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Middle-Eastern energy firms targeted with reconnaissance Trojan (Help Net Security)
2015-03-31 11:02

An email spam campaign targeting companies in the petroleum, gas and helium industries has been spotted by Symantec researchers. Most of them are in the so-called Middle East (UAE, Saudi Arabia, Qa...

How hackers made minced meat of Department of Energy networks
2013-12-17 08:49

http://arstechnica.com/security/2013/12/how-hackers-made-minced-meat-of-department-of-energy-networks/ By Dan Goodin Ars Technica Dec 16 2013

U.S. Dept. of Energy reports second security breach
2013-08-19 06:30

http://www.csoonline.com/article/738230/u.s.-dept.-of-energy-reports-second-security-breach By Steve Ragan Staff Writer CSO Online August 16, 2013

Iran Hacks Energy Firms, U.S. Says
2013-05-24 09:24

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424127887323336104578501601108021968.html By SIOBHAN GORMAN and DANNY YADRON The Wall Street Journal May 23, 2013

Nuclear Lab Remains Vulnerable to Cyberstrikes, Energy IG says
2013-02-18 06:46

http://www.nextgov.com/cybersecurity/2013/02/nuclear-lab-remains-vulnerable-cyberstrikes-energy-ig-says/61347/ By Chris Schneidmiller Global Security Newswire February 15, 2013

Report: Fifty-eight percent of Energy computers went months without bug fixes
2012-11-16 08:23

http://www.nextgov.com/cybersecurity/2012/11/report-fifty-eight-percent-energy-computers-went-months-without-bug-fixes/59559/ By Aliya Sternstein Nextgov November 15, 2012

Cyberattack on Mideast energy firms was among most destructive, Panetta says
2012-10-12 12:39

http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/cyberattack-on-mideast-energy-firms-was-biggest-yet-panetta-says/2012/10/11/fe41a114-13db-11e2-bf18-a8a596df4bee_story.html By Ellen Nakashima...

Cyber espionage campaign targets energy companies
2012-09-24 08:28

http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9231596/Cyber_espionage_campaign_targets_energy_companies By Jaikumar Vijayan Computerworld September 21, 2012

Mystery malware wreaks havoc on energy sector computers
2012-08-17 12:07

http://arstechnica.com/security/2012/08/shamoon-malware-attack/ By Dan Goodin Ars Technica Aug 16, 2012