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Austin Energy Customers Targeted in Vishing Scams After Severe Winter Storm Provokes Utility Outages

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Utility provider Austin Energy is warning residents that scammers are exploiting the chaos surrounding the severe winter storms that cut power to millions of Texans and left many households freezing. Your utility provider will not demand this information regardless of whether you have any overdue bills.

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Protecting Oil and Gas Industry Infrastructure: Strategies for Resilience

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To ensure energy security and economic stability, protecting the infrastructure is essential. A report from 2023 revealed that 67% of energy and utility companies faced ransomware attacks, with many incidents exploiting unpatched vulnerabilities.

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CISA JCDC Will Focus on Energy Sector

Security Affairs

Cyber attack instances are steeply rising across all sectors , leaving even the FBI to issue a bulletin about business email compromise (BEC) – the $43 billion scam. Strengthen operational integration and collaboration with members of the energy sector. Not long after, attackers targeted six stations in the Pacific Northwest.

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The Scammers’ Playbook: How Cybercriminals Get Ahold of Your Data

eSecurity Planet

As a matter of fact, the most-reported crime in the 2021 Internet Crime Report report was phishing , a social engineering scam wherein the victim receives a deceptive message from someone in an attempt to get the victim to reveal personal information or account credentials or to trick them into downloading malware.

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Evolving Email Threats and How to Protect Against Them

IT Security Guru

This attack method utilizes a “clean” URL within the body of the email before redirecting the user to a malicious one upon clicking it. AI-Powered Scams Continue to Present a Risk Traditional email scams were relatively easy to identify. Organizations operating in these sectors would be well advised to shore up their defenses.

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The mobile malware threat landscape in 2022

SecureList

Also last year, fraudsters abused the marketplace to spread various scam apps, which promised welfare payments or lucrative energy investments. Scam apps detected as Trojan.AndroidOS.Fakemoney.d The verdict applies to a variety of scam apps, such as those supposedly offering the user to earn some extra cash. and 1.35%).

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The Marvels and Challenges of AI

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Energy efficiency Smart grids balance energy supply and demand, minimizing wastage. Renewable energy sources integrate seamlessly into the grid. Example: Smart meter: “Solar panels are generating excess energy. Part 2: AI and the need for vigilance in our digital lives The rise of AI scams 1.