Hackers have breached tank readers at US gas stations

US officials suspect Iranian hackers are behind a series of breaches of systems that monitor the amount of fuel in storage tanks serving gas stations in multiple states, according to multiple sources briefed on the activity. The hackers responsible have exploited automatic tank Read More …

Hacker stole £700,000 from UK energy company by redirecting payment

British oil and gas company Zephyr Energy says someone stole £700,000 (close to $1 million) from one of its U.S.-based subsidiaries by redirecting a payment meant for a contractor into a hacker-controlled account. In a regulatory filing with the London Read More …

Venezuela’s PDVSA suffers cyberattack

Venezuela’s state-run oil company PDVSA has been subject to a cyberattack, it said on Monday, adding its operations were unaffected, even though four sources said systems remained down and oil cargo deliveries were suspended. PDVSA and the oil ministry blamed Read More …

Satellites found exposing unencrypted data, including phone calls and some military comms

Security researchers have discovered that as many as half of all geostationary satellites in Earth’s orbit are carrying unencrypted sensitive consumer, corporate, and military information, making this data wide open to eavesdropping. The researchers at UC San Diego and the Read More …

Cobalt Strike Beacon delivered via GitHub and social media

n the latter half of 2024, the Russian IT industry, alongside a number of entities in other countries, experienced a notable cyberattack. The attackers employed a range of malicious techniques to trick security systems and remain undetected. To bypass detection, Read More …

Cyber crime a big threat to Nigeria’s oil, gas sector

Nigeria’s strategic oil and gas industry has been urged to beef up its cyber security and avoid massive potential cost to the economy if current measures fail. According to Check Point’s African Perspectives on Cyber Security Report 2024, Nigeria continues Read More …

Cyber Group Disrupts Communication Networks of Iranian Oil Fleet

A hacker group has disrupted the communication networks of ships belonging to two major Iranian shipping companies sanctioned by the US. The group, called Lab Dookhtegan or “Read My Lips”, said it has disrupted the communication networks of 116 ships Read More …

Ukraine’s defense intel launches cyber attack on Gazprom

On the anniversary of the Battle of Kruty, a cyber unit of Ukraine’s Main Intelligence Directorate launched a DDoS attack on the digital infrastructure of Russia’s Gazprom and Gazpromneft. In particular, Ukrainian cyber professionals attacked the online services of the Read More …

Singapore OSV player Vallianz hit by cyber attack

Singapore OSV owner and operator Vallianz has been hit by a cyberattack that has allowed an unknown party unauthorised access to the company’s servers. Upon discovering the ransomware incident, the firm – and its parent company Rawabi Holding Company Limited Read More …

US sanctions Chinese cybersecurity firm for firewall hacks targeting critical infrastructure

The U.S. sanctioned a Chinese cybersecurity company and one of its employees for exploiting a zero-day vulnerability in Sophos firewalls to target U.S. organizations. On Tuesday, the U.S. Treasury Department said Guan Tianfeng, an employee of Sichuan Silence, used the Read More …