IT Governance

JANUARY 4, 2021

What else would you expect from the final month of 2020 than the highest number of publicly disclosed incidents we’ve ever recorded? We logged 134 security incidents in December, which accounted for 148,354,955 breached records. That brings the total for 2020 to more than 20 billion. Financial information. In other news….

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 27, 2022

In March 2021, Puerto Rico Electric Power Authority (PREPA) power utility confirmed early this week that it has been hacked over the weekend. In June 2021, a large fire at the Luma’s Monacillo electrical substation in San Juan for Puerto Rico’s new electricity provider, Luma Energy, caused major blackouts across Puerto Rico on Thursday.

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

According to the press release published by the Department of State , the Lockbit ransomware operators carried out over 2,000 attacks against victims worldwide since January 2020. 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 88

Energy and Utilities Ransomware Agriculture Manufacturing 88

IT Governance

APRIL 2, 2020

Australia’s Defence Force Recruiting systems were taken offline after security breach (unknown). South African utility provider Eskom is still feeling effects of a cyber security incident (unknown). Wichita State University notifies students and staff of a security incident (1,762). Data breaches. School District (+24).

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 20, 2024

Today, additional criminal charges against Kondratyev were unsealed in the Northern District of California related to his deployment in 2020 of ransomware against a victim located in California.” 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.

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 17, 2021

Since August 2020, the group has launched its leak site to threaten its victim to release the stolen data. Recently the Conti gang hit the attack on the Australian energy CS Energy and threaten to leak the stolen files. The post Conti ransomware gang exploits Log4Shell bug in its operations appeared first on Security Affairs.

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Security Affairs

MAY 10, 2021

The Darkside ransomware gang first emerged in the threat landscape in August 2020, in recent months the group was very active and targeted organizations worldwide. The post FBI confirmed that Darkside ransomware gang hit Colonial Pipeline appeared first on Security Affairs. The pipeline allows carrying 2.5 Pierluigi Paganini.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 2, 2023

A joint research conducted by Mandiant with a collective of media outlets (including Papertrail Media, Der Spiegel, Le Monde, and Washington Post) focused on documents, dated between 2016 and 2020, belonging to NTC Vulkan (Russian: НТЦ Вулкан). ” concludes the report.

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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.

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Energy and Utilities Ransomware IoT Risk 71

Security Affairs

JULY 1, 2021

The joint alert was published by the US National Security Agency (NSA), the US Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), the US Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), and the UK’s National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC). ” reads the joint report. ” reads the joint report. Pierluigi Paganini.

Energy and Utilities 89

Energy and Utilities Military Cybersecurity Cloud 89

Data Matters

DECEMBER 16, 2019

Congratulations to our 30 colleagues, including Kate Heinzelman and Tomoki Ishiara , for their election to the Sidley Austin partnership , effective January 1, 2020. Tomoki’s practice areas include data privacy law, intellectual property law, entertainment law, litigation and arbitration.

Energy and Utilities 78

Energy and Utilities Privacy Financial Services Data Privacy 78

Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 15, 2020

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. ” reads the security advisory. Government agencies.” CVE-2019-19781 enabled the actors to execute directory traversal attacks.[ 1 ] continues the advisory.

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Government Energy and Utilities Healthcare Access 72

Security Affairs

MAY 9, 2020

” Between January 30 and April 30, 2020, the researchers observed three SilverTerrier groups launching ten COVID-19-themed malware campaigns, some of them also targeted organizations involved in the COVID-19 response. “On April 8, 2020, we witnessed the most recent campaign by this actor. ” continues the report.

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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. .

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Ransomware Energy and Utilities Passwords Access 127

IT Governance

SEPTEMBER 1, 2022

Meanwhile, the bastion of password security, LastPass, announced that its systems had been breached – although the organisation is confident that customers’ details remain secure. In total, we identified 112 publicly disclosed security incidents in August, resulting in 97,456,345 compromised records.

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eSecurity Planet

SEPTEMBER 14, 2022

billion in reported losses, up from 2020’s 791,790 complaints and $4.2 Energy and utility companies have been some of the most high-profile cyber attacks in recent memory, such as the May 2021 Colonial Pipeline attack or the Delta-owned Monroe Energy attack in November 2021. billion in reported losses.

Energy and Utilities 120

Energy and Utilities Phishing Blockchain Cybersecurity 120

Krebs on Security

JULY 27, 2020

For 2020, the company estimates an overall 258 percent spike in the crime. based cyber intelligence firm Hold Security has been monitoring the communications between and among a businesses ID theft gang apparently operating in Georgia and Florida but targeting businesses throughout the United States. ” PHANTOM OFFICES. .

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Energy and Utilities Computer and Electronics Insurance Risk 354

Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 9, 2019

Department of Homeland Security (DHS) warns of critical flaws impacting Medtronic Valleylab products that could allow hackers to overwrite files and achieve remote code execution. Another vulnerability is related to the use of a vulnerable version of the rssh utility in these products to facilitate file uploads. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Threatpost

SEPTEMBER 10, 2020

The "BLURtooth" flaw allows attackers within wireless range to bypass authentication keys and snoop on devices utilizing implementations of Bluetooth 4.0 through 5.0.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

FEBRUARY 16, 2021

Electric grid utilities are deploying smart meters to better correspond to consumers energy demands while lowering costs. The root cause of these attacks is that the devices are lacking the security mechanisms to defend themselves against malicious actions that lead to the control of hijacked devices. Tue, 02/16/2021 - 16:33.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 30, 2021

The man was arrested at the end of August at the Seoul international airport, he has remained stuck in the Asian country since February 2020 due to the COVID-19 lockdown imposed by the local government and the cancelation of international travel. Targets included hospitals, schools, public utilities, and governments.

