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DoS attack the caused disruption at US power utility exploited a known flaw

Security Affairs

A DoS attack that caused disruptions at a power utility in the United States exploited a flaw in a firewall used in the facility. In May, the Department of Energy confirmed that on March 5, 2019, between 9 a.m. a cyber event disrupted energy grid operations in California, Wyoming, and Utah. and 7 p.m., and 7 p.m.,

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RedEnergy Stealer-as-a-Ransomware employed in attacks in the wild

Security Affairs

RedEnergy is a sophisticated stealer-as-a-ransomware that was employed in attacks targeting energy utilities, oil, gas, telecom, and machinery sectors. Zscaler ThreatLabz researchers discovered a new Stealer-as-a-Ransomware named RedEnergy used in attacks against energy utilities, oil, gas, telecom, and machinery sectors.

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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. . ” reads the analysis published by Cisco Talos. ” reads the analysis published by Cisco Talos. ” continues the analysis. The messages used a document named “C19.docx,”

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The Hacker Mind Podcast: Reverse Engineering Smart Meters

ForAllSecure

For example, in 2009, the Obama administration provided financial incentives to utilities in the United States. And again, smart meters were positioned squarely as making the environment more friendly by knowing how and when energy is being used by individual customers. And I remember asking questions, who were the manufacturers?

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Forescout Platform: NAC Product Review

eSecurity Planet

combinations Enables automated response to quickly and effectively contain threats based upon policy from moderate (move to guest network, assign to self-remediation VLAN, apply OS updates/patches, etc.) to stringent (quarantine assets, turn off switch port, block access, disable network card, etc.)

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