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CGI
JUNE 17, 2019
Cybersecurity in utilities: Critical questions for securing distributed energy resources (DERs). Mon, 06/17/2019 - 05:09. The energy transition is driving a shift toward the increasing use of distributed energy resources (DERs). From a cybersecurity perspective, DERs pose new and unique challenges for utilities.
Krebs on Security
APRIL 7, 2022
Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) says it has disrupted a giant botnet built and operated by a Russian government intelligence unit known for launching destructive cyberattacks against energy infrastructure in the United States and Ukraine. energy facilities. Separately, law enforcement agencies in the U.S. Dragonfly 2.0,
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Data Matters
FEBRUARY 26, 2019
Critically, the utility had in place an internal compliance program at the time of the violations. The Settlement Agreement is heavily redacted in places, including redactions of the utility’s name, so as not to disclose sensitive information about the utility’s cyber defenses and/or in any way compromise the bulk power system.
Security Affairs
MAY 9, 2020
Nigerian cyber gang SilverTerrier, specialized in BEC attacks, used COVID-19 lures in recent attacks on healthcare and government organizations. SilverTerrier has been active since at least 2014, it is a collective of over hundreds of individual threat actors. billion in global losses. “Over the past 90 days (Jan.
Security Affairs
SEPTEMBER 15, 2020
CISA published an advisory on China-linked groups targeting government agencies by exploiting flaws in Microsoft Exchange, Citrix, Pulse, and F5 systems. Chinese state-sponsored hackers have probed US government networks looking for vulnerable networking devices that could be compromised with exploits for recently disclosed vulnerabilities.
The Last Watchdog
FEBRUARY 3, 2020
and Saudi Arabia have been steadily escalating for at least the past decade, with notable spikes in activity throughout the course of 2019. Buried in the Shamoon code was an image of a burning American flag, intended as an admonishment to the Saudi government for supporting American foreign policy in the Middle East.
Security Affairs
MAY 19, 2020
Real-Life Examples of Spear-Phishing Attacks in the Energy Production Sector. The threat of spear-phishing for energy companies is, unfortunately, not a theoretical one. Downloading them infected a user’s system with a type of trojan spyware not previously seen in other utilities industry cyberattacks. Not a New Concern.
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