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Hackers Target Oil Producers During COVID-19 Slump

Security Affairs

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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PseudoManuscrypt, a mysterious massive cyber espionage campaign

Security Affairs

Kaspersky researchers reported that tens of thousands of devices belonging to industrial and government organizations worldwide have been hit by the PseudoManuscrypt spyware. Thus, we cannot say for certain whether the campaign is pursuing criminal mercenary goals or goals correlating with some governments’ interests.

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Top 5 tech predictions for the energy and resources sector in 2025

OpenText Information Management

The energy and resources sector is undergoing a profound transformation driven by the global push toward sustainability, energy technological advancements, geopolitical risks, and increasing regulatory pressures in some areas of the world. Every digital fabric has horizontal and vertical digital threads. Digital twins are no different.

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China-linked APT Volt Typhoon remained undetected for years in US infrastructure

Security Affairs

In the most recent campaign, the group targeted organizations in the communications, manufacturing, utility, transportation, construction, maritime, government, information technology, and education sectors. The Volt Typhoon group has been active since at least mid-2021 it carried out cyber operations against critical infrastructure.

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FBI chief says China is preparing to attack US critical infrastructure

Security Affairs

In the most recent campaign, the group targeted organizations in the communications, manufacturing, utility, transportation, construction, maritime, government, information technology, and education sectors. The Volt Typhoon group has been active since at least mid-2021 it carried out cyber operations against critical infrastructure.

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Digital twins reimagined at scale for energy and resources 

OpenText Information Management

1 The ratio between man and machine All industries use machines, yet the energy and resources sector including utilities , oil and gas , chemicals , and metals & mining industries is the most capital intensive. trillion of annual capital investment is made in the energy industry today and by some estimates will grow to $9.2

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Will generative AI make the digital twin promise real in the energy and utilities industry?

IBM Big Data Hub

Generative AI and digital twin use cases in asset-intensive industries Various use cases come into reality when you leverage generative AI for digital twin technologies in an asset-intensive industry such as energy and utilities. Consider some of the examples of use cases from our clients in the industry: Visual insights.