Transport, shipping and utilities targeted in two new malware campaigns

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One campaign involves an alleged state-sponsored threat group that has compromised at least 17 US utilities in the past five months

Security researchers have uncovered two new malware campaigns separately targeting the shipping industry and utilities in particular target countries. According to the researchers at Proofpoint,...

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