Power grids, water treatment plants, and natural gas pipelines operate at the intersection of critical infrastructure and aging industrial systems, a combination that makes a successful attack a national headline rather than an IT ticket. Check Point Research documented 1,162 cyberattacks on utilities in 2024, a 70% year-over-year increase, while CISA issued active alerts in 2025 about intrusions into oil and natural gas ICS/SCADA systems. The stakes here are measured not in lost data but in lost electricity.
Utilities faced 1,162 cyberattacks in 2024, a 70% surge, with ransomware up 80% and internet-exposed ICS devices growing 40%. Here is why this sector is uniquely vulnerable and what the best operators do differently.
A deep dive into four real WordPress security breaches from 2024, including the plugin supply chain attack, Really Simple Security authentication bypass, LiteSpeed Cache debug log exposure, and File Manager remote code execution. Each case study reveals actionable lessons for hardening your WordPress installation.
