Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 24, 2019

Security experts at Proofpoint observed a new wave of phishing attacks aimed at US Utilities in an attempt to deliver the LookBack RAT. Security experts at Proofpoint have discovered a new series of phishing attacks targeting entities US utilities in an attempt to deliver the LookBack RAT. nceess [. ] Nceess [. ]

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Phishing Energy and Utilities Privacy Security 77

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.” APT28 group deployed Python scripts on compromised EdgeRouters to collect and validate stolen webmail account credentials.

Energy and Utilities 101

Energy and Utilities Military Government Phishing 101

Security Affairs

APRIL 19, 2023

An Iran-linked APT group tracked as Mint Sandstorm is behind a string of attacks aimed at US critical infrastructure between late 2021 to mid-2022. The group rapidly weaponized N-day vulnerabilities in popular enterprise applications by using publicly disclosed POCs. ” reads the report published by Microsoft.

Energy and Utilities 93

Energy and Utilities Military Education Phishing 93

Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 20, 2024

Lockbit ransomware group administrative staff has confirmed with us their websites have been seized. pic.twitter.com/SvpbeslrCd — vx-underground (@vxunderground) February 19, 2024 The operation led to the arrest of two members of the ransomware gang in Poland and Ukraine and the seizure of hundreds of crypto wallets used by the group.

Energy and Utilities 104

Energy and Utilities Ransomware Manufacturing Agriculture 104

Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

. “The Department of State is announcing reward offers totaling up to $15 million for information leading to the arrest and/or conviction of any individual participating in a LockBit ransomware variant attack and for information leading to the identification and/or location of any key leaders of the LockBit ransomware group.”

Energy and Utilities 92

Energy and Utilities Ransomware Agriculture Manufacturing 92

Security Affairs

OCTOBER 21, 2018

Attackers are targeting high-value servers using a three of hacking tools from NSA arsenal, including DarkPulsar, that were leaked by the Shadow Brokers hacker group. The hackers used the powerful cyber weapons to compromise systems used in aerospace, nuclear energy, R&D, and other industries.

Energy and Utilities 98

Energy and Utilities Authentication Security IT 98

Security Affairs

APRIL 2, 2023

Files leaked by Russian IT contractor NTC Vulkan show that Russia-linked Sandworm APT requested it to develop offensive tools. Documents leaked from Russian IT contractor NTC Vulkan show it was likely involved in the development of offensive tools. Mandiant did not identify any evidence indicating how or when the tools could be used.

Energy and Utilities 91

Energy and Utilities Education Ransomware IT 91

IBM Big Data Hub

FEBRUARY 20, 2024

For instance, when utility officials are aware that a heat wave is on its way, they can plan energy procurement to prevent power outages. An earlier model built through the IBM-NASA partnership became a tool to help scientists map urban heat islands in the United Arab Emirates and monitor reforestation in Kenya. IPCC, 2023.

Energy and Utilities 123

Energy and Utilities Artificial Intelligence Agriculture Risk 123

eSecurity Planet

FEBRUARY 10, 2023

National Security Agency (NSA) in 2009, LookingGlass Cyber Solutions provides three threat intelligence analysis products: a threat intelligence platform ( scoutPrime ), a threat modeling tool ( scoutThreat ), and an attack surface monitoring solution ( scoutInspect ). LookingGlass is a privately-held company based in Reston, Va.,

Energy and Utilities 103

Energy and Utilities Risk Marketing Cloud 103

IBM Big Data Hub

AUGUST 2, 2023

Support technicians can utilize their technology background to find creative solutions as new issues arise. It utilizes natural language processing (NLP) to assist customer care and support employees with internal processes. For example, the green energy giant ENN Group Co.

IT 73

IT Energy and Utilities Customer Experience Artificial Intelligence 73

eSecurity Planet

SEPTEMBER 14, 2022

In the 2021 FBI report, individuals over 60 years of age had the highest number of complaints of any age group with 92,371 and the highest amount of reported losses with $1.68 Of the six age groups listed (under 20, 20-29, 30-39, 40-49, 50-59, 60-69), the three oldest age groups reported $4.13 for individuals under 40.

Energy and Utilities 120

Energy and Utilities Phishing Blockchain Cybersecurity 120

Data Protection Report

AUGUST 9, 2018

Department of Homeland Security (DHS) held public briefings about an attempt by a state-sponsored Russian hacking group to target control systems for U.S. DHS’ webinar explained that the hackers obtained access to vendors providing computer services to electric utilities companies. FERC noted its support for an online reporting tool.

