Researchers are calling “GreyEnergy,” an offshoot of the BlackEnergy group that conducted a massive cyberattack on the Ukrainian power grid in 2015, an emerging threat to the Central and Eastern European power grid. Security firm ESET has released a report describing the group’s activities as ...
“Malicious hackers are using vulnerabilities in third party suppliers to gain access to government entities and critical infrastructure, according to a recent alert by the Department of Homeland Security’s United State’s Computer Emergency Readiness Team. ‘Since at least May 2017, threat act...
Researchers from Princeton University simulated an attack on a power network serving a population the size of California. The simulation found that a 1% surge in demand created by hacked smart appliances like air conditioners and water heaters could cause disruption to the network. This kind of atta...
“Attacks on American power systems are likely to be small and localized, according to a cybersecurity firm, casting doubt on the ability of a foreign power to take down broad swaths of U.S. electric systems at once. Given current technology it is not reasonable to expect an enemy to shut...
The Department of Homeland Security has issued an intelligence assessment regarding the likely impact of cyber attacks against the energy sector. The report notes: “APT actors were responsible for at least 17 intrusions against the US energy sector in FY 2014, according to ICS-CERT incident report...
via Insurance News Net The U.S. Department of Energy has released the 2011 Roadmap to Achieve Energy Delivery Systems Cybersecurity. Developed as an update to the 2006 Roadmap to Secure Control Systems in the Energy Sector, this report outlines a strategic framework over the next decade among indust...
via Gov Info Security Recognizing the reality of cyberthreats doesn’t mean that organizations take the proper actions to prevent them. That’s a takeaway of a new survey of IT security executives in energy sector conducted by the Center for Strategic and International Studies (the public ...