CyberSecurity Insiders

SEPTEMBER 29, 2021

Division D: Energy: Title 1: Subtitle B: Cybersecurity.

Energy and Utilities 108

Energy and Utilities Cybersecurity Technology Architecture 108

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. Reducing the risk of attacks such as ransomware and malware on CNI will be of paramount importance to the stability of nation states for years to come.

Cyber threats 71

Cyber threats Energy and Utilities Ransomware IoT 71

eSecurity Planet

MARCH 16, 2023

Tenable senior staff research engineer Satnam Narang said by email that CVE-2023-23397 is likely to be one of the top vulnerabilities of 2023, noting that MDSec researchers have already developed a proof-of-concept exploit for the flaw that requires no user interaction (screenshot below).

Energy and Utilities 98

Energy and Utilities Authentication Firewall Engineering 98

Cisco Security

NOVEMBER 9, 2021

Interest in industrial control systems (ICS) security has shot up in response to cyberattacks on organizations like the city of Oldsmar’s water utility , Honda , Merck , Maersk , and Johannesburg’s electric utility. Manufacturers, energy and water utilities, mines, ports, railways, roadways, and more. Learn more.

Energy and Utilities 119

Energy and Utilities Architecture Manufacturing IoT 119

NopSec

OCTOBER 19, 2016

The first thing that all organizations need to understand is why social engineering works. In its simplest form, social engineering is an attack that focuses on the human element in the security context. The ultimate goal of a social engineering attack is to get information from someone without their knowledge of disclosure.

Social Engineering 40

Social Engineering Engineering Energy and Utilities Phishing 40

Centraleyes

JANUARY 3, 2024

To enhance Europe’s resilience against existing and emerging cyber threats, the NIS2 Directive introduces new requirements and obligations for organizations in four key areas: risk management, corporate accountability, reporting obligations, and business continuity. Initiate these steps promptly to mitigate the risk of delays.

Energy and Utilities 52

Energy and Utilities Cyber Risk Risk Encryption 52

SC Magazine

JULY 13, 2021

(Raysonho @ Open Grid Scheduler/Grid Engine/CC0 1.0). that face a growing understanding of risk from upstream partners in their supply chains and an increasingly complex regulatory space – both by giving advice and by subsidizing a supply chain management toolkit. GBA Sentinel will assist international companies operating in the U.S.

Energy and Utilities 76

Energy and Utilities Small Business Media Marketing 76

SC Magazine

MAY 1, 2021

Below is our esteemed panel of SC Awards judges, contributing from health care, engineering, finance, education, manufacturing, nonprofit and consulting, among others. Cedric Leighton is founder and president of Cedric Leighton Associates, a strategic risk and leadership management consultancy. He retired as a colonel in 2010.

Computers and Electronics 126

Computers and Electronics Technology Education Information Security 126

The Last Watchdog

NOVEMBER 16, 2020

Everything from science and engineering to poetry and music rely on numeric calculations. Tatsuaki Okamoto, director of NTT Research’s Cryptography and Information Security (CIS) Lab , and Dr. Amit Sahai, professor of computer science at UCLA Samueli School of Engineering and director of UCLA Center for Encrypted Functionalities (CEF).

Software 182

Software Computers and Electronics Encryption Energy and Utilities 182

Krebs on Security

JULY 27, 2020

. “The ferocity of cyber criminals to take advantage of COVID-19 uncertainties by preying on small businesses is disturbing,” said Andrew LaMarca , who leads the global high-risk and fraud team at Dun & Bradstreet. ESC), a 37-year-old environmental engineering firm based in Bradenton, Fla. ” PHANTOM OFFICES.

Identity Theft 359

Identity Theft Small Business Energy and Utilities Computers and Electronics 359

Security Boulevard

FEBRUARY 11, 2021

If a utility or critical infrastructure provider is unable to systematically protect against or rapidly detect and respond to the unauthorized or misuse of a remote access solution into the systems that matter most to operations and even downstream lives, what about a more sophisticated attack executed by a nation state actor? Yes, that’s it.

Energy and Utilities 52

Energy and Utilities CISO Risk Penetration Testing 52

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. One tried-and-true incursion method pivots off social engineering. A network breach begins, of course, with an incursion.