Energy and Utilities 40

Energy and Utilities Computer and Electronics Risk Access 40

OpenText Information Management

MARCH 22, 2024

Last week industry leaders, experts, and innovators gathered at the Houston Aquarium for the OpenText Energy Summit in Houston , a pivotal event driving conversations on the intersection of artificial intelligence, information management, and energy sector dynamics.

Energy and Utilities 67

Energy and Utilities Artificial Intelligence Analytics Risk 67

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. Because PowerShell executes in memory, it works out beautifully as a ready-made attack tool. Instead, memory attacks are transient.

Energy and Utilities 212

Energy and Utilities Systems administration Access Cybersecurity 212

IT Governance

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

Following information from Microsoft , Open AI closed accounts associated with the Forest Blizzard (Strontium), Emerald Sleet (Thallium), Crimson Sandstorm (Curium), Charcoal Typhoon (Chromium) and Salmon Typhoon (Sodium) threat groups. He faces a maximum of 40 years’ imprisonment.

Data Privacy 52

Data Privacy Manufacturing Privacy Energy and Utilities 52

Security Affairs

JULY 2, 2019

Security experts at Chronicle link the malware samples involved in the attacks to Iran-linked APT33 group (aka Elfin ), the same threat actor that developed the dreaded Shamoon malware. In March, Symantec published a report detailing the activities of the APT33 group that was targeting organizations in Saudi Arabia and the United States.

Energy and Utilities 84

Energy and Utilities Phishing Government Authentication 84

Security Affairs

OCTOBER 30, 2021

“Trickbot attacked businesses and victims across the globe and infected millions of computers for theft and ransom, including networks of schools, banks, municipal governments, and companies in the health care, energy, and agriculture sectors,” said Deputy Attorney General Lisa O. reads the press release published by the DoJ.

Energy and Utilities 101

Energy and Utilities Ransomware Agriculture Government 101

Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 15, 2020

CISA published an advisory on China-linked groups targeting government agencies by exploiting flaws in Microsoft Exchange, Citrix, Pulse, and F5 systems. 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.

Government 77

Government Energy and Utilities Healthcare Access 77

Security Affairs

JANUARY 28, 2020

Like other ransomware, upon execution Snake will remove the computer’s Shadow Volume Copies, it also kills numerous processes related to SCADA systems, virtual machines, industrial control systems, remote management tools, network management software, and more. a file named invoice.doc is encrypted and renamed like invoice.docIksrt.

Ransomware 90

Ransomware Energy and Utilities Manufacturing Encryption 90

IT Governance

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

GB Impact Energy Services Source New Engineering Canada Yes 52,707 Lancaster County Sheriff’s Office Source New Public USA Yes 52,567 Maximum Research Source New Professional services USA Yes 52 GB Terago Source New Telecoms Canada Yes 45 GB Zivilgeometer Source New Engineering Austria Yes 41.83 GB Signature Performance, Inc.

Data Privacy 52

Data Privacy Manufacturing Privacy Security 52

Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

JUNE 23, 2021

The virtual event provided hundreds of attendees with thought-provoking sessions and lots of practical tools for growing revenue in a digital age. The subscription model also lets you optimize product utilization so that you can segment your offering and demonstrate the true value of your product. Usership vs. Ownership .

Digital transformation 71

Digital transformation Energy and Utilities Agriculture Customer Experience 71

IT Governance

JANUARY 4, 2021

Financial information. Malicious insiders and miscellaneous incidents. In other news…. Cyber attacks. aw (unknown). Ransomware.

Data breaches 116

Data breaches Ransomware Energy and Utilities Computer and Electronics 116

ForAllSecure

JANUARY 12, 2023

I've enjoyed working in a smaller group of people to grow a business, finding that to be more rewarding for myself. Also, over the past few months, we’ve spent a lot of time onboarding new tools in our process and hiring new folks for our team. The mission is clear and the group is all on board with that.

Sales 40

Sales Energy and Utilities Mining IT 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. Observability: In line with IBM tradition, Open Liberty offers a wide range of problem-determination tools and techniques.

Energy and Utilities 61

Energy and Utilities Cloud Libraries Insurance 61

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?

