Hackers launch malware attacks on energy and transport companies

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Hackers launch malware attacks on energy and transport companies

GreyEnergy linked to Russia's GRU military intelligence.

Hackers have infected three energy and transport companies in Ukraine and Poland with sophisticated new malware and may be planning destructive cyber attacks, research from security vendor ESET shows. ESET did not attribute the hacking activity directly in its report, recorded between 2015 and ...

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