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Malware 'disguised as Siemens firmware drills into 10 industrial plants'

Four years of active infection, claims security biz Dragos

 
22 Mar 2017 at 19:34, John Leyden
 

Malware posing as legitimate firmware for Siemens control gear has apparently infected industrial equipment worldwide over the past four years.

 

The cyber-nasty is packaged as software to be installed on Siemens programmable logic controllers (PLC), we’re told. At least 10 industrial plants – seven in the US – were found running the infected firmware, a study by industrial cybersecurity firm Dragos claims.

 

According to the Texas-based biz, this particular malware was specifically thrown at industrial control equipment. Exactly what it does, or did, is not explained, although it is described as “crimeware”. Dragos CEO Robert Lee writes:

 

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