Security News

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.

Siemens Teams With Chronicle on Cybersecurity Solutions for Energy Industry
2019-05-23 18:19

Siemens and Alphabet-owned cybersecurity firm Chronicle this week announced a partnership whose goal is to provide industrial monitoring and detection solutions for the energy sector. read more

NIST Working on Industrial IoT Security Guide for Energy Companies
2019-05-07 17:16

The U.S. National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), through its National Cybersecurity Center of Excellence (NCCoE), this week announced that it’s working on a project whose goal is to...

Cyber espionage and sabotage attacks pose an increasing threat to the energy industry
2019-04-17 05:00

Malicious actors are targeting critical infrastructure (CNI) sites and energy distribution facilities exponentially. Interconnected systems in the energy industry increase vulnerabilities, and...

Rockwell Automation industrial energy meter vulnerable to public exploits
2019-02-20 11:02

A low-skilled, remote attacker could use publicly available exploits to gain access to and mess with a power monitor by Rockwell Automation that is used by energy companies worldwide, ICS-CERT...

U.S. Energy Firm Fined $10 Million for Security Failures
2019-02-04 10:02

A US energy company, identified by some media reports as Duke Energy, received a $10 million fine from the North American Electric Reliability Corporation (NERC) for nearly 130 violations of the...