RESEARCH REPORT
Threat Landscape Report: Uncovering Critical Cyber Threats to Utilities
Between November 1, 2023, and October 31, 2024, ransomware attacks on the utilities sector surged by 42%, with 75 companies appearing on ransomware data-leak sites. This is likely driven by attackers exploiting the sector’s critical need to avoid operational downtime, as well as their management of data and infrastructure.
The most prevalent attack types targeting the sector, which we’ll explore further in the report, include:
- Spearphishing with links and attachments
- Internal spearphishing
- DNS application layer protocol
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In This Report, You’ll Uncover:
- Initial Access Techniques: Discover the evolving methods threat actors use to breach utilities organizations, including spearphishing and DNS application layer protocol.
- Dark Web Intelligence: Get a look inside cybercriminal forums to see what threat actors are saying about utilities organizations.
- Focused Threat Forecast: Explore current and emerging cyber threats, from nation-state-backed threat actors to hacktivism, and learn how to effectively mitigate these risks.
