SecureList

NOVEMBER 22, 2022

Decreasing CTI quality – unfounded politically motivated cyberthreat attribution, exaggerated threats, lower statement validity criteria due to political pressure and in an attempt to utilize the government’s political narrative to earn additional profits.

Energy and Utilities 130

Energy and Utilities Marketing Government Phishing 130

SecureList

MARCH 13, 2025

Additionally, Head Mare attacks utilized command-and-control (C2) servers exclusively linked to Twelve prior to these incidents. The attackers also exploited software vulnerabilities, most commonly CVE-2023-38831 in WinRAR through phishing emails. This suggests potential collaboration and joint campaigns between the two groups.

Energy and Utilities 79

Energy and Utilities Software Accountability Phishing 79

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. Allegedly developed by US and Israeli operatives, Stuxnet was discovered circulating through Iranian nuclear energy facilities in 2010.

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Hacking Energy and Utilities System Administration Accountability 212

eSecurity Planet

SEPTEMBER 14, 2022

Often, a scammer will simply target the people in a company and fool them into giving up their personal details, account passwords, and other sensitive information and gain access that way. Phishing complaints were reported over 300,000 times in 2021 to IC3, the only Internet crime to crack 100,000+ complaints. Technological tactics.

Social Engineering 120

Social Engineering Energy and Utilities Phishing Internet 120

Security Affairs

JULY 2, 2019

The APT33 group has been around since at least 2013, since mid-2016, the group targeted the aviation industry and energy companies with connections to petrochemical production. These executables are both downloaders that utilize powershell to load the PUPY RAT. Most of the targets were in the Middle East, others were in the U.S.,

Energy and Utilities 109

Energy and Utilities Malware Advertising InfoSec 109

CyberSecurity Insiders

JUNE 3, 2021

This breach, like every major ransomware attack, was likely because of spear phishing, where someone either received the malware via an emailed attachment or clicked on a link that took them to a website that hosted it. They had super weak, easily guessable passwords, which was visible to anyone who looked.

Cybersecurity 136

Cybersecurity Energy and Utilities Social Engineering Phishing 136

SecureList

NOVEMBER 26, 2021

The attackers obtain initial access to a system by sending a spear-phishing email to the victim containing a Dropbox download link. That library was then loaded by the legitimate MsMpEng.exe by utilizing the DLL side-loading technique. The link leads to a RAR archive that masquerades as a Word document. Gamers beware.

Malware 135

Malware Banking Energy and Utilities Accountability 135

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. This includes using easily guessed passwords and falling victim to phishing and socially engineered techniques such as business email compromise.

Cyber threats 71

Cyber threats Energy and Utilities Ransomware IoT 71

eSecurity Planet

APRIL 7, 2023

You may use a VPN or install utilities to capture and forward traffic to other subnets, or configure proxychains. phishing) Memory corruptions Wi-Fi attacks Kali is a wonderful toolbox, because it has tools for a wide range of pentests. 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

Security Boulevard

APRIL 28, 2021

Networks can also be easily breached by social engineering, password theft, or tainted USBs, as in the Stuxnet attack. . . 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. The Dangers of ICS Memory-Based Attacks.

Energy and Utilities 72

Energy and Utilities Malware DDOS Internet 72

SecureList

NOVEMBER 25, 2024

One of these botnets was Quad7 , which was installed on compromised routers by the Storm-0940 actor to conduct password spraying. 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.

IoT 119

IoT Energy and Utilities Phishing Cryptocurrency 119

Cisco Security

AUGUST 26, 2021

With the addition of Kenna Security into our program we now have over 250 technology partners and over 400 integrations for our mutual customers to utilize. Playbooks allow you to respond to events within your environment such as notifications from a SIEM, suspected phishing emails, or alerts from asset monitoring. Read more here.

Technology 145

Technology Firewall VPN Authentication 145

SecureList

DECEMBER 1, 2023

DroxiDat, a lean variant of SystemBC that acts as a system profiler and simple SOCKS5-capable bot, was detected at an electric utility company. The C2 (command and control) infrastructure for the incident involved an energy-related domain, ‘powersupportplan[.]com’, com’, that resolved to an already suspicious IP host.

Malware 138

Malware Ransomware Encryption Energy and Utilities 138

Spinone

SEPTEMBER 3, 2018

Financial institutions, healthcare, public sector and government agencies, manufacturing, and energy companies are all embracing digital business trends. Ransomware infects organizations through phishing, and law firms need to implement comprehensive information security awareness programs for their employees.

Energy and Utilities 40

Energy and Utilities Technology Authentication Cyber Attacks 40

NopSec

OCTOBER 19, 2016

In many cases organizations, security professionals, and people understand what the attacks are, phishing, physical impersonations, etc. These in many cases will utilize multiple attack vectors each playing a small piece of the whole attack. These are the much more common types of attacks, phishing attacks, spam, website hijacking.

