Security News

Russia-Linked Hackers Could Sabotage US Energy Systems (InfoRiskToday)
2017-09-07 13:18

Symantec Says the Dragonfly Group Is Upping Its OperationsHackers that U.S. officials believe are linked to Russia have upped their activity against energy providers in the U.S., Turkey and...

Injection Attacks Common in Energy and Utilities Sector: IBM (Security Week)
2017-09-06 16:09

The energy and utilities sector has seen an increasing number of cybersecurity incidents and attacks, according to a new IBM X-Force report published on Wednesday. read more

Hackers Target Control Systems in U.S. Energy Firms: Symantec (Security Week)
2017-09-06 13:31

A group of cyberspies believed to be operating out of Russia has been observed targeting energy facilities in the United States and other countries, and the attackers appear to be increasingly...

Energy Management Systems Expose Devices to Attacks (Security Week)
2017-08-21 10:42

Researchers have demonstrated a new class of fault attacks possible due to the poor security design of energy management systems present in most modern computing devices. read more

Energy, Nuclear Targeted with Template Injection Attacks (Threatpost)
2017-07-10 18:34

Adversaries are using the SMB communications channel to launch template injection attacks against the energy sector, including nuclear facilities.

Energy sector IT pros overconfident in data breach detection skills (Help Net Security)
2016-09-20 13:15

A new study by Dimensional Research evaluated the confidence of IT professionals regarding the efficacy of seven key security controls, which must be in place to quickly detect a cyber attack in...