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A “critical water utility” was hit by a recent ransomware attack, significantly impeding the service in the week after Hurricane Florence hit the East Coast of the U.S. The Onslow Water and Sewer Authority (ONWASA) said in a Monday release … Continue reading Podcast: A Utility Ransomware Attack, Post-Hurricane
The Emotet Trojan is behind a crippling ransomware attack that hit the Onslow Water and Sewer Authority. Continue reading In County Crippled by Hurricane, Water Utility Targeted in Ransomware Attack
As Hurricane Florence rips through North and South Carolina, scammers and hackers will very likely look to exploit the storm for financial gain or other malicious purposes, an inter-state cybersecurity organization has warned. Florence’s landfall — and the storms that follow — are expected to “propel the emergence of new and recycled scams involving financial fraud and malware,” the Multi-State Information Sharing and Analysis Center (MS-ISAC) said in an advisory Friday. Hurricane Florence made landfall in North Carolina Friday morning. Though downgraded to a Category 1 storm, Florence has brought flash flood warnings and already caused more than 600,000 power outages in North Carolina, according to the state’s department of public safety. In recent days there have been a marked increase in registered domains related to Hurricane Florence with words like “compensation” and “funds,” indicating possible fraud, MS-ISAC said. Thirteen domains associated with Florence were registered on Monday, and that number jumped […]
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The Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Wind Scale only measures wind speed and nothing else. Continue reading Hurricane Categories Don’t Capture How Dangerous Florence Is
Hurricane Florence will make landfall in the Carolinas on the same day the US Department of Energy announces that the US has likely surpassed Russia and Saudi Arabia in crude oil production. Continue reading Climate Change Exacerbates Hurricane Florence as America Becomes World’s Leading Crude Oil Producer