Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

“As early as 2022, APT28 actors had utilized compromised EdgeRouters to facilitate covert cyber operations against governments, militaries, and organizations around the world.” The webmail account credentials were collected via cross-site scripting and browser-in-the-browser spear-phishing campaigns.

Energy and Utilities 333

Energy and Utilities Military Government Phishing 333

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. energy facilities. Separately, law enforcement agencies in the U.S. Dragonfly 2.0,

Marketing 291

Marketing Energy and Utilities Ransomware Blockchain 291

Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 9, 2020

K-Electric (KE) (formerly known as Karachi Electric Supply Company / Karachi Electric Supply Corporation Limited) is a Pakistani investor-owned utility managing all three key stages – generation, transmission and distribution – of producing and delivering energy to consumers. million customers and around 10,000 people.

Ransomware 363

Ransomware Energy and Utilities Passwords Access 363

Security Affairs

APRIL 19, 2023

Mint Sandstorm also used custom tools in selected targets, notably organizations in the energy and transportation sectors. Microsoft also observed The Iran-linked APT group using another attack chain involving low-volume phishing campaigns and a different custom implant. ” concludes Microsoft.

Energy and Utilities 246

Energy and Utilities Military Education Phishing 246

Security Affairs

JULY 2, 2019

The APT33 group has been around since at least 2013, since mid-2016, the group targeted the aviation industry and energy companies with connections to petrochemical production. These executables are both downloaders that utilize powershell to load the PUPY RAT. Most of the targets were in the Middle East, others were in the U.S.,

Energy and Utilities 275

Energy and Utilities Phishing Government Passwords 275

Security Affairs

AUGUST 31, 2022

“The joint efforts of Proofpoint and PwC researchers provide a moderate confidence assessment that recent campaigns targeting the federal government, energy, and manufacturing sectors globally may represent recent efforts by TA423 / Red Ladon.” ” read the report published by the experts.

Energy and Utilities 246

Energy and Utilities Manufacturing Phishing Government 246

Krebs on Security

DECEMBER 12, 2018

But in a marketing email sent to FICO members on Tuesday advertising its new benchmarking feature, FICO accidentally exposed the FICO Cyber Risk Score of energy giant ExxonMobil. The October analysis by the Chamber and FICO gives U.S. businesses an overall score of 687 on a scale of 300-850. ARE YOU EXPERIANSED?

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Security Energy and Utilities Risk Data breaches 232

IT Governance

APRIL 2, 2020

Princess Cruises and Holland America Line caught out by phishing scam (unknown). South African utility provider Eskom is still feeling effects of a cyber security incident (unknown). Tandem Diabetes Care notifies patients of phishing incident (unknown). Staff at Teaching Council hit by phishing email (9,735).

Data breaches 143

Data breaches Ransomware Energy and Utilities Phishing 143

eSecurity Planet

SEPTEMBER 14, 2022

As a matter of fact, the most-reported crime in the 2021 Internet Crime Report report was phishing , a social engineering scam wherein the victim receives a deceptive message from someone in an attempt to get the victim to reveal personal information or account credentials or to trick them into downloading malware. Technological tactics.

Energy and Utilities 121

Energy and Utilities Phishing Blockchain Cybersecurity 121

The Last Watchdog

MARCH 4, 2019

In fact, memory attacks have quietly emerged as a powerful and versatile new class of hacking technique that threat actors in the vanguard are utilizing to subvert conventional IT security systems. Allegedly developed by US and Israeli operatives, Stuxnet was discovered circulating through Iranian nuclear energy facilities in 2010.

Energy and Utilities 212

Energy and Utilities Systems administration Access Cybersecurity 212

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. billion in number and generate 79.4 zettabytes (ZB) of data by 2025. Healthcare is in Need of a Check-Up.

IoT 122

IoT Risk Energy and Utilities Security 122

IT Governance

SEPTEMBER 1, 2022

Crypto firm Nomad loses nearly $200 million in bridge hack (unknown) Solana and Slope confirm wallet security breach (8,000) Malaysian payment gateway platform iPay88 suffers data leak (unknown) Ypsilanti-area utility customers’ bank information exposed (2,00) Chester Upland schools victim of BEC scheme to the tune of $3 million (unknown).

Data breaches 115

Data breaches Ransomware Energy and Utilities Government 115

Data Protection Report

AUGUST 9, 2018

DHS’ webinar explained that the hackers obtained access to vendors providing computer services to electric utilities companies. The hackers used tactics such as phishing emails and watering-hole attacks. In response to such concerns, regulatory agencies are increasing reporting requirements for cyberattacks targeting the energy sector.

Energy and Utilities 40

Energy and Utilities Computer and Electronics Risk Access 40

eSecurity Planet

MARCH 14, 2022

Cobalt Strike – now owned by HelpSystems – provides various packages and tools to detect outdated software, generate malware , test endpoints , or run spear phishing campaigns that maximize success rate. While that’s true, it requires time, effort, and energy. Threat actors manage to grab these tools (e.g.,

Energy and Utilities 132

Energy and Utilities Ransomware Communications Security 132

Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

JULY 21, 2022

The threat of attacks against Critical National Infrastructure (CNI) – energy, utilities, telecommunications, and transportation – is now front of mind for many. This includes using easily guessed passwords and falling victim to phishing and socially engineered techniques such as business email compromise.

