The White House’s new executive order 14420 widens scrutiny of industrial control systems over cyber sabotage concerns.
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Novel Private APN Pivot Let Hackers Sabotage Second Polish Energy Facility
CERT.PL said this appears to be the first instance of a private APN being used as an attack vector.
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Origin Energy Data Breach Affects 900,000 Australians
The hacker claimed to have stolen the information of 2 million Origin Energy customers after breaching its systems.
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Data Breach Confirmed After Australian Energy Giant Origin Is Hacked
A hacker claims to have stolen the information of 2 million Origin Energy customers and is threatening to leak it.
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New Wiper Malware Targeted Venezuelan Energy Sector Prior to US Intervention
Dubbed Lotus Wiper, the malware targets recovery mechanisms, overwrites drives, and systematically deletes files.
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5 Bills to Boost Energy Sector Cyber Defenses Clear House Panel
The news comes after the Department of Energy conducted its annual Liberty Eclipse cybersecurity exercise.
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Default ICS Credentials Exploited in Destructive Attack on Polish Energy Facilities
Poland’s CERT has published a report on the recent attack, providing new details on targeted ICS and attribution.
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Russian Sandworm Hackers Blamed for Cyberattack on Polish Power Grid
10 years after disrupting the Ukrainian power grid, the APT targeted Poland with data-wiping malware.
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Phishers Abuse SharePoint in New Campaign Targeting Energy Sector
Threat actors are leveraging the file-sharing service for payload delivery in AitM phishing and BEC attacks.
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More Solar System Vulnerabilities Expose Power Grids to Hacking
Forescout has found dozens of vulnerabilities in solar power systems from Sungrow, Growatt and SMA.
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