"Oil and Gas Sector Lags Behind Other Industries in Gathering Dark Web Intel"

According to new research by Searchlight Cyber, 27 percent of CISOs at oil and gas companies believe that dark web activity has no impact on their business, even though it is common for threat actors to hold auctions on the dark web to sell access to compromised Virtual Private Networks (VPNs) at energy companies. Seventy-two percent of oil and gas companies are already gathering dark web intelligence to defend their organizations from cyberattacks, according to Searchlight Cyber researchers. However, they are still behind many other leading industries, such as financial services (85 percent), manufacturing (83 percent), and transportation (81 percent). Energy companies may not have viewed themselves as the primary target of financially-motivated attacks from the dark web in the past, but the cybersecurity landscape has changed dramatically. Cybercriminals are increasingly targeting enterprises in industries such as healthcare, oil and gas, and manufacturing. This article continues to discuss key findings from Searchlight Cyber regarding dark web threats. 

SC Magazine reports "Oil and Gas Sector Lags Behind Other Industries in Gathering Dark Web Intel"