Lotus Wiper Malware Targets Venezuelan Energy Systems in Destructive Attack

Cybersecurity researchers have discovered a previously undocumented data wiper that has been used in attacks targeting Venezuela at the end of last year and the start of 2026. Dubbed Lotus Wiper , the novel file wiper has been used in a destructive campaign targeting the energy and utilities sect...

2019: Looking Back at Ransomware

In security, 2016 was “The Year of Ransomware.” Since then, ransomware has only gotten more pervasive, costing billions in damages. In that vein, 2019 could have been referred to as “The Year of Ransoming Governments.” More than 70 state and local governments across the U.S. suffered ransomware...

key.com XSS vulnerability

Vulnerable URL: https://www.key.com/corporate/industry-expertise/energy-utilities-capital-raising.jsp?sqkl=asd--' Details: Description| Value ---|--- Patched:| Yes, at Vulnerability type:| XSS Vulnerability status:| Publicly disclosed Alexa Rank| 5546 VIP website status:| Yes Check key.com SSL...

ICS Malware Found on Vendors' Update Installers

Malware targeting industrial control systems has infected the update installers belonging to three known industrial control vendors, according to an advisory from the Industrial Control Systems Cyber Emergency Response Team ICS-CERT. The Havex remote access Trojan RAT is targeting vendors via...

New Oil and Natural Gas ONG-ISAC Launches

Energy utilities certainly have not been spared by hackers who for years have targeted vulnerabilities in process control systems and networks with alarming success. In a move to close the gap and keep that corner of the U.S.’ critical infrastructure secure, a new information sharing group popped...

New FERC Cybersecurity Office Has Lofty Oversight and Outreach Goals

When it comes to cybersecurity and critical infrastructure, there are generally more questions than answers. And for the last 10 months or so, the volume of concern and uncertainty has ramped up, largely because there’s little in the way of productive information sharing on threats, a serious lac...