Attack on Ukrainian energy industry with Industroyer 2
In further attacks on the Ukrainian energy industry, ESET was able to identify a new variant of the Industroyer malware: Industroyer 2. ESET researchers suspect the APT group Sandworm to be behind the latest attacks with a high level of certainty. Substations in Ukraine are under attack. The aim of the hackers is to shut down the infrastructure. ESET researchers have worked closely with Ukraine's CERT to protect the company's network. Here, a new variant of the Industroyer malware was discovered, which the experts are now calling Industroyer2. Industroyer is a notorious malware that was deployed by APT group Sandworm back in 2016 to…
