Security Affairs

MARCH 5, 2025

Silk Typhoon targets multiple sectors worldwide, including information technology (IT) services and infrastructure, remote monitoring and management (RMM) companies, managed service providers (MSPs) and affiliates, healthcare, legal services, higher education, defense, government, non-governmental organizations (NGOs), and energy.

Energy and Utilities 153

Energy and Utilities IT Cloud Passwords 153

Security Affairs

DECEMBER 26, 2023

Resecurity, a Los Angeles-based cybersecurity company protecting Fortune 100 and government agencies worldwide, has compiled a comprehensive forecast outlining the imminent threats and novel security challenges anticipated in the upcoming year. Recent U.S.

Energy and Utilities 340

Energy and Utilities Artificial Intelligence Ransomware Data breaches 340

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. ” reads the analysis published by AdvIntel. “The current exploitation led to multiple use cases through which the Conti group tested the possibilities of utilizing the Log4J2 exploit.

Ransomware 340

Ransomware Energy and Utilities IT Libraries 340

Security Affairs

JULY 5, 2023

RedEnergy is a sophisticated stealer-as-a-ransomware that was employed in attacks targeting energy utilities, oil, gas, telecom, and machinery sectors. Zscaler ThreatLabz researchers discovered a new Stealer-as-a-Ransomware named RedEnergy used in attacks against energy utilities, oil, gas, telecom, and machinery sectors.

Ransomware 246

Ransomware Energy and Utilities Encryption Manufacturing 246

Krebs on Security

DECEMBER 12, 2018

Is it fair to judge an organization’s information security posture simply by looking at its Internet-facing assets for weaknesses commonly sought after and exploited by attackers, such as outdated software or accidentally exposed data and devices? the security posture of vendor partners). ENTIRELY, CERTIFIABLY PREVENTABLE.

Security 241

Security Energy and Utilities Risk Data breaches 241

Security Affairs

MAY 25, 2020

Ragnar Locker deploys Windows XP virtual machines to encrypt victim’s files, the trick allows to evaded detection from security software. Crooks always devise new techniques to evade detection, the Ragnar Locker is deploying Windows XP virtual machines to encrypt victim’s files while bypassing security measures.

Encryption 336

Encryption Ransomware Energy and Utilities File names 336

Security Affairs

MAY 9, 2020

” reads the analysis published by Palo Alto Networks. The attacks targeted a major utility provider, a university, and a government agency in the United States, a health agency in Canada, a health insurance provider, an energy company in Australia, and a European medical publishing company to deliver various malware families.

Government 251

Government Energy and Utilities Insurance Phishing 251

Security Affairs

APRIL 2, 2023

However, based on our analysis of the capabilities, we consider it feasible that the projects represent only some pieces of a variety of capabilities pursued by Russian-sponsored actors to conduct different types of cyber operations.” The documents include details for three projects named Scan, Amesit, and Krystal-2B. continues the report.

Energy and Utilities 246

Energy and Utilities Education Ransomware IT 246

Security Affairs

AUGUST 27, 2024

Analysis of our global telemetry identified actor-controlled small-office/home-office (SOHO) devices exploiting this zero-day vulnerability at four U.S. Most of the impacted organizations are in the Communications, Energy, Transportation Systems, and Water and Wastewater Systems sectors. victims and one non-U.S.

Energy and Utilities 319

Energy and Utilities Communications Authentication Access 319

IBM Big Data Hub

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

Renewable energy is critical to combatting climate change and global warming. The use of clean energy and renewable energy resources—such as solar, wind and hydropower—originates in early human history; how the world has harnessed power from these resources to meet its energy needs has evolved over time.

Energy and Utilities 72

Energy and Utilities Manufacturing Agriculture Paper 72

CGI

MARCH 11, 2019

Embracing digital technologies to build a low-carbon society: Are local energy communities the answer? Are local energy communities the answer? The current energy system is demand led and is a centralized top-down system—essentially one-way traffic from production to consumption. Creating a self-sustaining energy ecosystem.

Energy and Utilities 74

Energy and Utilities Marketing IT Security 74

IBM Big Data Hub

JANUARY 16, 2024

These technologies drive innovation on their hybrid, multicloud journeys while focusing on resilience, performance, security and compliance. Carbon footprint in practice Compute, storage and networking are the essential tech resources that consume energy in the process of building applications and services.

Energy and Utilities 84

Energy and Utilities IT Cloud Unstructured data 84

IT Governance

DECEMBER 11, 2023

At the end of each month, these incidents – and any others that we find – will be used to inform our monthly analysis of data breaches and cyber attacks. Researchers from the German cyber security company Aplite discovered 3,806 servers from 111 countries accessible on the Internet. Data breached: more than 59 million data records.

