Symantec Security Response has released a whitepaper and blog detailing our investigation into an ongoing cyber-espionage campaign mainly targeting the energy sector. The group behind the campaign has been dubbed Dragonfly by Symantec and has already compromised several organizations for the purpose of spying. The group also has the ability to cause damage and disrupt energy supplies within affected countries.
Symantec uncovered many targets hit by Dragonfly including energy grid operators, major electricity generation firms, petroleum pipeline operators, and energy industry industrial equipment providers. Targets of this campaign were located in the United States, Spain, France, Italy, Germany, Turkey, and Poland.
The group utilizes a number of malware tools and methods to carry out attacks and the group has successfully compromised a number of industrial control system (ICS) equipment providers. With some similarities to the infamous Stuxnet campaign, but with a broader set of targets and a focus primarily on espionage and persistent access in addition to sabotage, Dragonfly is a very serious threat.
Blog site: http://www.symantec.com/connect/blogs/dragonfly-western-energy-companies-under-sabotage-threat
Registration for Webinar on Dragonfly: https://symantecevents.verite.com/31756/262422
Dragonfly: The Latest Cyber-Espionage Threat
Presented by:
Kevin Haley, Director, Security Technology and Response
Webcast Summary:
New research from Symantec has uncovered an attack campaign against a range of targets in the energy sector in the US and Europe. This new malware campaign Dragonfly, also known as Energetic Bear, follows in the footsteps of Stuxnet, which was the first major malware campaign to target ICS systems, although this new campaign has a much broader focus.
Join us Thursday, July 10 at 10am Pacific for a review of exactly what is Dragonfly, who it has impacted and how you can protect your business.
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