Security News > 2018 > October > GreyEnergy group targeting critical infrastructure with espionage

ESET has uncovered details of a successor to the BlackEnergy APT group. Named GreyEnergy by ESET, this threat actor focuses on espionage and reconnaissance, quite possibly in preparation for future cyber-sabotage attacks. BlackEnergy has been terrorizing Ukraine for years and rose to prominence in December 2015 when they caused a blackout that left 230,000 people without electricity – the first-ever blackout caused by a cyberattack. Around the time of that incident, ESET researchers began detecting … More → The post GreyEnergy group targeting critical infrastructure with espionage appeared first on Help Net Security.

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