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Energy and Utilities Ransomware Agriculture Government 97

Data Matters

OCTOBER 29, 2018

A string of Governmental announcements have increasingly sounded the alarm about the growing cybersecurity threat facing the energy sector. Among other things, these reports have announced that state-sponsored cyber actors have successfully gained access to the control rooms of utilities.

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Risk Energy and Utilities Computer and Electronics Authentication 68

CGI

NOVEMBER 15, 2019

By 2020, the European Union (EU) aims to replace 80% of household electricity meters with smart meters. This is because smart meters are widely regarded as a key to reducing both energy consumption and emission levels. How can metering data be shared securely for estimation purposes, while preserving a customer’s privacy?

Energy and Utilities 40

Energy and Utilities Privacy Mining Analytics 40

IBM Big Data Hub

JULY 28, 2023

Since its launch in 2020, DATA ONE has been successfully adopted by multinational companies across sectors, including insurance and banking, automotive, energy and utilities, manufacturing, logistics and telco. Updates: Open Liberty is frequently updated with security and non-security fixes.

Energy and Utilities 60

Energy and Utilities Cloud Libraries Insurance 60

IBM Big Data Hub

MARCH 14, 2024

Apple was one of the first manufacturers to test the appetite for 5G in 2020 by offering its newest iPhone with 5G compatibility. This is largely due to its ability to move large volumes of data swiftly and securely between connected devices at speeds never achieved before.

Cloud 61

Cloud IoT Energy and Utilities Artificial Intelligence 61

Data Matters

DECEMBER 16, 2019

Congratulations to our 30 colleagues, including Kate Heinzelman and Tomoki Ishiara , for their election to the Sidley Austin partnership , effective January 1, 2020. Tomoki’s practice areas include data privacy law, intellectual property law, entertainment law, litigation and arbitration.

Energy and Utilities 15

Energy and Utilities Privacy Financial Services Data Privacy 15

Krebs on Security

FEBRUARY 25, 2022

The West has promised tougher sanctions are coming, but experts warn these will almost certainly trigger a Russian retaliation against America and its allies, which could escalate into cyber attacks on Western financial institutions and energy infrastructure. ” What kinds of attacks are experts most concerned about?

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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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IT Governance

JANUARY 30, 2024

Mobile network database breach exposes 750 million Indians’ personal data The Indian security company CloudSEK claims to have found the personal data of 750 million Indians for sale on an “underground forum”. Data breached: 2 PB. Source (New) Non-profit USA Yes 25,908.62

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eSecurity Planet

SEPTEMBER 1, 2021

Whether it’s a misconfiguration or inadequate security or patching , new vulnerabilities found in IoT systems seem to make the news every week. SAP National Security Services (NS2) CISO Ted Wagner told eSecurityPlanet that network slicing “adds complexity, which may lend itself to insecure implementation.

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Risk Cybersecurity IoT Computer and Electronics 136

Info Source

DECEMBER 8, 2023

In the State and Local Government sector that was further behind in their digital transformation, the pandemic caused the acceleration of digitisation efforts in 2020, but most of them can be described as emergency measures. The Telecoms sector includes providers of phone and data services, which often also own their network infrastructures.

Marketing 40

Marketing Customer Experience Energy and Utilities Digital transformation 40

The Last Watchdog

FEBRUARY 8, 2021

Cyberattacks against healthcare entities rose 45 percent between November 2020 and January 2021, according to Check Point. Meanwhile, the healthcare sector accounted for 79 percent of all reported data breaches during the first 10 months of 2020, a study by Fortified Health Security tells us. Promoting best practices.

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Energy and Utilities Security Compliance Cybersecurity 197

Robert's Db2

OCTOBER 26, 2010

It's expected that by 2020 that number will be around 35 zettabytes (a zettabyte is 1 sextillion bytes, or a billion terabytes). Robert was joined on stage by IT executives from Visa International (Mike Dreyer) and CenterPoint Energy (Steve Pratt). That's a 44X increase in 11 years. on an application basis).

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Energy and Utilities Analytics Access IT 48

AIIM

MARCH 4, 2022

Electric utilities in the United States are a major source of CO2 – they created 1.55 billion metric tons of it in 2020. And according to the US Energy Information Agency, consumption is expected to grow by 50% by the year 2050. To get greener, electric utilities must digitally transform. Artificial Intelligence.

Content services 104

Content services Digital transformation Energy and Utilities Cloud 104

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. The attack was detailed by California-based cybersecurity firm Area 1 Security in a report. ” reads the report published by Area 1 Security. ” continues the report.”Repeatedly,

Energy and Utilities 67

Energy and Utilities Phishing Military Authentication 67

AIIM

JANUARY 30, 2020

378/Act 137 has been meeting for more than a year and is set to deliver a report on January 15, 2020. Alabama established its own task force in the Summer of 2019, and a full report is expected by mid-2020. The nervous energy had been replaced with exhaustion. Balancing the Utility of AI and Ethical Bias.

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