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. Yet, boardroom focus on cyber risk appears to be diminishing.

Risk 161

Risk Insurance Energy and Utilities Marketing 161

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 96

Energy and Utilities Military Education Phishing 96

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. Here’s How to Do It Right.

Energy and Utilities 115

Energy and Utilities Phishing Blockchain Cybersecurity 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

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). Ransomware.

Data breaches 143

Data breaches Ransomware Energy and Utilities Phishing 143

IT Governance

SEPTEMBER 1, 2022

In a month that saw the former US president accused of misappropriating classified government documents, there were also a spate of malicious insiders compromising their employer’s systems. In total, we identified 112 publicly disclosed security incidents in August, resulting in 97,456,345 compromised records. In other news…. Cyber attacks.

Data breaches 116

Data breaches Ransomware Energy and Utilities Phishing 116

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. A Zero Trust Approach.

Energy and Utilities 71

Energy and Utilities Ransomware IoT Risk 71

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. billion in global losses. “Over the past 90 days (Jan.

Government 68

Government Energy and Utilities Insurance Phishing 68

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. Fair or not, a number of nascent efforts are using just such an approach to derive security scores for companies and entire industries. How useful is such a score?

Security 183

Security Energy and Utilities Risk Data breaches 183

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

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 137

Ransomware Energy and Utilities Passwords Access 137

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. In other words, it emulates all adversarial techniques, including the sophisticated ones, in a pretty efficient way.

Energy and Utilities 125

Energy and Utilities Ransomware Communications Security 125

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 176

Energy and Utilities Systems administration Access Cybersecurity 176

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 89

Energy and Utilities Phishing Government Authentication 89

Security Affairs

APRIL 18, 2020

Threat actors employed the previously-undetected PoetRAT Trojan in a Coronavirus-themed campaign aimed at government and energy sectors. . The malware infected ICS and SCADA systems used to control the wind turbines within the renewable energy sector. ” reads the analysis published by Cisco Talos. ” continues the analysis.

Energy and Utilities 113

Energy and Utilities Archiving Phishing Government 113

eSecurity Planet

APRIL 7, 2023

Kali Linux turns 10 this year, and to celebrate, the Linux penetration testing distribution has added defensive security tools to its arsenal of open-source security tools. For now, Kali is primarily known for its roughly 600 open source pentesting tools, allowing pentesters to easily install a full range of offensive security tools.

Energy and Utilities 126

Energy and Utilities Cybersecurity Security Passwords 126

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. Here are this week’s stories.

Honeypots 65

Honeypots Authentication Energy and Utilities Passwords 65

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 100

Energy and Utilities Phishing Cybersecurity Ransomware 100

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 breached: 5 TB.

Data Privacy 101

Data Privacy Energy and Utilities Privacy Manufacturing 101

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. p=23-<##>”.

Energy and Utilities 98

Energy and Utilities Manufacturing Phishing Government 98

ForAllSecure

AUGUST 30, 2022

Perhaps you’ve read it, seen it, or at least heard of it. The premise is pretty basic. Kids are recruited to play this computer game, and the ones who get really good get promoted to live in these fancy villages. And … you’ve probably already guessed the ending, right? How good is the tech that you have?

Military 40

Military Energy and Utilities Government IT 40

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 136

Cybersecurity Cloud Ransomware Risk 136

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 For the second month in a row, ransomware has dominated our list of data breaches and cyber attacks. Spargo & Associates Inc. Spargo & Associates Inc.

Data breaches 124

Data breaches Ransomware Insurance Energy and Utilities 124

ForAllSecure

APRIL 26, 2022

This is ransomware, starting with a phishing attack. Can criminal hackers shut down a city’s electrical grid? Well, nothing’s impossible. But how might it actually happen? And how might we defend ourselves? It was illogical and chaotic. He told us it seemed like something in a Hollywood movie. Like any other criminal hack.

Energy and Utilities 52

Energy and Utilities Manufacturing Risk IT 52

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. As the tide turns and more organizations find ways to implement blockchain, time will tell if it’s as influential in improving business processes as the hype has led us to believe.

Blockchain 134

Blockchain Cybersecurity Energy and Utilities IoT 134

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 78

Energy and Utilities Phishing Military Authentication 78