GreyEnergy malware has ‘massive amounts of junk code’ meant to confuse researchers
The investigation of the network of hackers generally associated with the seminal 2015 cyberattack on the Ukrainian power grid continues. A …
Compromising vital infrastructure: the power grid
Where were you when the lights went out? That line became famous after the 1977 blackout in New York …
Disturbing GreyEnergy malware campaign is targeting Industrial Control Systems
A new malware campaign dubbed “GreyEnergy” is targeting information systems tied to critical infrastructure. Discovered by researchers …
3 Years After Attacks on Ukraine Power Grid, BlackEnergy Successor Poses Growing Threat
Three years after BlackEnergy’s unprecedented cyberattack on Ukraine’s power grid caused a massive blackout in Kiev, an offshoot of the …
The Aurora Power Grid Vulnerability and the BlackEnergy Trojan
At recent Industrial IoT security briefings, the Aurora vulnerability has come up repeatedly. Attendees ask, “Is our country’s power …
VPNFilter EXIF to C2 mechanism analysed
Our colleagues from Cisco Talos published their excellent analysis of VPNFilter, an IoT / router malware which exhibits some worrying …
Trisis has the security world spooked, stumped and searching for answers
At first, technicians at multinational energy giant Schneider Electric thought they were looking at the everyday software used to manage …
Exploring the darkness of BlackEnergy
On December 23 2015, 230,000 people in Ukraine were left in the dark for six hours after hackers compromised the country’s energy sector. …
From BlackEnergy to ExPetr
To date, nobody has been able to find any significant code sharing between ExPetr/Petya and older malware….
Researchers find cyberweapon capable of knocking out electric grids
A newly discovered malware framework, which some believe carries signs of Russian authorship, can be used by…