Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 9, 2019

A DoS attack that caused disruptions at a power utility in the United States exploited a flaw in a firewall used in the facility. In May, the Department of Energy confirmed that on March 5, 2019, between 9 a.m. a cyber event disrupted energy grid operations in California, Wyoming, and Utah. and 7 p.m., and 7 p.m.,

Energy and Utilities 82

Energy and Utilities Firewall Firmware Advertising 82

Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

FEBRUARY 16, 2021

Electric grid utilities are deploying smart meters to better correspond to consumers energy demands while lowering costs. An IoT device connected to a network is simply a potential bridge between the internet and a malicious entity. Internet Of Things. Tue, 02/16/2021 - 16:33. The truth, however, is far from that.

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IoT Manufacturing Energy and Utilities Data collection 96

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. It directly affected satellite modems firmwares , but was still to be understood as of mid-March.

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DDOS Ransomware Government Energy and Utilities 133

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. It also includes a Bitcoin wallet stealing module.

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Malware Banking Energy and Utilities Accountability 87

CyberSecurity Insiders

SEPTEMBER 21, 2021

Beyond traditional IT operations that utilize servers, routers, PCs and switches, these organizations also rely on OT, such as programmable logic controllers (PLCs), distributed control systems (DCSs) and human machine interfaces (HMIs) to run their physical plants and factories. For organizations that have implemented an Industry 4.0

Energy and Utilities 101

Energy and Utilities Threat Detection Manufacturing Technology 101

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. It was all this discovery on the internet that brought me to it.

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Engineering Energy and Utilities Computers and Electronics Firmware 52

ForAllSecure

APRIL 26, 2022

But also war over the internet. The updates are done through firmware, firmware updates that we get from the vendor. It's individual pieces of it that fall apart and become a nightmare for that company or that utility or whatever. They are found in every industry in some shape or form. Physical war. So it shouldn't be.

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Hacking Energy and Utilities Manufacturing Firmware 52