CyberATTACK September, 7th 2011 by admin

Online Malware Support Shows Infected ICS Computers

“While Googling some NERC CIP research activities, I came across several forum posts regarding cyber security where details of systems, systems that had automation software installed. The posts involve HijackThis logs, which are tools that dump configuration information for posting on a support site, and it’s one of many such tools. On those support sites, users can get crowd-sourced help in identifying and removing viruses, trojans, and other malware.”

(Online Malware Support Shows Infected ICS Computers)

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