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. Taking sides: professional ransomware groups, hacktivists, and DDoS attacks.

DDOS 145

DDOS Ransomware Government Energy and Utilities 145

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.

Energy and Utilities 145

Energy and Utilities Ransomware DDOS Accountability 145

SecureWorld News

OCTOBER 26, 2023

Viking Line: The shipping company, like many across Europe, was the target of a DDoS attack that crippled websites and has IT teams working triple-time to get systems back online. Energy and Utilities: Energy and utilities companies provide essential services to millions of people.

Hacking 103

Hacking Energy and Utilities Identity Theft Healthcare 103

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.

Cybersecurity 145

Cybersecurity Cyber Insurance Cybercrime IoT 145

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.

Risk 137

Risk Cybersecurity IoT Wireless 137

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

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.

Cybersecurity 136

Cybersecurity Cryptocurrency Technology Energy and Utilities 136

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.

Malware 133

Malware Banking Energy and Utilities Accountability 133

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.

Cybersecurity 104

Cybersecurity Ransomware Malware Government 104

SecureList

NOVEMBER 25, 2024

In general, we’ve observed hacktivists in the Russo-Ukrainian conflict become more skilled and more focused on attacking large organizations such as government, manufacturing and energy entities. For instance, one recent attack observed in this area was a DDoS attack targeting Israel’s credit card payment system.

IoT 115

IoT Energy and Utilities Phishing Cryptocurrency 115

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.

Hacking 141

Hacking Energy and Utilities Media Malware 141

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).

Energy and Utilities 94

Energy and Utilities Retail Manufacturing IoT 94

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.

Technology 40

Technology Energy and Utilities Authentication Cyber Attacks 40