Greening the Digital Economy

COVID-19 and related quarantine protocols have pushed the world even more online than it already was. Global energy consumption for all things digital has been increasing by about 9% per year between 2015 and 2020, and is tracking to be responsible for about 8% of greenhouse gas GHG emission by...

More U.S. Utility Firms Targeted in Evolving LookBack Spearphishing Campaign

A spearphishing campaign, first spotted in July targeting three U.S. utility companies with a new malware variant, has evolved its tactics and extended its targeting to include nearly 20 companies. The campaign was first discovered in phishing emails, sent between July 19 and 25, which targeted...

McAfee Night Dragon Report (Update A)

Overview McAfee has published a white paper titled “Global Energy Cyberattacks: Night Dragon,”McAfee, http://www.mcafee.com/us/resources/white-papers/wp-global-energy-cyberattacks-night-dragon.pdf, accessed February 10, 2011. which describes advanced persistent threat activity designed to obtain...