Data Privacy 97

Data Privacy Energy and Utilities Privacy Manufacturing 97

eSecurity Planet

FEBRUARY 10, 2023

The LookingGlass scoutPrime threat intelligence platform (TIP) integrates enterprise-grade external security threat information with information on internal architecture and security information to create actionable, prioritized risk scores for threats. Security Qualifications STIX & TAXII 2.0

Energy and Utilities 105

Energy and Utilities Risk Marketing Security 105

IBM Big Data Hub

DECEMBER 18, 2023

GIS perform spatial analysis of geospatial datasets—consisting of vector data (points, lines and polygons) and raster data (cells with spatial information)—to produce connected visualizations. The data from this soil and water analysis helps farmers improve yields while reducing costs and pollution runoff.

Energy and Utilities 96

Energy and Utilities Artificial Intelligence IoT Agriculture 96

eSecurity Planet

MARCH 14, 2022

Cobalt Strike was created a decade ago by Raphael Mudge as a tool for security professionals. A few weeks ago, security researchers found evidence of Cobalt Strike payloads in Microsoft SQL servers. Top-rated security products are attractive for bad actors too, particularly offensive tools. Cobalt Strike Attacks Make Headlines.

Energy and Utilities 132

Energy and Utilities Ransomware Communications Security 132

IT Governance

DECEMBER 5, 2023

At the end of each month, these incidents – and any others that we find – will be used to inform our monthly analysis of data breaches and cyber attacks. The security researcher Bob Diachenko of SecurityDiscovery first identified the exposed information in mid-September. Organisation name Sector Location Data exfiltrated?

Data Privacy 100

Data Privacy Privacy Manufacturing Security 100

IBM Big Data Hub

MAY 17, 2023

Today, utilities and many other industries use drones extensively to conduct surveys, map assets and monitor business operations. DaaS is an intelligent, cloud-based, multi-tenant offering for data processing, data storage and data analysis. The global commercial drone market is projected to grow from USD 8.15

Energy and Utilities 76

Energy and Utilities Data collection Analytics Mining 76

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

IBM Big Data Hub

MAY 12, 2023

After getting familiar with the app architecture, priorities and requirements, IBM provided a detailed trade-offs analysis, including improvement options and security and cost implications. Currently, data centers are a significant source of organizations’ energy usage and carbon emissions.

Cloud 74

Cloud Energy and Utilities Digital transformation Communications 74

Data Protection Report

AUGUST 9, 2018

Department of Homeland Security (DHS) held public briefings about an attempt by a state-sponsored Russian hacking group to target control systems for U.S. DHS’ webinar explained that the hackers obtained access to vendors providing computer services to electric utilities companies. On July 23 and 25, 2018, the U.S. 5) Alerting.

Energy and Utilities 40

Energy and Utilities Computer and Electronics Risk Access 40

Gimmal

NOVEMBER 7, 2024

As we approach 2025, organizations face new challenges and opportunities in managing, securing, and extracting value from their data. Management Challenges Will Increase: Difficulty in organizing, storing, categorizing, and securing this data type. Ensuring Data Security: Protecting information regardless of where it resides.

Information governance 40

Information governance Government Unstructured data Analytics 40

OpenText Information Management

NOVEMBER 24, 2024

We are excited to announce that OpenText has been recognized as a Customers' Choice vendor for 2024 in the Application Security Testing category on Gartner Peer Insights. out of 5 for its Fortify application security solutions. Over the past 12 months, AST reviewers on average rated OpenText a 4.6

Energy and Utilities 52

Energy and Utilities Security Marketing IT 52

IBM Big Data Hub

MARCH 8, 2024

Bandwidth: By utilizing a broader spectrum of radio frequencies than previous wireless networks, 5G networks can transmit on a much wider range of bandwidths. Unlike previous wireless networks, this new capability allows users to do more things remotely with greater security than ever before.

Energy and Utilities 97

Energy and Utilities IoT Cloud Artificial Intelligence 97

Hunton Privacy

JUNE 11, 2018

Department of Energy (“DOE”) and the U.S. Department of Homeland Security’s (“DHS”) combined efforts to assess the potential scope and duration of a prolonged power outage associated with a significant cyber incident and the United States’ readiness to manage the consequences of such an incident. electric grid.

