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Monitoring the dark web to identify threats to energy sector organizations

Security Affairs

Searchlight Cyber researchers warn of threat actors that are offering on the dark web access to energy sector organizations. Dark web intelligence firm Searchlight Cyber published a report that analyzes how threat actors in the dark web prepare their malicious operations against energy organizations.

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New APT ChamelGang Targets energy and aviation companies in Russia

Security Affairs

ChamelGang APT is a new cyberespionage group that focuses on fuel and energy organizations and aviation industry in Russia. ChamelGang is a new APT group that was first spotted in March by researchers at security firm Positive Technologies, it targets Russian companies in the energy and aviation industry. Pierluigi Paganini.

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What is vibration analysis and how can it help optimize predictive maintenance?

IBM Big Data Hub

Vibration analysis (or vibration monitoring) is a powerful diagnostic tool for identifying, monitoring and preventing mechanical failures in rotating and reciprocating machinery. At its core, vibration analysis is the study of the oscillatory motions of machines and their components around an established equilibrium point.

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US Utilities Targeted with LookBack RAT in a new phishing campaign

Security Affairs

Security experts at Proofpoint observed a new wave of phishing attacks aimed at US Utilities in an attempt to deliver the LookBack RAT. Security experts at Proofpoint have discovered a new series of phishing attacks targeting entities US utilities in an attempt to deliver the LookBack RAT. nceess [. ] Nceess [. ]

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China-linked APT Volt Typhoon exploited a zero-day in Versa Director

Security Affairs

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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Conti ransomware gang exploits Log4Shell bug in its operations

Security Affairs

Recently the Conti gang hit the attack on the Australian energy CS Energy and threaten to leak the stolen files. Microsoft experts also state that multiple access brokers have begun using the Log4Shell vulnerability to gain initial access to target networks and then sell it to ransomware-as-a-service affiliates.

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Unleashing the potential: 7 ways to optimize Infrastructure for AI workloads 

IBM Big Data Hub

Leveraging distributed storage and processing frameworks such as Apache Hadoop, Spark or Dask accelerates data ingestion, transformation and analysis. Additionally, using in-memory databases and caching mechanisms minimizes latency and improves data access speeds.