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

IT Governance

APRIL 2, 2020

Princess Cruises and Holland America Line caught out by phishing scam (unknown). Victoria, Australia, school says former student gained unauthorised access to sensitive data (90,000). South African utility provider Eskom is still feeling effects of a cyber security incident (unknown). Ransomware. Data breaches.

Data breaches 143

Data breaches Ransomware Energy and Utilities Phishing 143

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. and foreign government organizations.

Ransomware 140

Ransomware Energy and Utilities Passwords Access 140

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. Critical infrastructure. Healthcare IoT.

Energy and Utilities 40

Energy and Utilities IoT Mining Financial Services 40

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 Protection is Key.

IoT 122

IoT Risk Energy and Utilities Security 122

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

Security Affairs

JULY 2, 2019

The alert refers to an ongoing activity aimed at infecting government networks by exploiting the CVE-2017-11774 Outlook vulnerability. 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.

Energy and Utilities 93

Energy and Utilities Phishing Government Passwords 93

IT Governance

AUGUST 10, 2018

Hello and welcome to the IT Governance podcast for Friday, 10 August. Only two days after the honeypot was launched, it was attacked by a black-market seller, who installed backdoors that would allow anyone to access it, even if admin passwords were changed. Here are this week’s stories.

Honeypots 65

Honeypots Authentication Energy and Utilities Passwords 65

eSecurity Planet

DECEMBER 19, 2023

We each need to consider how these trends may affect our organizations and allocate our budgets and resources accordingly: AI will turbo-charge cybersecurity and cyberthreats: Artificial intelligence (AI) will boost both attackers and defenders while causing governance issues and learning pains.

Cybersecurity 140

Cybersecurity Cloud Ransomware Risk 140

Security Affairs

MAY 19, 2020

Spear-phishing is a rapidly emerging threat. It’s more specific than generic phishing attempts and often targets a single person or company. Data from Barracuda cybersecurity researchers identified a 667% increase in spear-phishing attacks between the end of February and the following month.

Energy and Utilities 101

Energy and Utilities Phishing Cybersecurity Ransomware 101

IT Governance

DECEMBER 11, 2023

Researchers from the German cyber security company Aplite discovered 3,806 servers from 111 countries accessible on the Internet. Less than 1% of the DICOM servers on the Internet use effective authorisation. Data breached: more than 59 million data records. Akumin Inc. has suffered a second attack, this time by the BianLian ransomware group.

Data Privacy 101

Data Privacy Energy and Utilities Privacy Manufacturing 101

IT Governance

JUNE 1, 2021

Edinburgh mental health clinic in probe after client information accessed in scam (unknown) Iranian Hackers Hit H&M Israel (unknown) South Africa’s VirginActive goes offline after cyber attack (unknown) B.C. If you find yourself facing a cyber security disaster, IT Governance is here to help. Data breaches. Financial information.

Data breaches 124

Data breaches Ransomware Insurance Energy and Utilities 124

eSecurity Planet

JULY 28, 2021

Permissioned blockchains, or private blockchains,aren’t truly decentralized because they’re organized by a governance structure and authentication process for nodes. For advantages, private blockchains are more scalable and energy-efficient with suggested use cases of banking and supply chain management. Types of Endpoints Matter.

Blockchain 135

Blockchain Cybersecurity Energy and Utilities IoT 135

ForAllSecure

APRIL 26, 2022

This is ransomware, starting with a phishing attack. So there’s a need, a definite need, for information security professionals to have access to industrial control systems -- not virtual, but actual hands on systems -- so they can learn. So this power grid attack is sounding more credible. Van Norman: Absolutely.

Energy and Utilities 52

Energy and Utilities Manufacturing Risk IT 52

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 82

Energy and Utilities Phishing Military Authentication 82