attention to the industrial cyber threat landscape, according to the 2022 Dragos ICS/OT Cybersecurity Year in Review.

Australia experienced two industrial ransomware attacks in the third quarter of the year, the industrial security firm Dragos says in an analysis of such attacks that occurred globally.