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The US oilfield services firm Halliburton reported on 21 August 2024 that it was hit by a cyber-attack. Halliburton said it was aware of an issue affecting certain systems at the company and was working to determine the cause and impact of the problem. A spokesperson said in an emailed statement that the company was also working with "leading external experts" to fix the issue.

The attack appeared to impact business operations at the company's north Houston campus and some global connectivity ne

Colonial Pipeline said there has been no disruption to pipeline operations or their systems after a ransomware gang made several threats last Friday; yes Friday the 13^th.  The company, which runs the largest pipeline system for refined oil products in the US, addressed claims made by the Ransomed.vc gang that data had been stolen from their systems.

“Colonial Pipeline is aware of unsubstantiated claims posted to an online forum that its system has been compromised by an unknown party.  After wor

Three people were handed years-long sentences in federal court on Wednesday for a range of crimes connected to a widespread hacking and identity theft campaign.  Alessandro Doreus, Jean Elie Doreus Jovin and Djouman Doreus pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit fraud and aggravated identity theft in September 2021.  Prosecutors said they defrauded hundreds of people from 2015 to 2020 by gaining access to Social Security numbers, account numbers, usernames and passwords.

A US District Judge gave

In today’s business world, mergers and acquisitions are commonplace as businesses combine, acquire, and enter various partnerships.  Mergers and Acquisitions (M&A) are filled with often very complicated and complex processes to merge business processes, management, and a whole slew of other aspects of combining two businesses into a single logical entity.  There have been cyber-attacks on companies during M&As, yet there is a growing concern with M&A activities and cyber security.

The use of alt

Hackers have recently tampered with critical infrastructure entities in the US.  This includes the Colonial Pipeline incident that affected the supply of gas and the JBS Foods hack that affected operations of the meat-packing giant.  Neither of these ransomware attacks had any severe, real-world consequences.  Some people could not put gas in their cars for a few days, or the price of meat might have gone up in some areas, but no lives were immediately threatened.

But what if the hackers decided

A few days after the Colonial Pipeline was attacked, a former law enforcement source close to the company told Red Sky Alliance that law enforcement officials used a cyber type ‘dye pack’ to track the Bitcoin Colonial ransom payment.  A traditional dye pack is used in banks to be used during a bank robbery.  The robbers take the cash bundle with the dye pack and within minutes, the dye pack ignites and paints the robber with a dye, so responding police can identify the fleeing felon.  The federa

Critical infrastructure in any country relies on energy sources and transmission for proper and safe national operations.  A direct cyber shot was delivered to the US oil and gas industry by a Russian criminal group known as DarkSide.  DarkSide was identified in the ransomware attack that shut down the US-Georgia-based Colonial Pipeline, which immediately created fuel shortages to cars, trucks, and the airline industry.  The ransom of $5 million USD was eventually paid to get the pipeline back i

Activity Summary - Week Ending 14 May 2021:

• Red Sky Alliance observed 78 unique email accounts compromised with Keyloggers
• Analysts identified 23,596 connections from new unique IP Addresses
• 1,802 new IP addresses are participating in various Botnets
• COVID-19 Lures Continue
• RotaJakiro
• Lemon Duck
• Colonial Pipeline and DarkSide
• US – Oil Supply Chain Repercussions
• Belnet hit in Belgium
• Rubin Design Bureau, Russian DIB
• BoA upping Cyber Security Budgets
• The “new” Normal, is it?

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Critical infrastructure in any country relies on energy sources and transmission for proper and safe national operations.  A direct cyber shot was delivered to the US oil and gas industry, allegedly by a Russian criminal group known as DarkSide.  DarkSide is suspected in the ransomware attack that shut down the US-Georgia based Colonial Pipeline, which immediately created fuel shortages to cars, trucks and the airline industry. 

This pipeline attack now has other energy sector officials on edge