Security News

IS hackers are attacking the US energy grid (Help Net Security)
2015-10-19 14:45

The US energy grid is under cyber attack from Islamic State hackers but fortunately, these attacks end up in failure because the hackers are simply not skilled enough to do much damage, Caitlin Durkov...

US Energy Department's systems breached 159 times in four years (Help Net Security)
2015-09-10 11:35

The US Department of Energy (DOE) has had its computer systems successfully breached by cyber attackers 159 times in four years, USA Today reports. The US DOE is responsible, among other things, of...

Authentication Bypass Bug Hits Siemens Energy Automation Device (Threatpost)
2015-07-16 13:26

An authentication bypass vulnerability in a Siemens device that’s used in energy automation systems could allow an attacker to gain control of the device. The vulnerability is in the Siemens SICAM...