Dragos -- They’re on the lookout for malware that can kill

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  1. hawki

    hawki Registered Member

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    "The cyber threat hunters had honed their chops at the National Security Agency...And last fall, they were analyzing malware samples from around the world when they stumbled across something highly troubling: the first known piece of computer software designed to kill humans ["Trisis", a malware that targets a safety instrumented system]...

    ...[T]he obscure start-up is the only company so far to have identified two, separate strains of malware that were built to damage or destroy industrial control systems...

    Dragos, based in a techno-hip warehouse in Hanover, Md., is at the forefront of a new line of business for cybersecurity firms. It focuses on industrial control systems..."

    Expansive read here:

    https://www.washingtonpost.com/worl...2a366b72f2d_story.html?utm_term=.e0538676a0b4
     
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