Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

authoring agencies have recently observed indications of Volt Typhoon actors maintaining access and footholds within some victim IT environments for at least five years,” reads the alert. The Volt Typhoon group has been active since at least mid-2021 it carried out cyber operations against critical infrastructure. ” U.S.

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

. “As early as 2022, APT28 actors had utilized compromised EdgeRouters to facilitate covert cyber operations against governments, militaries, and organizations around the world.” The US government operation blocked access to the routers by Russian cyberspies. ” reads the joint report. ” concludes the report.

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Energy and Utilities Military Government Phishing 121

Security Affairs

JANUARY 27, 2022

According to Senate President José Luis Dalmau, there is no evidence that threat actors were able to access sensitive information belonging to employees, contractors or consultants. In March 2021, Puerto Rico Electric Power Authority (PREPA) power utility confirmed early this week that it has been hacked over the weekend.

Energy and Utilities 109

Energy and Utilities Access Security IT 109

Krebs on Security

DECEMBER 13, 2022

USDoD said they gained access to the FBI’s InfraGard system by applying for a new account using the name, Social Security Number, date of birth and other personal details of a chief executive officer at a company that was highly likely to be granted InfraGard membership. .” Department of Defense.

Sales 363

Sales Energy and Utilities Communications Data breaches 363

Security Affairs

MARCH 25, 2022

has indicted four Russian government employees for their role in cyberattacks targeting hundreds of companies and organizations in the energy sector worldwide between 2012 and 2018. According to the indictment, the campaigns against the energy sector campaign involved two phases. and international Energy Sector organizations.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 19, 2023

An Iran-linked APT group tracked as Mint Sandstorm is behind a string of attacks aimed at US critical infrastructure between late 2021 to mid-2022. Microsoft has linked the Iranian Mint Sandstorm APT (previously tracked by Microsoft as PHOSPHORUS ) to a series of attacks aimed at US critical infrastructure between late 2021 to mid-2022.

Energy and Utilities 98

Energy and Utilities Military Education Phishing 98

Security Affairs

APRIL 19, 2024

authoring agencies have recently observed indications of Volt Typhoon actors maintaining access and footholds within some victim IT environments for at least five years,” reads the alert. The Volt Typhoon group has been active since at least mid-2021 it carried out cyber operations against critical infrastructure. In fact, the U.S.

Energy and Utilities 122

Energy and Utilities Communications Military Access 122

Security Affairs

DECEMBER 17, 2021

Recently the Conti gang hit the attack on the Australian energy CS Energy and threaten to leak the stolen files. After the disclosure of the exploit, Microsoft researchers reported that Nation-state actors from China, Iran, North Korea, and Turkey are now abusing the Log4Shell (CVE-2021-44228) in the Log4J library in their campaigns.

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Ransomware Energy and Utilities IT Libraries 135

IT Governance

JUNE 1, 2021

Edinburgh mental health clinic in probe after client information accessed in scam (unknown) Iranian Hackers Hit H&M Israel (unknown) South Africa’s VirginActive goes offline after cyber attack (unknown) B.C. Data breaches. Financial information. Malicious insiders and miscellaneous incidents. In other news…. Cyber attacks.

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 27, 2024

This oversight allowed the attacker to exploit the vulnerability without needing to access the GUI. The initial access to these compromised systems was likely through port 4566, typically used for high-availability (HA) pairing between Versa nodes. ” reads the advisory published by Versa Networks. victims and one non-U.S.

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IBM Big Data Hub

FEBRUARY 20, 2024

For instance, when utility officials are aware that a heat wave is on its way, they can plan energy procurement to prevent power outages. 3 While the transition from fossil fuels to clean, renewable energy sources is already underway, accelerating this transition could help further limit emissions, even amid rising global energy needs.

Energy and Utilities 113

Energy and Utilities Artificial Intelligence Agriculture Risk 113

eSecurity Planet

SEPTEMBER 14, 2022

According to statistics from the FBI’s 2021 Internet Crime Report , complaints to the Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3) have been rising since 2017. In 2021 alone, IC3 received 847,376 complaints which amounted to $6.9 Cybercrime is a growth industry like no other. billion in reported losses. since Q3 of 2007. Business targets.

Energy and Utilities 120

Energy and Utilities Phishing Blockchain Cybersecurity 120

Security Affairs

JULY 1, 2021

The attacks took place between mid-2019 and early 2021, the Russia-linked threat actor used a Kubernetes cluster to conduct anonymized brute force access against hundreds of government organizations and businesses worldwide, including think tanks, defense contractors, energy firms. ” reads the joint report.

Energy and Utilities 99

Energy and Utilities Military Cybersecurity Cloud 99

Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

JULY 21, 2022

gas pipeline in 2021 to the rise of nation-state attacks, critical infrastructure organizations are under siege. The threat of attacks against Critical National Infrastructure (CNI) – energy, utilities, telecommunications, and transportation – is now front of mind for many. Identity & Access Management. Data Security.

