Unsophisticated cyber actors are targeting the U.S. Energy sector

CISA, FBI, EPA, and DoE warn of cyberattacks on the U.S. Energy sector carried out by unsophisticated cyber actors targeting ICS/SCADA systems. The US cybersecurity agency CISA, the FBI, EPA, and the DoE issued a joint alert to warn of cyberattacks targeting US-based organizations in the oil and natural gas sector. Unsophisticated threat actors are […]

May 7, 2025
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Cyber Threats Against Energy Sector Surge as Global Tensions Mount

Resecurity warns of rising cyberattacks on the energy sector, some linked to large-scale campaigns targeting national infrastructure for geopolitical aims. Resecurity warns about the increase in targeted cyberattacks against enterprises in the energy sector worldwide. Some of these attacks represent much larger campaigns designed to target country-level infrastructure, acting as tools for geopolitical influence. It is […]

April 16, 2025
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How cybercriminals target energy companies

In this Help Net Security video, Jim Simpson, Director of Threat Intelligence at Searchlight Cyber, discusses how cybercriminals employ specialized strategies when targeting energy companies. This is primarily due to the sensitive and valuable informat…

June 15, 2023
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Monitoring the dark web to identify threats to energy sector organizations

Searchlight Cyber researchers warn of threat actors that are offering on the dark web access to energy sector organizations. Dark web intelligence firm Searchlight Cyber published a report that analyzes how threat actors in the dark web prepare their malicious operations against energy organizations. The threat actors use the hidden part of the web to […]

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May 18, 2023
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