Whitelisting project helps industrial control systems owners find suspicious files

Industrial control systems have been at the center of some scary security stories recently, but investigating malware infections in such environments is not easy because analysts often having a hard time telling suspicious and good files apart.

Security researchers have identified two malware campaigns this year that targeted SCADA (supervisory control and data acquisition) systems — Havex and BlackEnergy. Such attacks are expected to grow in number, as new reports show that state-sponsored hackers are increasingly interested in critical infrastructure companies.

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