Energy and Utilities 71

Energy and Utilities Ransomware IoT Risk 71

Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

MAY 13, 2021

Thu, 05/13/2021 - 08:34. So far Colonial has been tight lipped about how the hackers gained accessed, but that’s not important. Ransomware is the outcome of the overarching problem of underlying network security shortcomings and unauthorized access to critical infrastructure leaving it vulnerable to cyberattacks. The Ugly Truth.

Energy and Utilities 77

Energy and Utilities Encryption Access Ransomware 77

IT Governance

NOVEMBER 28, 2023

The researchers discovered credentials that provided access to 95,592,696 artifacts, as well as download permissions and some deploy operations. The dashboard was first spotted in June 2021. Among those affected was SAP SE. Breached records: more than 56 million.

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Data Privacy Privacy Energy and Utilities Data breaches 52

Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

JUNE 23, 2021

Wed, 06/23/2021 - 16:11. At Sentinel Insights 2021, the Thales flagship software monetization conference, industry-leading experts shared their insights on why and how innovative software licensing and packaging—the infrastructure behind the subscription economy—can be rocket fuel for your revenue. . INSIGHTS from SENTINEL.

Digital transformation 71

Digital transformation Energy and Utilities Agriculture Customer Experience 71

eSecurity Planet

SEPTEMBER 1, 2021

Insecure implementations may result in unauthorized access to threat actors and potential data breaches.” To be successful, an attacker must gain access to the 5G Service Based Architecture. To be successful, an attacker must gain access to the 5G Service Based Architecture. What is 5G? How is 5G Different?

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Risk Cybersecurity IoT Computer and Electronics 137

Everteam

NOVEMBER 25, 2021

25 November 2021. What we can say for sure is that manufacturing user equipment is the most expensive, from both an energy and an environmental viewpoint. ” If calculating the carbon footprint and GHG emissions seems difficult, what about the energy cost? Today, 60% of the world’s population is online (UNDP, 2021).

Energy and Utilities 52

Energy and Utilities Manufacturing Government Marketing 52

IBM Big Data Hub

NOVEMBER 8, 2023

They will be able to: Utilize reporting to identify trends and risks within the product supply chain for mitigation and improvement. Access analytics for product lifecycles for inventory management, distribution, freshness and cold chain.

Compliance 106

Compliance Energy and Utilities Risk Marketing 106

eSecurity Planet

DECEMBER 19, 2023

Before companies can effectively and safely use generative AI tools, employees must be educated on utilizing best practices: writing prompts that achieve desired outcomes, keeping data security and privacy in mind when inputting data, identifying the quality and security of AI, verifying AI output, and more,” elaborates Arti Raman, CEO Portal26.

Cybersecurity 140

Cybersecurity Cloud Ransomware Risk 140

IT Governance

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

Further victims of last year’s Perry Johnson & Associates data breach identified Last year, the medical transcription company PJ&A (Perry Johnson & Associates) suffered a data breach in which an unauthorised third party was able to access its computer network. The previous record figure – $983 million – was set in 2021.

Data Privacy 52

Data Privacy Manufacturing Privacy Security 52

ForAllSecure

MAY 13, 2022

For example, in 2009, the Obama administration provided financial incentives to utilities in the United States. And again, smart meters were positioned squarely as making the environment more friendly by knowing how and when energy is being used by individual customers. In February 2021. Here's ABCs Good morning.

Energy and Utilities 52

Energy and Utilities Computer and Electronics IT Security 52

Krebs on Security

FEBRUARY 25, 2022

The West has promised tougher sanctions are coming, but experts warn these will almost certainly trigger a Russian retaliation against America and its allies, which could escalate into cyber attacks on Western financial institutions and energy infrastructure. ” What kinds of attacks are experts most concerned about?

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Energy and Utilities Cybersecurity Ransomware Security 289

Data Matters

JUNE 4, 2021

The Directive has three primary requirements: Pipeline facilities and other covered entities must designate a Cybersecurity Coordinator with TSA by June 4, 2021, who must be available as the primary contact for communications with the TSA and CISA, twenty-four hours a day and seven days a week, regarding cybersecurity and related information.

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Cybersecurity Communications Government Compliance 126

ForAllSecure

APRIL 26, 2022

So there’s a need, a definite need, for information security professionals to have access to industrial control systems -- not virtual, but actual hands on systems -- so they can learn. They don't really have access to the operating system behind to make any changes to make any updates. You know, it isn't the blackout scenario.

Energy and Utilities 52

Energy and Utilities Manufacturing Risk IT 52

John Battelle's Searchblog

DECEMBER 27, 2023

It makes sense that big companies with access to unholy amounts of structured data pioneered the AI era. (Of Of course, if you’re not a big company, and you want access to massive amounts of data, it helps to just take it without asking permission ). Enterprise Data Moves Beyond Marketing. Happy 2024!

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