Social Engineering 40

Social Engineering Engineering Energy and Utilities Phishing 40

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. To reassure you immediately, we can confirm that your highly sensitive information such as username, password, and credit card information have not been compromised.". Npower App Hack.

Energy and Utilities 145

Energy and Utilities Ransomware DDOS Accountability 145

Security Boulevard

MAY 5, 2021

They form the backbone of industrialized society, including energy and power grids, food and beverage plants, oil and gas refineries, recycling plants, transportation systems, water treatment plants, manufacturing facilities and many more. Florida Water Attack Details - Tactics Included Phishing, Credential Stealing, DLL Injection.

Energy and Utilities 89

Energy and Utilities Manufacturing Data breaches Phishing 89

Security Boulevard

MARCH 31, 2021

Computer Weekly said it had learnt that FatFace paid a £1.5m ($2 million US dollar) ransom to the Conti Ransomware gang , disclosing the gang gained access to FatFace network and their IT systems via a phishing email on 10th January 2021. conduct employee phishing tests. review Active Directory password policy.

Energy and Utilities 122

Energy and Utilities Ransomware Hacking Banking 122

Security Boulevard

AUGUST 2, 2022

ThreatLabz has discovered a new strain of a large-scale phishing campaign, which uses adversary-in-the-middle (AiTM) techniques along with several evasion tactics. Similar AiTM phishing techniques were used in another phishing campaign described by Microsoft recently here. Phishing campaign overview.

Phishing 52

Phishing Energy and Utilities Authentication Accountability 52

Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

OCTOBER 23, 2023

The threat of attacks against Critical National Infrastructure (CNI) – energy, utilities, telecommunications, and transportation – is a top priority. This includes using weak passwords that can be easily compromised or stolen and misconfiguration errors of cloud-based apps and platforms.

Energy and Utilities 77

Energy and Utilities Cybersecurity Ransomware Technology 77

SecureList

FEBRUARY 16, 2023

Short-lived phishing sites often offered to see the premieres before the eagerly awaited movie or television show was scheduled to hit the screen. At the beginning of that year, we still observed phishing attacks that used the themes of infection and prevention as the bait.

Phishing 117

Phishing Scams Accountability Energy and Utilities 117

eSecurity Planet

DECEMBER 19, 2023

Before companies can effectively and safely use generative AI tools, employees must be educated on utilizing best practices: writing prompts that achieve desired outcomes, keeping data security and privacy in mind when inputting data, identifying the quality and security of AI, verifying AI output, and more,” elaborates Arti Raman, CEO Portal26.

Cybersecurity 140

Cybersecurity CISO Government Technology 140

ForAllSecure

APRIL 26, 2022

This is ransomware, starting with a phishing attack. It's individual pieces of it that fall apart and become a nightmare for that company or that utility or whatever. Then from there we go to a we're brute forcing username passwords or credentials. You've had some partnerships with the Department of Energy and also with Sisa.

Hacking 52

Hacking Energy and Utilities Manufacturing Firmware 52

CyberSecurity Insiders

NOVEMBER 30, 2021

Treasury, Commerce, State, Energy, and Homeland Security departments, government agencies and the presidential administration were forced to rapidly evaluate what exactly went wrong — and how to right the sails. By Samuel Hutton, SVP North America, Glasswall. In the calm after the massive SolarWinds breach in 2020 that impacted the U.S.

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Cybersecurity Energy and Utilities Government Technology 125

Jane Frankland

JANUARY 12, 2025

Sectors like energy, healthcare, transportation, utilities, and financial systems are increasingly at risk because they are integral to national security and daily life. An insider unknowingly clicking a phishing link or downloading a malicious file could leave the door wide open for attackers.

Cybersecurity 130

Cybersecurity CISO Insurance IoT 130

The Last Watchdog

DECEMBER 15, 2024

Simic Bojan Simic , CEO, HYPR The era of passwords will further decline as credential misuse rises, with AI both aiding and challenging security efforts. MFA attacks, leveraging phishing and session hijacking, are set to rise. water utility, highlights the escalating threat to critical infrastructure.

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Cybersecurity Cyber threats CISO Energy and Utilities 290

SecureList

JANUARY 29, 2025

Therefore, many countries are looking for their way into the new technological order, investing in promising research and development in a variety of areas: AI and machine learning, quantum computing, optical electronics, new materials, energy sources and types of engines, satellites and telecommunications, genetics, biotechnology and medicine.

Technology 97

Technology Computers and Electronics Energy and Utilities Risk 97

Security Affairs

JANUARY 14, 2020

Russia-linked cyber-espionage group hacked the Ukrainian energy company Burisma at the center of the impeachment trial of US President Donald Trump. “This report details an ongoing Russian government phishing campaign targeting the email credentials of employees at Burisma Holdings and its subsidiaries and partners.

Hacking 97

Hacking Energy and Utilities Phishing Authentication 97