Year-Long Cyber Espionage Campaign targets Oil & Gas

A sophisticated campaign targeting large international companies in the oil and gas sector has been underway for more than a year, researchers said, spreading common remote access trojans (RATs) for cyber-espionage purposes. “The attack also targets oil and gas suppliers, possibly indicating that this is only the first stage in a wider campaign,” researchers noted in a Wednesday posting. “In the event of a successful breach, the attacker could use the compromised email account of the recipient to send spear-phishing emails to companies that work with the supplier, thus using the established reputation of the supplier to go after more targeted entities.” Continue Reading