Ongoing cyber espionage campaign based on BlackEnergy malware hit targets in Poland, Ukraine and Belgium. Experts at ESET and F-Secure firms analyzed it.
BlackEnergy malware is still in the wild representing a serious threat, a new ‘Lite’ version of the malware has been detected by experts at ESET security firm. BlackEnergy is a popular DDoS Trojan, gained notoriety in 2008 when it was reported to have been used during the conflict Russia-Georgia conflict, the malicious code was used to launch cyber attacks against the infrastructure of Georgia.The BlackEnergy malware was authored by a Russian hacker and originally used for DDoS attacks, bank frauds and spam distribution, but the new variant was used in targeted attacks on government entities and private companies across a range of industries.
According to the report proposed by experts at ESET, the new strain of malware has been found targeting more than 100 government and industry organizations in Poland and the Ukraine, but the cases are not isolated, other attacks based on BlackEnergy hit a target in Brussels, Belgium, as reported by F-Secure.
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