The Security Ledger

SEPTEMBER 25, 2019

If you believe the headlines, the first known disruptive cyber attack against the U.S. grid happened on March 5, 2019 when an unidentified actor attacked firewalls at an undisclosed utility that was part of the power grid in California, Utah and Wyoming. Department of Energy and was called “unprecedented.”

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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. Cyber attacks against the company aren’t the only relevant threat, however. Invest in the right technology.

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Security Boulevard

MARCH 31, 2021

invest in better endpoint detection and response (EDR) technology, apparently recommending Cylance or VMware Carbon Black. He was quoted as saying that he and his co-conspirators would steal the data and if Tesla refused to pay the ransom the company's secrets would be placed on the internet. conduct employee phishing tests.

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SecureWorld News

MARCH 23, 2021

electrical grid provides the country the power to enjoy all the luxuries of modern life and technology. The increased connectivity brought on by the Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) allows for more real-time monitoring and adjustment of power, but with those benefits also comes greater risk.

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Hacker Combat

JUNE 3, 2021

Industrial switches are made using universal firmware developed by Korenix Technology, a leading provider for industrial networking solutions based in Taiwan. SEC Consult , a cyber-security consultancy based in Austria, was the first to discover these exposures. Energy and power. Heavy machinery. Automation. Surveillance.

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The Last Watchdog

MARCH 4, 2019

A common thread runs through the cyber attacks that continue to defeat the best layered defenses money can buy. Related: We’re in the midst of ‘cyber Pearl Harbor’ Peel back the layers of just about any sophisticated, multi-staged network breach and you’ll invariably find memory hacking at the core.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

FEBRUARY 16, 2021

Digital technology and connected IoT devices have proliferated across industries and into our daily lives. Electric grid utilities are deploying smart meters to better correspond to consumers energy demands while lowering costs. Internet Of Things. Critical Success Factors to Widespread Deployment of IoT. Encryption.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

JUNE 3, 2021

We need to take user protection seriously, change the security paradigm, by studying and building protections around people and processes, rather than solely focusing on technology. It is the beginning of the end of the Internet as we know it and I think last year saw us taking many more steps in that direction. What more can be done?

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CyberSecurity Insiders

JANUARY 16, 2022

More than 1,500 organizations worldwide spanning Financial Services, Defense, Manufacturing, Energy, Aerospace, and Transportation Systems trust OPSWAT to secure their files and devices; ensure compliance with industry and government-driven policies and regulations, and protect their reputation, finances,? networking infrastructure.

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SecureList

NOVEMBER 9, 2022

We can therefore expect that cybercrime groups from either block will feel safe to attack companies from the opposing side. The economic downturn (caused by energy prices, inflation, sanctions, etc.) Stefan Soesanto, Senior Cyber Defense Researcher, The Center for Security Studies (CSS) at ETH Zürich.

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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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SecureList

DECEMBER 14, 2022

Industroyer2 was discovered in the network of a Ukrainian energy provider, and it is very unlikely that the attacker would have been able to develop it without access to the same ICS equipment as used by the victim. Some of them were particularly sophisticated.

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Herjavec Group

JULY 29, 2021

While the world transitions out of the pandemic, cyber adversaries have continued to take advantage of the chaos – cyber attacks have skyrocketed and are only becoming more frequent, destructive, and sophisticated. Ransomware – the hacker’s current cyber weapon of choice. In the U.S.,

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ForAllSecure

APRIL 26, 2022

But also war over the internet. It's individual pieces of it that fall apart and become a nightmare for that company or that utility or whatever. Here’s the PBS News Hour: PBS NEWS HOUR: Judy Woodruff: The federal government today confirmed that a Russian criminal group is behind the hacking of a crucial energy pipeline.

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Privacy and Cybersecurity Law

JULY 11, 2017

According to a new joint report issued by the US Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), hackers have been penetrating the computer networks of companies that operate nuclear power stations, energy facilities, and manufacturing plants in the US since May 2017.

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Spinone

SEPTEMBER 3, 2018

Is blockchain technology the new path that the legal industry should take to sustain in the digital age? Let us consider the most significant implications of decentralized technologies to the legal industry. Blockchain is one of the most promising new technologies to emerge from the past decade.

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