US warns of state-backed malware designed to hijack critical infrastructure systems

U.S. government agencies are warning that state-backed hackers have developed custom malware that enables them to compromise and hijack commonly used industrial control system (ICS) devices. The advisory, published jointly by the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), the FBI, NSA, and the Department of Energy, warns that threat actors have developed a custom toolkit […]

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