Report Reveals Spearphishing Constitutes 81% of Utilities Sector Alerts

The report summarizes observed cyber threats to the utilities sector from Nov 1, 2023 to Oct 31, 2024, highlighting spearphishing as the dominant vector (accounting for ~81% of alerts with specific MITRE techniques listed), a 42% year-over-year surge in ransomware with 75 organizations on data-leak sites, growing impersonating-domain activity detected by digital risk protection, and significant risk from the China-linked APT Volt Typhoon; it also emphasizes the value of AI-driven automated response to drastically reduce containment times.