Oil and Gas
Developing customized OT security policy in complex industrial environments
Explore Sectrio’s solutions today: Solutions | Products | Services | SOC For most Operational Technology (OT) operators, an IT security policy is often the default policy instrument for ICS security. The IT ...
Addressing the key OT/ICS and IoT cybersecurity challenges in the oil and gas industry
An industry veteran brought out an interesting point at a recently concluded cybersecurity conference. As per him, cybersecurity in the oil and gas industry across upstream, midstream and downstream segments involved a ...
Rising attacks on oil and gas infrastructure call for revamping cybersecurity practices
After the recent cyberattacks on two oil suppliers in Germany, oil and gas infrastructure in two more European nations were targeted by hackers in the last two days. Such attacks have created ...
Cybersecurity for Oil and Gas: An Overview
The growing value of business data, the vulnerability of networked systems, and the importance of fuel infrastructure have made oil and gas companies major targets for malicious hackers. Already, the industry has ...
Improving Your Security Posture with the Pipeline Cybersecurity Initiative
A few years ago, I worked alongside some oil commodity traders. Environmental concerns aside, I never realized how many parts were required to get the oil out of the ground, not to ...
Design & Implementation of OEM ICS Cybersecurity Frameworks: The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly
The cyber threat landscape today continues to pose a myriad of unique challenges. This is especially the case for industrial organizations due to factors such as aging equipment, poor design or implementation, ...
Oil & Gas Spearphishing Campaigns Drop Agent Tesla Spyware in Advance of Historic OPEC+ Deal
Bitdefender researchers have recently found spearphishing campaigns, either impersonating a well-known Egyptian engineering contractor or a shipment company, dropping the Agent Tesla spyware Trojan. The impersonated engineering contractor (Enppi – Engineering for ...
Hackers Come for Oil and Gas
Last month’s ransomware attack against the Mexican oil firm Pemex showed how the oil industry’s embrace of digital technology has made them a high-value target for hackers. The attack—a strain of ransomware ...
Destructive Shamoon Malware Hits Italian Oil and Gas Firm
Hackers hit the IT infrastructure of an Italian oil and gas company with a new version of a destructive malware program called Shamoon. Shamoon, also known as Disttrack, was first used in ...
New Survey: 75% of Middle East Oil & Gas Companies Have Suffered a Security Compromise
The oil and gas sector in the Middle East has become a top target for cybercriminals, enduring 50 percent of all cyber-attacks in the region, revealed a new report. The study, conducted ...