Energy and Utilities 71

Energy and Utilities Ransomware IoT Risk 71

Ascent Innovations

MAY 17, 2018

The utilities and energy industries experienced high indicators of attack activity, suggests that attackers have access to critical infrastructure and are waiting to exploit this access. Email phishing remains the top malware delivery mechanism. State actors tend to zero in on government agencies or utilities and energy targets.

Energy and Utilities 40

Energy and Utilities IoT Mining Financial Services 40

eSecurity Planet

JULY 28, 2021

For advantages, private blockchains are more scalable and energy-efficient with suggested use cases of banking and supply chain management. Utilizing their open standard Blokcerts, companies can transparently manage identities and activity on a real-time secure blockchain. Security Paradigms: Traditional Networks vs. Blockchains.

Blockchain 136

Blockchain Cybersecurity Energy and Utilities IoT 136

IT Governance

AUGUST 10, 2018

A new report from Cybereason has highlighted the alarming scale and variety of attacks faced by ICS or industrial control systems, and it seems that it’s not only nation-state attackers but also opportunistic traditional cybercriminals that are now targeting utility providers.

Honeypots 50

Honeypots Authentication Energy and Utilities Passwords 50

Security Affairs

MAY 9, 2020

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. 111 for command and control.

Government 256

Government Energy and Utilities Insurance Phishing 256

ForAllSecure

AUGUST 30, 2022

So every one of the attacks you they might have does a wonderful job and it do a great job of I'll say, having a nice taxonomy where you can kind of see here's my simple way to think about as if all of your tax your testing, I'll say a spear phishing or the same technique. If you want to get to put the energy into it. Okay, great.

Military 40

Military Energy and Utilities IT Government 40

eSecurity Planet

APRIL 7, 2023

You may use a VPN or install utilities to capture and forward traffic to other subnets, or configure proxychains. phishing) Memory corruptions Wi-Fi attacks Kali is a wonderful toolbox, because it has tools for a wide range of pentests. Besides, attacking tools can send multiple probes or headers along with their requests (e.g.,

Energy and Utilities 141

Energy and Utilities Security Cybersecurity Passwords 141

The Last Watchdog

JULY 13, 2023

Bantick “As the MOVEit hack has proved, the bad actors are always looking for new ways to attack with tactics ranging from third party supplier attacks to more sophisticated social engineering and phishing attack techniques.

Risk 189

Risk Insurance Energy and Utilities Marketing 189

IT Governance

DECEMBER 11, 2023

Source (New) Technology USA Yes 204 Ho Chi Minh City Energy Company Source (New) Energy Vietnam Yes 84 Austal USA Source 1 ; source 2 (New) Manufacturing USA Yes 43 Income Tax Department of India Source (New) Public India Yes 1 Gloucestershire County Council Source (New) Public UK Unknown 1 Daiho Industrial Co.,

Data Privacy 89

Data Privacy Energy and Utilities Privacy Manufacturing 89

Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

OCTOBER 23, 2023

The threat of attacks against Critical National Infrastructure (CNI) – energy, utilities, telecommunications, and transportation – is a top priority. Reducing the risk of attacks such as ransomware and malware on CNI will be paramount to the stability of national economies for the years to come.

Energy and Utilities 77

Energy and Utilities Cybersecurity Ransomware Authentication 77

IT Governance

JUNE 1, 2021

unknown) Criminal hackers attack Ehrmann, demand millions in ransom (unknown) Criminal hackers attack Energy Hamburg Radio (unknown) Chemical distribution company Brenntag paid a $4.4 Spargo & Associates Inc.

Data breaches 123

Data breaches Ransomware Insurance Energy and Utilities 123

ForAllSecure

APRIL 26, 2022

This is ransomware, starting with a phishing attack. It's individual pieces of it that fall apart and become a nightmare for that company or that utility or whatever. You've had some partnerships with the Department of Energy and also with Sisa. So this power grid attack is sounding more credible. Van Norman: Absolutely.

Energy and Utilities 52

Energy and Utilities Manufacturing Risk IT 52

eSecurity Planet

DECEMBER 19, 2023

Before companies can effectively and safely use generative AI tools, employees must be educated on utilizing best practices: writing prompts that achieve desired outcomes, keeping data security and privacy in mind when inputting data, identifying the quality and security of AI, verifying AI output, and more,” elaborates Arti Raman, CEO Portal26.

Cybersecurity 140

Cybersecurity Cloud Ransomware Risk 140

Security Affairs

JANUARY 14, 2020

Russia-linked cyber-espionage group hacked the Ukrainian energy company Burisma at the center of the impeachment trial of US President Donald Trump. “This report details an ongoing Russian government phishing campaign targeting the email credentials of employees at Burisma Holdings and its subsidiaries and partners.

Energy and Utilities 244

Energy and Utilities Phishing Military Authentication 244

The Last Watchdog

DECEMBER 15, 2024

MFA attacks, leveraging phishing and session hijacking, are set to rise. water utility, highlights the escalating threat to critical infrastructure. As a result, sectors like healthcare and energy are adopting breach-ready defenses, emphasizing microsegmentation to contain impacts and ensure resilience.

Cybersecurity 290

Cybersecurity Energy and Utilities Risk Cloud 290