Espionage and Sabotage: MalCrawler Releases Intelligence Report Showing Hackers Targeting the Power Grid

ATLANTA, Oct. 28, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- MalCrawler Corp., a emerging leader in halting advanced cyber attacks that hit industrial systems, released a new Threat Intelligence report titled "Hacking the Power Grid: Analyzing what Hackers do when they have access to the 'Power Grid Honeypot'".

The research which shows a wide range of hackers trying to access what they think is an electric utility's energy management system (EMS), was presented at SecurityWeek's 2015 ICS Cyber Security Conference, longest-running cyber security-focused conference for the industrial control systems sector.

"We set-up a sophisticated trap to observe hacker behavior. Our novel approach let hackers think they were controlling key parts of the power grid, including nuclear power generators, major transmission lines, smart grid distributed automation systems, and more," said Parvez Ahmed, a vice president at MalCrawler.

The MalCrawler honeypot attracted everyone from novices to sophisticated Advanced Persistent Threat (APT) actors sponsored by nation state.

As the prospect of cyberwarfare increases, this groundbreaking research provides valuable intelligence into hacker behavior. U.S. lawmakers, policymakers, cybersecurity experts, intelligence community, and industrial system operators can now learn what a hacker would do if they have access to the most important pieces of a country's critical infrastructure.

To learn more, visit http://www.malcrawler.com

To learn more about the 2015 ICS Cyber Security Conference, visit http://www.icscybersecurityconference.com

About MalCrawler
MalCrawler is a unique advanced malware detection solution that detects, analyzes, and destroys malware targeting industrial system operators, such as electric utilities, oil/gas companies, and manufacturers. The core of MalCrawler's platform is a virtualization engine that emulates thousands of variations of industrial configurations for ICS/SCADA devices. The patent-pending technology allows operators to identify suspicious malware, test it against virtualized industrial systems, and kill the malware before it damages industrial hardware.

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