Hacking 212

Hacking Energy and Utilities System Administration Accountability 212

ForAllSecure

MAY 13, 2022

Since then Hash started a reverse engineering wiki site called Recessim and created dozens of YouTube videos in a channel of that same name to chronicle his adventures. For example, in 2009, the Obama administration provided financial incentives to utilities in the United States. Environmental effects caused by pollution.

Engineering 52

Engineering Energy and Utilities Computers and Electronics Firmware 52

CyberSecurity Insiders

JUNE 3, 2021

Mind you, SolarWinds software is used to monitor network traffic by someone of the biggest names in the federal government (such as the Treasury department, the department of Commerce, department of Energy, NATO, and the European parliament). What are the most important cybersecurity risks for 2021? Ransomware is at the top.

Cybersecurity 136

Cybersecurity Energy and Utilities Social Engineering Phishing 136

Security Boulevard

APRIL 28, 2021

They bring multiple moving parts together - computers, networks, data communications and user interfaces - to manage machinery and engineered components of industrial systems. Networks can also be easily breached by social engineering, password theft, or tainted USBs, as in the Stuxnet attack. . . Additional Learning.

Energy and Utilities 70

Energy and Utilities Malware DDOS Internet 70

SecureWorld News

OCTOBER 12, 2021

They are words that could strike fear into the heart of a CISO, Chief Risk Officer, or corporate counsel. A Nuclear Engineer for the U.S. SecureWorld News just analyzed dozens of pages of court documents to understand this story of the Naval Engineer—an insider—who is accused of going rogue in a high-tech and high-stakes operation.

Social Engineering 87

Social Engineering Engineering Encryption Cryptocurrency 87

SecureList

NOVEMBER 9, 2022

The ongoing geopolitical storm brings not only classical cyberthreats for business, but also unpredictable risks and ‘black swans’ The main problem for 2023 will be supply-chain stability and cybersecurity. The economic downturn (caused by energy prices, inflation, sanctions, etc.) Vulnerabilities in Autonomous Vehicles.

Cybersecurity 133

Cybersecurity Cyber Insurance Cybercrime IoT 133

eSecurity Planet

APRIL 7, 2023

You may use a VPN or install utilities to capture and forward traffic to other subnets, or configure proxychains. There are multiple other attack angles to test, including: Network compromises Social engineering (e.g., Besides, attacking tools can send multiple probes or headers along with their requests (e.g.,

Penetration Testing 141

Penetration Testing Social Engineering Energy and Utilities Hacking 141

Spinone

AUGUST 25, 2020

This threat makes companies seek application security assessment tools that can eliminate risks while not turning down the advantages of using public SaaS completely. ” You may wonder, why is there a risk from using third-party applications when they may be listed in the G Suite Marketplace? What does G Suite Security involve?

Energy and Utilities 52

Energy and Utilities Risk Accountability Technology 52

SecureList

NOVEMBER 26, 2021

It’s not often we observe a large-scale attack by APT threat actors – they usually avoid such attacks because they are too ‘noisy’ and risk drawing attention to the campaign. The vulnerability is in MSHTML, the Internet Explorer engine. LuminousMoth is an exception. Tomiris backdoor linked to SolarWinds attack.

Malware 98

Malware Banking Energy and Utilities Accountability 98

SecureList

DECEMBER 14, 2022

We left the COVID-19 crisis behind hoping for a long-awaited return to normality and were immediately plunged into the chaos and uncertainty of a twentieth-century-style military conflict that posed serious risks of spreading over the continent. This is a real risk factor for all security vendors experiencing political pressure.

DDOS 136

DDOS Ransomware Government Energy and Utilities 136

SecureList

FEBRUARY 16, 2023

If the movie lover entered their bank card details on the fake site, they risked paying more than the displayed amount for content that did not exist and sharing their card details with the scammers. Soccer fans chasing merchandise risked compromising their bank cards or just losing some money.

Phishing 100

Phishing Scams Accountability Energy and Utilities 100

eSecurity Planet

DECEMBER 19, 2023

Bottom line: Prepare now based on risk. Without guidelines, organizations risk unfettered use of AI, risks of data leaks, and no recourse for unethical AI use within the organization. Also consider learning about the top governance, risk, and compliance tools to identify the best one for you.

Cybersecurity 140

Cybersecurity CISO Government Technology 140

Security Affairs

MAY 19, 2020

Real-Life Examples of Spear-Phishing Attacks in the Energy Production Sector. The threat of spear-phishing for energy companies is, unfortunately, not a theoretical one. Downloading them infected a user’s system with a type of trojan spyware not previously seen in other utilities industry cyberattacks. Not a New Concern.

