Energy Sector
BlackLake Security was born in Texas, where the energy sector is king. We understand the challenge of securing massive and distributed industrial operations where a hacker’s antics can be deadly. We understand how to defend the technologies that you depend on, like SCADA and Industrial Control equipment, WANs, and Radio-Over-IP-Networking.
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11/20/2019
Security Firms, Nonprofits Team to Fight Stalkerware
The Coalition Against Stalkerware launched this week, with the aim of offering a centralized location for helping victims of stalkerware,... More >
11/20/2019
Mozilla Bug Bounty Program Doubles Payouts, Adds Firefox Monitor
In scope RCE Mozilla bug bounty payouts have also tripled to reach $15,000. This post was originally published on... More >
11/20/2019
Apache Solr Bug Gets Bumped Up to High Severity
Linux users running the enterprise-search platform Solr are potentially vulnerable to remote code execution attack. This post was originally... More >
11/20/2019
High-Severity Windows UAC Flaw Enables Privilege Escalation
Further details of the flaw, which has recently been patched by Microsoft, were disclosed Tuesday by researchers. This post... More >
11/20/2019
ThreatList: Admin Rights for Third Parties is the Norm
The majority give outside partners, contractors and suppliers administrative access — without strong security policies in place. This post... More >
11/20/2019
Hackers Dump 2.2M Gaming, Cryptocurrency Passwords Online
The passwords of more than 2.2 million users of a gaming and cryptocurrency website were dumped online after dual data... More >
11/20/2019
DDoS-for-Hire Boss Gets 13 Months Jail Time
A 21-year-old Illinois man was sentenced last week to 13 months in prison for running multiple DDoS-for-hire services that launched... More >
11/19/2019
400 Vet Locations Nipped by Ryuk Ransomware
The infection apparently made its way in through third-party systems. This post was originally published on https://threatpost.com/feed/. https://blacklakesecurity.com/400-vet-locations-nipped-by-ryuk-ransomware/ More >
11/19/2019
D-Link Adds More Buggy Router Models to ‘Won’t Fix’ List
The list of routers that have critical RCE bugs, that have reached end of life and that won’t get fixed... More >
11/19/2019
Google Discloses Android Camera Hijack Hack
Google has disclosed a now-fixed issue that enabled third-party apps to access a disturbing set of permissions for its Camera... More >
11/19/2019
McDonalds-Themed Facebook Ads Serve Up Banking Trojans
The malware has backdoor functionality and the ability to steal payment cards and credentials. This post was originally published... More >
11/19/2019