Energy and Utilities 56

Energy and Utilities Cybersecurity Government Security 56

eSecurity Planet

SEPTEMBER 1, 2021

agencies are approaching the shift, what makes 5G different, and an analysis of deployment to date. Whether it’s a misconfiguration or inadequate security or patching , new vulnerabilities found in IoT systems seem to make the news every week. There are no secure implementation guides or standards for network operators.

Risk 137

Risk Cybersecurity IoT Computer and Electronics 137

OpenText Information Management

SEPTEMBER 20, 2024

They are leaders and innovators in their industries, spanning banks, utilities, hospitals, life sciences organizations, transportation companies, retailers and more. And Documentum delivers, providing a secure, robust and fault-tolerant architecture, enhanced security protection and the option to run anywhere and scale globally.

Energy and Utilities 64

Energy and Utilities Manufacturing Content services Cloud 64

eSecurity Planet

APRIL 7, 2023

Kali Linux turns 10 this year, and to celebrate, the Linux penetration testing distribution has added defensive security tools to its arsenal of open-source security tools. For now, Kali is primarily known for its roughly 600 open source pentesting tools, allowing pentesters to easily install a full range of offensive security tools.

Energy and Utilities 141

Energy and Utilities Security Cybersecurity Passwords 141

Info Source

DECEMBER 8, 2023

In our vertical market sizing and analysis, we cover horizontal use cases e.g., accounting, HR management, as well as vertical specific use cases e.g., bank account opening, mortgage processing and insurance claims processing. As a result, we predict single digit growth in the next 5 years.

Marketing 40

Marketing Customer Experience Energy and Utilities Digital transformation 40

IBM Big Data Hub

MARCH 21, 2024

Leveraging distributed storage and processing frameworks such as Apache Hadoop, Spark or Dask accelerates data ingestion, transformation and analysis. Frameworks like TensorFlow, PyTorch and Apache Spark MLlib support distributed computing paradigms, enabling efficient utilization of resources and faster time-to-insight.

Energy and Utilities 61

Energy and Utilities Artificial Intelligence Cloud Communications 61

IBM Big Data Hub

DECEMBER 7, 2023

And if an organization takes its new metrics and performs extensive data analysis on them, one result will be that even more data is created from that analysis. As a baseline to use in later comparisons, you need to understand how much energy is consumed by your existing configuration before data consolidation begins.

Energy and Utilities 90

Energy and Utilities Cloud IT Access 90

IT Governance

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

At the end of each month, these incidents – and any others that we find – will be used to inform our monthly analysis of data breaches and cyber attacks. Fowler sent a responsible disclosure notice when he discovered the database and it was secured the following day. Date breached: 384,658,212 records. North Hill Home Health Care, Inc.,

Data Privacy 52

Data Privacy Manufacturing Privacy Energy and Utilities 52

IT Governance

NOVEMBER 28, 2023

At the end of each month, these incidents – and any others that we find – will be used to inform our monthly analysis of data breaches and cyber attacks. The post The Week in Cyber Security and Data Privacy: 20 – 26 November 2023 appeared first on IT Governance UK Blog.

Data Privacy 52

Data Privacy Privacy Energy and Utilities Data breaches 52

ForAllSecure

MAY 18, 2020

When you capture someone else’s exploit and use it (or patch it), you’ve used their energy against them. If you can better use an adversary’s energy and time for your own benefit, you have a higher chance of succeeding. There is value in offense and you get some utility such as access, intelligence, or control.

Security 52

Security Energy and Utilities Risk Paper 52

ForAllSecure

MAY 18, 2020

When you capture someone else’s exploit and use it (or patch it), you’ve used their energy against them. If you can better use an adversary’s energy and time for your own benefit, you have a higher chance of succeeding. There is value in offense and you get some utility such as access, intelligence, or control.

Security 52

Security Energy and Utilities Risk Paper 52

ForAllSecure

MAY 18, 2020

When you capture someone else’s exploit and use it (or patch it), you’ve used their energy against them. If you can better use an adversary’s energy and time for your own benefit, you have a higher chance of succeeding. There is value in offense and you get some utility such as access, intelligence, or control.

Security 52

Security Energy and Utilities Risk Paper 52

IT Governance

DECEMBER 19, 2023

At the end of each month, these incidents – and any others that we find – will be used to inform our monthly analysis of data breaches and cyber attacks. Source (New) Energy India Yes 280,000 National Student Clearinghouse Source 1 ; source 2 (Update) Non-profit USA Yes 271,496 PCTEL Source (New) Telecoms USA Yes 267.45

Data Privacy 52

Data Privacy Manufacturing Privacy Security 52