How Russia-Linked Malware Cut Heat to 600 Ukrainian Buildings in Deep Winter

[ad_1] Lvivteploenergo didn’t respond to WIRED’s request for comment, nor did the SBU. Ukraine’s cybersecurity agency, the State Services for Special Communication and Information Protection, declined to comment. In its breakdown of the heating utility attack, Dragos says that the FrostyGoop malware was used to target ENCO control devices—Modbus-enabled industrial monitoring tools sold by the … Read more

Russia-linked hackers cut heat to 600 Ukrainian apartment buildings in the dead of winter, researchers say

[ad_1] Cybersecurity company Dragos has flagged malware that can attack industrial control systems (ICS), tricking them into malicious behavior like turning off the heat and hot water in the middle of winter. TechCrunch reports that’s precisely what the malware, dubbed FrostyGoop, did this January in Lviv, Ukraine, when residents in over 600 apartment buildings lost … Read more