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. Any industry can be affected by cybersecurity attacks, but some industries are more at risk than others. Here are some of the most targeted industries.

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Hacking Energy and Utilities Identity Theft Healthcare 104

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 136

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 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. That library was then loaded by the legitimate MsMpEng.exe by utilizing the DLL side-loading technique. LuminousMoth is an exception.

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Malware Banking Energy and Utilities Accountability 134

Malwarebytes

FEBRUARY 25, 2022

Our collective priority must be people’s physical safety, but Russia’s assault could also produce a range of cybersecurity-related risks that organizations and people will need to protect themselves against, starting today. The risk of increased stakes. The risk of collateral damage. The risk of escalation.

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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.

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IoT Energy and Utilities Phishing Cryptocurrency 116

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.

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Hacking Energy and Utilities Media Malware 141

CyberSecurity Insiders

APRIL 24, 2023

Perceived risk and benefit of the common use cases in each industry surveyed. The results focus on common edge use cases in seven vertical industries – healthcare, retail, finance, manufacturing, energy and utilities, transportation, and U.S. Collaboration approaches to connecting and securing the edge ecosystem.

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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. Along with securing digital transactions, blockchain technology integration within existing security protocols reduces numerous cybersecurity risks. Data is immutable.

Technology 40

Technology Energy and Utilities Authentication Cyber Attacks 40