Energy and Utilities 270

Energy and Utilities Cybersecurity Ransomware Government 270

eSecurity Planet

DECEMBER 19, 2023

And AI security policies will need to extend beyond commercial AI tools to also cover internally-developed GPTs and LLMs” Security teams shy away from formal rules, but sometimes it just has to be done. Also consider learning about the top governance, risk, and compliance tools to identify the best one for you.

Cybersecurity 140

Cybersecurity Cloud Ransomware Risk 140

Schneier on Security

MARCH 14, 2023

Big energy companies expect action whenever there is a move to end drilling leases for federal lands, in exchange for the tens of millions they contribute to congressional reelection campaigns. What would happen if such legal-but-sneaky strategies for tilting the rules in favor of one group over another become more widespread and effective?

Energy and Utilities 115

Energy and Utilities Artificial Intelligence Risk Marketing 115

CILIP

SEPTEMBER 22, 2020

m really concerned about is that we are reaching our younger members, because there is a shift in the utility of professional organisations for younger professionals. We have a whole group of people who feel completely left out, who aren?t Election energy. It is no longer only about career trajectory. s very important to me.

Libraries 52

Libraries Education Energy and Utilities Access 52

IT Governance

JANUARY 3, 2024

Dori Media Group allegedly had more than 100 TB of data exfiltrated The MalekTeam Group claims to have destroyed more than 100 TB of data from Dori Media Group, an international group of media companies in Israel, Switzerland, Argentina, Spain and Singapore. The group is threatening to leak the exfiltrated data.

Data Privacy 107

Data Privacy Insurance Manufacturing Retail 107

eSecurity Planet

APRIL 7, 2023

Most importantly, Forescout’s agnostic Platform works with both a wide variety of networking vendors, device vendors, and security tools. Forescout’s Platform not only enables robust NAC capabilities, but also offers options for enhanced security, including eXtended Detection and Response (XDR).

IoT 97

IoT Compliance Cloud Access 97

IBM Big Data Hub

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

Renewable energy is critical to combatting climate change and global warming. The use of clean energy and renewable energy resources—such as solar, wind and hydropower—originates in early human history; how the world has harnessed power from these resources to meet its energy needs has evolved over time.

Energy and Utilities 80

Energy and Utilities Manufacturing Agriculture Paper 80

ForAllSecure

MAY 13, 2022

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. Environmental effects caused by pollution.

Energy and Utilities 52

Energy and Utilities Computer and Electronics IT Communications 52

Info Source

DECEMBER 8, 2023

grade schools), is the second largest group of verticals. They range from Basic Capture, i.e., digitisation of paper documents or capture of digital documents into a repository, to the ingestion of business inputs into a transactional process with various levels of automation and integration with enterprise systems and workflow tools.

Marketing 40

Marketing Customer Experience Energy and Utilities Digital transformation 40

ForAllSecure

AUGUST 14, 2019

NSO Group says its Pegasus software can now obtain access to private messages held in major cloud services. The cloud may help development and application teams move fast, but for security teams already dealing with alert fatigue, tool sprawl and legacy workflows, cloud adoption means a lot more stress. Transcript. Pegasus is pricey.

Cloud 52

Cloud Energy and Utilities Security Access 52

ForAllSecure

APRIL 26, 2022

We can't go amongst weeks really without seeing more activity groups that are being released. It's individual pieces of it that fall apart and become a nightmare for that company or that utility or whatever. Well, nothing’s impossible. But how might it actually happen? And how might we defend ourselves? Now that is here.

Energy and Utilities 52

Energy and Utilities Manufacturing Risk IT 52

ForAllSecure

AUGUST 14, 2019

NSO Group says its Pegasus software can now obtain access to private messages held in major cloud services. The cloud may help development and application teams move fast, but for security teams already dealing with alert fatigue, tool sprawl and legacy workflows, cloud adoption means a lot more stress. Transcript. Pegasus is pricey.

Cloud 40

Cloud Energy and Utilities Security Access 40

ForAllSecure

AUGUST 14, 2019

NSO Group says its Pegasus software can now obtain access to private messages held in major cloud services. The cloud may help development and application teams move fast, but for security teams already dealing with alert fatigue, tool sprawl and legacy workflows, cloud adoption means a lot more stress. Transcript. Pegasus is pricey.

Cloud 40

Cloud Energy and Utilities Security Access 40