Security Affairs

APRIL 27, 2020

The Israeli government has issued an alert to organizations in the water sector following a series of cyberattacks that targeted the water facilities. ” reads the alert issued by the Israeli government. In 2016, BWL Electric and Water Utility shut down following a ransomware attack.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 18, 2020

Threat actors employed the previously-undetected PoetRAT Trojan in a Coronavirus-themed campaign aimed at government and energy sectors. . The malware infected ICS and SCADA systems used to control the wind turbines within the renewable energy sector. ” reads the analysis published by Cisco Talos. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

JANUARY 13, 2021

Data Encryption Shields the Energy Sector Against Emerging Threats. Security of CNI is a national security issue. The energy sector is part of the critical national infrastructure (CNI), and delivers services that are essential for modern life. Energy services companies are a lucrative target for adversaries.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 25, 2022

has indicted four Russian government employees for their involvement in attacks on entities in critical infrastructure. 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. ” continues the DoJ.

Energy and Utilities 115

Energy and Utilities Government Cybersecurity Military 115

The Last Watchdog

JULY 10, 2023

I learned how a who’s who list of big tech companies, academic institutions and government agencies are hustling to, in essence, revive Moore’s Law and this time around direct it at optical technology. IOWN is all about supporting increased bandwidth, capacity and energy efficiency.

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Energy and Utilities Privacy Communications Big data 246

CGI

DECEMBER 3, 2019

European cooperation on flexibility to accelerate the energy transition. Early in September, we invited a number of our clients from around Europe to participate in a roundtable discussion on energy flexibility. Current energy pricing has little headroom to incentivize consumers to engage in flexibility. kathy.jacquay@….

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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. National Security Agency (NSA). energy facilities. energy facilities.

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Marketing Energy and Utilities Ransomware Blockchain 276

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. Cybersecurity company Resecurity has published the 2024 Cyber Threat Landscape Forecast.

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Energy and Utilities Artificial Intelligence Ransomware Data breaches 137

Data Matters

FEBRUARY 26, 2019

power grid because “many of the violations involved long durations, multiple instances of noncompliance, and repeated failures to implement physical and cyber security protections.” Critically, the utility had in place an internal compliance program at the time of the violations. Settlement Agreement at 12.

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Energy and Utilities Compliance Cybersecurity Risk 66

Gimmal

NOVEMBER 7, 2024

In the rapidly evolving digital landscape, information governance has become more critical than ever. As we approach 2025, organizations face new challenges and opportunities in managing, securing, and extracting value from their data. Security Concerns Will Persist: Challenges in protecting data across diverse environments.

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Armstrong Archives

JULY 10, 2020

If you work in the energy industry, it comes as no surprise that it’s one of the most heavily regulated. To comply with government regulations, an energy company might have tens of thousands of documents that need to be physically stored, scanned or destroyed. Utilize a company that will inventory items with barcoding.

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Energy and Utilities e-Delivery Archiving Records Management 52

IBM Big Data Hub

JANUARY 16, 2024

These technologies drive innovation on their hybrid, multicloud journeys while focusing on resilience, performance, security and compliance. Companies are also striving to balance this innovation with growing environmental, social and governance (ESG) regulations.

Energy and Utilities 84

Energy and Utilities IT Cloud Unstructured data 84

Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), National Security Agency (NSA), US Cyber Command, and international partners released a joint Cybersecurity Advisory (CSA) to warn that Russia-linked threat actors are using compromised Ubiquiti EdgeRouters (EdgeRouters) to evade detection in cyber operations worldwide. .

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 19, 2024

Since January 2020, affiliates utilizing LockBit have targeted organizations of diverse sizes spanning critical infrastructure sectors such as financial services, food and agriculture, education, energy, government and emergency services, healthcare, manufacturing, and transportation. on January 5, 2020.

Energy and Utilities 133

Energy and Utilities Ransomware Agriculture Financial Services 133

Hunton Privacy

APRIL 28, 2014

Tiao was featured on Platts Energy Week discussing the importance of the homeland security partnership between electric utility companies and the U.S. government. View the Platts Energy Week feature with Paul Tiao. In the feature, “U.S. The leak of the memo has undermined that trust.

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

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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Security Affairs

AUGUST 31, 2022

Italian oil giant company Eni disclosed a security breach, threat actors gained access to its network, but according to the company the intrusion had minor consequences because it was quickly detected. GSE is the government agency that operates the Italian electricity market. It’s not clear who was responsible for the breach.

Energy and Utilities 107

Energy and Utilities Ransomware Access Marketing 107

IBM Big Data Hub

DECEMBER 18, 2023

Urban planning Governments use GIS data and GIS-based solutions for urban planning: zoning and land use projects, natural disaster and health event response, roadway system and building design, utility distribution, energy production, and waste and resource management.

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CGI

JUNE 22, 2017

Securing the electricity network: Understanding the unique ICS environment of a utility. As utilities and energy delivery systems begin to seek the benefits that the convergence of information technology (IT) and operational technology (OT) offers, they also face the challenge of increased vulnerability to cyberattacks.

