Energy companies targeted by Laziok Trojan
Malware enters infrastructure, then sends in more advanced viruses to carry out attacks A Trojan is targeting firms in the energy industry, infiltrating systems in a bid to gather information about a company’s operations. The malware, discovered by researchers working at Symantec, found that most of the attacks involved victims in the petroleum, gas and helium industries, especially those based in the United Arab Emirates, which accounted for one in four attacks. According to a blog post by Christian Tripputi, security response manager at Symantec, Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, and Pakistan each accounted…
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