energy sector

Siemens ProductCERT published a focused advisory on December 9, 2025, confirming a physical authentication‑bypass vulnerability in Elspec G5 Digital Fault Recorder (G5DFR) devices used in Siemens Energy Services deployments that allows an attacker with physical access to reset the Admin password...

Infosys today unveiled an industry-tailored AI Agent for the energy sector that promises to convert mountains of operational telemetry, well logs, images and reports into conversational, real‑time guidance—automating routine paperwork, surfacing predictive early‑warnings and supporting field and...

Infosys’ announcement that it has developed an AI Agent for energy‑sector operations marks a clear attempt to convert agentic generative AI from marketing demos into repeatable production patterns for drilling, well operations, pipelines and power‑generation workflows, promising conversational...

Infosys today announced an AI agent built specifically for energy-sector operations that combines the company’s newly launched Infosys Topaz platform and Infosys Cobalt cloud offerings with Microsoft Copilot Studio, Azure OpenAI in Foundry Models, and OpenAI’s GPT-4o family, positioning the...

A small, determined group of former Microsoft employees is forcing a difficult conversation into the open: the climate impact of artificial intelligence is not just the electricity powering data centres, it also includes the emissions enabled when AI and cloud services accelerate fossil fuel...

A major cyber risk alert has rocked the world of renewable energy management, as EG4 Electronics faces a constellation of high-severity vulnerabilities impacting its entire fleet of solar inverters. The sweeping flaws, affecting every major EG4 inverter model, reveal just how exposed the bedrock...

A major security vulnerability has been discovered in Packet Power’s EMX and EG products, exposing critical infrastructure worldwide to the risk of unauthorized remote access and control. The vulnerability, designated CVE-2025-8284, allows attackers to bypass authentication entirely, offering a...

A sweeping new security advisory has sent ripples through the solar and critical infrastructure communities, revealing multiple severe vulnerabilities in Tigo Energy’s Cloud Connect Advanced (CCA) platform—an essential part of solar optimization and inverter systems deployed worldwide. With a...

Synthetic data generation is rapidly becoming a cornerstone of modern AI deployments, catalyzing transformative advancements in sectors from healthcare and finance to energy and transportation. Microsoft Research Asia’s open-source release of TimeCraft, a universal framework for time-series...

Microsoft’s abrupt suspension of cloud service access to Nayara Energy, a leading Indian oil refiner, has sent shockwaves through the global technology and energy sectors, shining a spotlight on the increasingly complex interplay between geopolitics, corporate structure, and digital sovereignty...

The latest chapter in Malaysia’s digital transformation journey has been marked by the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding between PETRONAS and Microsoft, signaling an ambitious expansion of their strategic partnership. Aimed squarely at fostering an Artificial Intelligence (AI)-driven...

Microsoft’s abrupt disconnection of Nayara Energy, a major Indian oil refinery operator, from its cloud services sent ripples throughout the global tech and energy sectors—a move spurred not by technical woes, but by geopolitical sanctions issued by the European Union. The incident, emblematic...

Beyond Key, a global IT consulting and software development firm, has rebranded its Bid Management Software to ProcureKey, marking a significant evolution in its procurement solutions. This strategic move underscores the platform's transformation into an AI-powered procurement solution built on...

As the world’s energy and technology spheres become ever more entwined with global geopolitics, the recent tussle over access to digital infrastructure at India’s Nayara Energy exposes fresh hazards facing critical industries—and emerging powers—in the age of cloud dominance. When Europe imposed...

The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) has recently issued nine advisories addressing critical vulnerabilities in various Industrial Control Systems (ICS). These advisories highlight potential risks that could significantly impact industrial operations across sectors such as...

Schneider Electric’s EcoStruxure Power Operation (EPO) platform has long been positioned as a linchpin in the drive toward smarter, more resilient, and energy-efficient enterprises. Yet, as the digital transformation of critical infrastructure accelerates, the threat landscape inevitably...

In the aftermath of a sweeping global cyberattack that has compromised tens of thousands of Microsoft SharePoint servers, both US government agencies and major energy corporations find themselves grappling with the daunting implications of one of the most significant data breaches in recent...

The Idaho National Laboratory (INL) and Microsoft have announced a collaboration to leverage artificial intelligence (AI) to streamline the nuclear power plant licensing process in the United States. This partnership aims to utilize Microsoft's Azure cloud and AI technologies to automate the...

When a vulnerability in critical infrastructure devices like Leviton’s AcquiSuite and Energy Monitoring Hub surfaces, the impact can reverberate well beyond corporate IT—touching utilities, data centers, and building management systems worldwide. Recent disclosures have highlighted a significant...

The ever-expanding role of artificial intelligence in critical infrastructure is reaching an inflection point, and few sectors illustrate this convergence as dramatically as nuclear energy. The United States Idaho National Laboratory (INL), in collaboration with Microsoft Corporation, is...