More Threat Groups Target Electric Utilities in North America

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More Threat Groups Target Electric Utilities in North America
January 9, 2020
https://www.securityweek.com/more-threat-groups-target-electric-utilities-north-america

The company has published a new report that describes the threats faced by the electric sector in North America.

“As adversaries and their sponsors invest more effort and money into obtaining effects-focused capabilities, the risk of a disruptive or destructive attack on the electric sector significantly increases,” the firm said in its report, titled North American Electric Cyber Threat Perspective.
Dragos currently tracks a total of 11 threat groups that have been known to target industrial control systems (ICS), and seven of them have attacked electric utilities in North America. It tracks these groups as PARISITE, XENOTIME, MAGNALLIUM, DYMALLOY, RASPITE, ALLANITE and COVELLITE.

Dragos’ new report also reveals the existence of PARISITE, a MAGNALLIUM-linked activity group that has targeted utility, aerospace, and oil and gas companies in North America, Europe and the Middle East.
Dragos told SecurityWeek that groups like PARISITE and MAGNALLIUM — while they might be linked — operate as separate teams, each with its own tasks.

“We have observed ICS-focused adversaries with multiple specialized cooperating teams in a single environment,” the company explained.
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Report: North American Electric Cyber Threat Perspective
(PDF - 2.59 MB): https://dragos.com/wp-content/uploads/NA-EL-Threat-Perspective-2019.pdf

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