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Energy and Utilities Security Risk Paper 40

Security Affairs

APRIL 19, 2024

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.

Energy and Utilities 130

Energy and Utilities Communications Military Access 130

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. CISA published a security advisory warning of a wave of attacks carried out by China-linked APT groups affiliated with China’s Ministry of State Security.

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CGI

SEPTEMBER 27, 2017

Electrification: a lottery ticket that utilities must claim. Utilities face a fundamental dilemma. Due to unprecedented pressure to support the move to an energy-efficient and low-carbon system, they face the paradox of encouraging consumers to consume less of what they sell and distribute—electricity. Wed, 09/27/2017 - 07:00.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

NOVEMBER 6, 2019

That pace is unlikely to slow down over the coming years; Pagely noted that organizations are still turning to IoT devices as a way to automate and optimize their business processes as well as save on energy costs. The issue is that these tens of billions of new devices will likely amplify the inherent security risks of IoT.

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IoT Risk Energy and Utilities Security 122

Security Affairs

OCTOBER 9, 2022

Eskom transforms inputs from the natural environment – coal, nuclear, fuel, diesel, water, and wind – into more than 90% of the energy supplied to a wide range of customers in South Africa and the Southern African Development Community (SADC) region. This week, security experts reported that ESKOM Hld SOC Ltd was having some server issues.

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Energy and Utilities Ransomware Access Cybersecurity 102

Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

JULY 23, 2019

From taking a shower, to brewing your coffee, and watching the news, your morning routine is fueled by the energy sector. But the energy sector also underpins our emergency and response systems, our hospitals and healthcare, our schools, our businesses, and virtually everything we do as a society. The Rising Threat.

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Energy and Utilities Digital transformation Encryption Systems administration 103

The Last Watchdog

MARCH 13, 2019

And yet we are overlooking profound privacy and security ramifications. billion IoT devices in use as of 2017, half are consumer gadgets, like smart TVs, speakers, watches, baby cams and home thermostats; much of the rest is made up of things like smart electric meters and security cameras in corporate and government use.

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IoT Energy and Utilities Security Privacy 189

Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

government offers rewards of up to $15 million for information that could lead to the identification or location of LockBit ransomware gang members and affiliates. The NCA and its global partners have secured over 1,000 decryption keys that will allow victims of the gang to recover their files for free.

Energy and Utilities 125

Energy and Utilities Ransomware Agriculture Manufacturing 125

Security Affairs

JUNE 6, 2024

” said Bryan Vorndran, the Assistant Director at the FBI Cyber Division, during the 2024 Boston Conference on Cyber Security. The NCA and its global partners have secured over 1,000 decryption keys that will allow victims of the gang to recover their files for free. on January 5, 2020.

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Energy and Utilities Ransomware Agriculture Encryption 135

Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

AUGUST 12, 2024

Data Security Compliance Cybersecurity Critical Infrastructure Marcelo Delima | Senior Manager, Global Solutions Marketing More About This Author > Critical infrastructure (CI) has become a prime target for malicious actors seeking to manipulate, disrupt, or undermine the operation of industrial control systems (ICS).

Cybersecurity 62

Cybersecurity Energy and Utilities Digital transformation Compliance 62

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.

Energy and Utilities 107

Energy and Utilities Phishing Cybersecurity Ransomware 107

ARMA International

DECEMBER 23, 2019

Follow this trajectory and you’ll push the envelope toward information governance (IG) and position yourself as a Very Important Person in your enterprise. That’s no coincidence because the tenets of records management are encompassed within IG (along with legal, privacy, risk/compliance, security, technology, etc.). 3 … 2 … 1 ….

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Information governance Government Records Management Energy and Utilities 99

Security Affairs

APRIL 19, 2023

Mint Sandstorm also used custom tools in selected targets, notably organizations in the energy and transportation sectors. The attacks were conducted as a retaliatory against destructive cyberattacks that hit the national railway system , maritime traffic at a major Iranian seaport , and gas station payment systems in the country.

Energy and Utilities 98

Energy and Utilities Military Education Phishing 98

Security Affairs

DECEMBER 16, 2021

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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Security Affairs

MAY 10, 2021

We continue to work with the company and our government partners on the investigation.” Colonial Pipeline is not the first organization in the oil and energy industry targeted by the Darkside ransomware gang, in February the group the Brazilian state-owned electric utility company Copel. Source WSJ. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Ransomware Energy and Utilities Encryption Marketing 144

Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

JULY 21, 2022

Security breaches in this sector can be incredibly disruptive to society and are attracting considerable attention from governments and regulatory bodies around the world. The threat of attacks against Critical National Infrastructure (CNI) – energy, utilities, telecommunications, and transportation – is now front of mind for many.

Energy and Utilities 71

Energy and Utilities Ransomware IoT Risk 71

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

CGI

OCTOBER 31, 2018

Utilities Digital Journey Insights (Part 3): Data, the new “digital capital” - Going beyond the hype of advanced analytics and AI. This series of blog posts builds on the 2018 CGI Client Global Insights, providing insights into how utilities are making progress toward digital transformation. So where do utilities stand?

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