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U.S. Energy Company Targeted by QR Code Phishing Campaign

SecureWorld News

energy company, as well as organizations in other industries, such as finance, insurance, manufacturing, and technology. A blog post from Cofense , which spotted the campaign, further details the scam, particularly the one aimed at the energy company. Keep operating systems and software up to date.

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Zeno Power wins $7.5M Pentagon contract for underwater radioisotope power system

GeekWire

million contract from the Department of Defense to build and demonstrate a radioisotope power system that can provide distributed power on the seabed. The program, funded through the Pentagon’s Operational Energy Innovation Office and the Office of Naval Research , calls for the demonstration to take place by 2025.

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Improbable: Simulation platform technology

CTOvision

Improbable is developing SpatialOS; a distributed operating system that makes building simulated worlds possible. Simulated worlds provide unique insight to those asking questions of complex systems.

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Sector-specific autonomous 5G cloud networks are key to digital transformation

TM Forum

Underpinning the proposed convergence model is a combination of China Telecom’s new generation cloud network operation system and the CSP’s three-layer autonomous network architecture – which, when brought together, create comprehensive, end-to-end autonomous operation capabilities for a cloud-based network.

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Sector-specific autonomous 5G cloud networks are key to digital transformation

TM Forum

Underpinning the proposed convergence model is a combination of China Telecom’s new generation cloud network operation system and the CSP’s three-layer autonomous network architecture – which, when brought together, create comprehensive, end-to-end autonomous operation capabilities for a cloud-based network.

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CyberX assesses industrial environments for cyber risks, provides continuous monitoring

Network World

Department of Homeland Security (DHS) received reports of 59 cyber incidents at energy facilities in 2016. Security specialists believe this number is quite conservative, considering that energy companies aren’t required to report cyberattacks to DHS. Click here to subscribe. This is an increase of nearly a third over 2015.

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The cybersecurity ‘pandemic’ that led to the Colonial Pipeline disaster

The Verge

That leaves the nation’s energy infrastructure especially vulnerable, even though there are basic steps that could have been taken to prevent the crisis that’s unfolding now. Reiner says ransomware poses growing risks to critical infrastructure beyond energy, including health care and financial systems.

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