Dragonfly: Western energy sector targeted by sophisticated attack group (Symantec): A recent report from Symantec says that the energy sectors in North America are being targeted by a group known as Dragonfly.   According to the report, the group has been operating since 2011, but until recently, had been relatively quiet.   While some news headlines attributed the attacks to Russia, the report says that many different measures were utilized to make attribution more complicated. Symantec claims to have evidence that this recent string of attacks started in 2015 and have seen a strong uptick in 2017.  The full report can be read on Symantec’s Blog and is included in this post for reference. Predictably, the report includes the company’s pitch that their software can protect against Dragonfly 2.0.

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SEC chief says cyber crime risks are substantial, systemic (Reuters):  The head of the SEC says the organization needs to do more to make the everyday American aware of the cyber risks involved with investing, a recent article says.  Areas of concern range from hackers stealing information to gain a market advantage to issues like initial coin offerings (“ICOs”).   ICOs, which are based on blockchain technology, have allowed startups to raise $1 billion so far this year and can be considered securities, meaning they would fall under SEC regulations, the article claims.  The full article can be read here.

Dragonfly: Western energy sector targeted by sophisticated attack group (Symantec): A recent report from Symantec says that the energy sectors in North America are being targeted by a group known as Dragonfly.   According to the report, the group has been operating since 2011, but until recently, had been relatively quiet.   While some news headlines attributed the attacks to Russia, the report says that many different measures were utilized to make attribution more complicated. Symantec claims to have evidence that this recent string of attacks started in 2015 and have seen a strong uptick in 2017.  The full report can be read on Symantec’s Blog and is included in this post for reference. Predictably, the report includes the company’s pitch that their software can protect against Dragonfly 2.0.

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SEC chief says cyber crime risks are substantial, systemic (Reuters):  The head of the SEC says the organization needs to do more to make the everyday American aware of the cyber risks involved with investing, a recent article says.  Areas of concern range from hackers stealing information to gain a market advantage to issues like initial coin offerings (“ICOs”).   ICOs, which are based on blockchain technology, have allowed startups to raise $1 billion so far this year and can be considered securities, meaning they would fall under SEC regulations, the article claims.  The full article can be read here.