5 articles tagged with "Energy Sector"
Kaspersky exposes Lotus, a data wiper deployed against Venezuela's energy utilities in December 2025. The malware destroys recovery mechanisms and leaves systems unrecoverable.
Microsoft disrupts multi-stage attack combining adversary-in-the-middle phishing with BEC. Attackers abused SharePoint and inbox rules for persistence.
Pickett USA breach exposes LiDAR scans, transmission line surveys, and substation layouts for Tampa Electric, Duke Energy Florida, and American Electric Power. Asking price: 6.5 BTC.
Oltenia Energy Complex shut down IT systems on December 26 after a ransomware attack encrypted critical documents and disrupted ERP, email, and web operations.
Amazon's threat intelligence team exposes and disrupts Sandworm operations targeting Western critical infrastructure through misconfigured edge devices.