Security Boulevard

SEPTEMBER 30, 2022

A statement from the Ukrainian government issued earlier this week warns energy enterprises inside of Ukraine and those of allies worldwide to increase alert for potential cyberattacks related to current Russia-Ukraine war dynamics. (1) 1) The release also cites possible “DDoS attacks” on Ukraine’s allies, Poland, and unnamed Baltic nations.

Energy and Utilities 128

Energy and Utilities DDOS Government Malware 128

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.

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IoT Risk Energy and Utilities Healthcare 122

Security Boulevard

APRIL 28, 2021

BlackEnergy is a Trojan capable of distributed denial of service (DDoS), cyber espionage and information destruction attacks. A few years ago, a group of attackers used the Trojan to deploy SCADA-related plugins against victims in energy and ICS/SCADA networks in Ukraine and around the world. Additional Learning.

Energy and Utilities 72

Energy and Utilities Malware DDOS Internet 72

SecureList

NOVEMBER 9, 2022

The economic downturn (caused by energy prices, inflation, sanctions, etc.) Businesses most at risk are aerospace and defense contractors, as well as critical infrastructure operators (utilities such as water, electricity, and Internet, but also hospitals and operators of large cyber-physical systems such as dams). DDOS Botnets.

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Cybersecurity Cyber Insurance Cybercrime IoT 122

SecureList

NOVEMBER 26, 2021

We have seen targeted attacks exploiting the vulnerability to target companies in research and development, the energy sector and other major industries, banking, the medical technology sector, as well as telecoms and IT. That library was then loaded by the legitimate MsMpEng.exe by utilizing the DLL side-loading technique.

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Malware Banking Energy and Utilities Accountability 87

eSecurity Planet

SEPTEMBER 1, 2021

Hackers can spread malware via IoT networks, disrupt supply chains in development, and use a fleet of routers as an IoT botnet to launch a DDoS attack. Also Read: Cloudflare Fended Off Mirai Botnet DDoS Attack. This instance can result in NFV data breaches, resource exhaustion, or DDoS attacks. Network Slice Compromise.

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Risk Cybersecurity IoT Wireless 126

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. DDoS: Overwhelming the Network. In the age-old denial of service (DDoS) attack, a fleet of attacker devices can overwhelm an organization’s web server, thus blocking access to legitimate users.

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Cybersecurity Cryptocurrency Technology Energy and Utilities 135

Malwarebytes

FEBRUARY 25, 2022

Its operators seem to leverage vulnerabilities in external-facing servers while utilizing compromised account credentials to gain access and spread the malware further. Current analyses of HermeticWiper reveal that the malware is being delivered in highly-targeted attacks in Ukraine, Latvia, and Lithuania.

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Cybersecurity Ransomware Malware Government 102

Security Boulevard

FEBRUARY 28, 2021

The energy firm did not say how many accounts were affected by the breach, which was first reported by MoneySavingExpert.com. In Israel, Iranian state actors attempted, without success, to attack Israeli water utilities last year. DDoS Attacks Leverage Plex Media Server. Npower App Hack.

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Energy and Utilities Ransomware DDOS Accountability 145

CyberSecurity Insiders

APRIL 24, 2023

The results focus on common edge use cases in seven vertical industries – healthcare, retail, finance, manufacturing, energy and utilities, transportation, and U.S. Our data shows that DDoS (Distributed Denial of Service) attacks are now the top concern (when examining the data in the aggregate vs. by industry).

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Energy and Utilities Retail Manufacturing Healthcare 94

SecureList

NOVEMBER 14, 2023

APT targeting turns toward satellite technologies, producers and operators The only known case of an attack utilizing satellite technologies that happened in recent years was the KA-SAT network hack of 2022. First, they can carry out actual cyberattacks, including DDoS attacks , data theft or destruction, website defacement, and so on.

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Hacking Energy and Utilities Media Malware 103

Spinone

SEPTEMBER 3, 2018

Financial institutions, healthcare, public sector and government agencies, manufacturing, and energy companies are all embracing digital business trends. For instance, DDOS attacks are effective because they send a barrage of requests that eventually overwhelm and take down the targeted servers.

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Energy and Utilities Technology Authentication Banking 40