Attacks on the oil and gas industry
Attacks on critical infrastructures are increasing, especially in building automation and the oil and gas industry. There are still dangerous trends in the first half of the year: targeted attacks and ransomware. Worms in particular serve as attack vectors in the oil and gas industry. In the first six months of 2020, the percentage of attacked systems within the oil and gas industry and in building automation increased compared to the second half of 2019, as a current Kaspersky study shows. Even if attacks on industrial control systems (ICS, Industrial Control System) in other sectors are declining slightly, the Kaspersky experts ...