Energy and Utilities 98

Energy and Utilities Phishing Advertising Spyware 98

Security Boulevard

MARCH 22, 2022

With the increase of supply chain attacks on everything from logging software like Log4J to takeovers of important JavaScript packages to compromises of network utility tools like SolarWinds, more and more organizations are recognizing the need to adopt a Zero Trust mindset. So then what is Zero Trust? software, networks, data?—?are

Software 104

Software Architecture Energy and Utilities Risk 104

ForAllSecure

APRIL 26, 2022

I know for the user, the engineer, the engineer or the technician that that's going to set these up and program them or even the operators and interface with them. It's individual pieces of it that fall apart and become a nightmare for that company or that utility or whatever. But is that balance right? Van Norman: Absolutely.

Hacking 52

Hacking Energy and Utilities Manufacturing Firmware 52

Cisco Security

AUGUST 26, 2021

Only by integrating these tools into your larger security reporting and analytics infrastructure, and by leveraging actionable responses, can one reduce the threat risk to an organization. CyberArk reduces VPN risk with MFA enforcement on any VPN client that supports RADIUS; including Cisco Secure Firewall. Read more here.

Technology 111

Technology Firewall VPN Authentication 111

ForAllSecure

AUGUST 30, 2022

If you want to get to put the energy into it. And and that spans everything from commercial companies, to militaries, to utilities to hospitals. People are understanding the threats and the risks from attacks. It really comes down to that detection engineering and tuning it and getting it just right. You name it for that.

Banking 40

Banking Energy and Utilities Government Firewall 40

SecureList

JANUARY 31, 2024

It is far easier to restore the operation of encrypted IT systems (for example, from backups) than it is to resolve even a technically simple issue affecting vehicles scattered across a wide area (for example, removing malware that prevents a truck engine from starting or cuts the power inside a ship).

Ransomware 76

Ransomware Energy and Utilities Marketing Backups 76

ForAllSecure

MAY 18, 2020

When you capture someone else’s exploit and use it (or patch it), you’ve used their energy against them. If you can better use an adversary’s energy and time for your own benefit, you have a higher chance of succeeding. There is value in offense and you get some utility such as access, intelligence, or control.

Energy and Utilities 52

Energy and Utilities Risk Software Hacking 52

ForAllSecure

MAY 18, 2020

When you capture someone else’s exploit and use it (or patch it), you’ve used their energy against them. If you can better use an adversary’s energy and time for your own benefit, you have a higher chance of succeeding. There is value in offense and you get some utility such as access, intelligence, or control.

Energy and Utilities 52

Energy and Utilities Risk Software Hacking 52

ForAllSecure

MAY 18, 2020

When you capture someone else’s exploit and use it (or patch it), you’ve used their energy against them. If you can better use an adversary’s energy and time for your own benefit, you have a higher chance of succeeding. There is value in offense and you get some utility such as access, intelligence, or control.

Energy and Utilities 52

Energy and Utilities Risk Software Hacking 52

Security Boulevard

MAY 19, 2023

Like anybody else might do, I searched for answers in search engines, literature, videos, podcasts. Some answers extended this to incorporate authenticity, utility, and possession (which form the Parkerian Hexad when combined with the CIA triad). For good measure, I asked ChatGPT, but still didn’t get the answer I was looking for.

Accountability 62

Accountability Energy and Utilities Passwords Banking 62

Herjavec Group

JULY 29, 2021

I’ve always believed that the best way to build a strong cybersecurity program is to utilize all the data. Threat actors have developed social engineering approaches that leverage the uncertainty and chaos of the pandemic in order to deliver their malicious software. Back up all sensitive data. In the U.S.,

Cybersecurity 52

Cybersecurity Digital transformation Cyber Attacks Ransomware 52

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. iOS devices may not be the only targets: other devices and operating systems could also face risks.

Hacking 116

Hacking Energy and Utilities Media Malware 116

Spinone

SEPTEMBER 3, 2018

Financial institutions, healthcare, public sector and government agencies, manufacturing, and energy companies are all embracing digital business trends. Along with securing digital transactions, blockchain technology integration within existing security protocols reduces numerous cybersecurity risks. Data is immutable.

Energy and Utilities 40

Energy and Utilities Technology Authentication Banking 40