Security News

Bill to Protect U.S. Energy Grid From Cyberattacks Passes With NDAA
2019-12-13 14:42

Legislation that aims to protect the U.S. energy grid from cyberattacks passed the House this week after being added to the 2020 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA). The 2020 NDAA passed the...

Wiper Malware Targets Middle Eastern Energy Firms: Report
2019-12-06 15:18

'ZeroCleare' Malware Suspected of Being Tied to Iran, IBM X-Force ReportsA new malware campaign suspected of being tied to Iran has been targeting companies in the energy and industrial sectors in...

Oil be damned: Iran-based crooks flinging malware at Middle Eastern energy plants again – research
2019-12-05 12:07

ZeroCleare wipes up where Shamoon left off An Iran-based hacking crew long known to target energy facilities in neighboring Middle Eastern countries is believed to be launching new attacks.…

ZeroCleare: New Iranian Data Wiper Malware Targeting Energy Sector
2019-12-05 00:52

Cybersecurity researchers have uncovered a new, previously undiscovered destructive data-wiping malware that is being used by state-sponsored hackers in the wild to target energy and industrial...

Iran-Linked ZeroCleare Wiper Targets Energy, Industrial Sectors in Middle East
2019-12-04 14:20

Researchers at IBM X-Force have come across what appears to be a new piece of malware that has been used in highly targeted attacks aimed at energy and industrial organizations in the Middle East....

Security of North American Energy Grid Tested in GridEx Exercise
2019-11-18 15:54

A major exercise whose goal was to test the cyber and physical security of North America’s grid has enabled the energy industry and governments to review and improve incident response plans and...

Cisco Firewall Vulnerability Exploited in Attack on U.S. Renewable Energy Provider
2019-11-01 13:13

More details have emerged on the March denial-of-service (DoS) attack that disrupted firewalls and caused interruptions to electrical system operations at a power utility in the United States. read more

U.S. to Help Secure Baltic Energy Grid Against Cyber Attacks
2019-10-07 01:50

The United States and Baltic states on Sunday agreed to beef up cooperation to protect the Baltic energy grid from cyber attacks as they disconnect from the Russian electricity grid. read more

Energy Sector Phish Swims Past Microsoft Email Security via Google Drive
2019-08-15 18:49

The savvy technique of avoiding malicious links in the email allowed the phishing attack to reach its targets.

Bitcoin eats as much energy as Switzerland
2019-07-05 10:59

That's around seven gigawatts, equal to 0.21% of the world's supply: as much power as generated by seven Dungeness nuclear power plants.