New version of infamous Shamoon malware targets oil and gas industry

A new version of Shamoon, a form of malware that infamously caused damage to Saudi Aramco, Saudi Arabia’s largest oil producer in 2012, has been used in new attacks in the Middle East. The new Shamoon attack was reported to have been detected on the network of Italian oil and gas contractor Saipem, where it destroyed files on about ten percent of the company’s installed PCs, primarily in the Middle East but also in Italy and Scotland.

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