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The energy sector's perfect storm

Collaboration 2.0

The energy sector has never looked more interesting - can the staid utility industry embrace the digital transformation strategic models required to stay relevant or will they be crushed in the emerging battle between tech and energy companies?'

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Reading Municipal Light Department, an electric utility in Massachusetts, hit by ransomware

Security Affairs

The Reading Municipal Light Department (RMLD), an electric utility in Massachusetts, announced it was hit by a ransomware attack. This week, the Reading Municipal Light Department (RMLD), an electric utility in Massachusetts, announced it was hit by a ransomware attack. Online payment systems were not impacted by the attack.

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Coronavirus-themed campaign targets energy sector with PoetRAT

Security Affairs

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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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.

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CISA JCDC Will Focus on Energy Sector

Security Affairs

Going one step further, in 2021, the CISA announced the formation of the Joint Cyber Defense Collective (JCDC) , an initiative formulated to bring government and private industry representatives together to build operation plans for protecting and responding to cyber threats.

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Hackers targeted ICS/SCADA systems at water facilities, Israeli government warns

Security Affairs

The Israeli authorities are alerting organizations in the water industry following a series of cyberattacks that hit water facilities in the country. ” Organizations are recommended to implement supplementary security measures to protect SCADA systems used in the water and energy sectors.

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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.