The European energy company giant Enel Group suffered a ransomware attack a few days ago that impacted its internal network. Detected on June 7, the incident is the work of EKANS (SNAKE) ransomware operators, the group that also targeted Honda earlier this week.
Snake Ransomware Attack that targeted Honda has now targeted Enel Group European energy company giant Enel Group suffered a ransomware attack a few days ago that impacted its internal network. Detected on June 7, the incident is the work of EKANS (SNAK… https://t.co/hkU6eSaJ7k pic.twitter.com/gXI2bbfwqn
— Sean Harris (@InfoSecHotSpot) June 12, 2020
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Both companies had some machines with Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP) access publicly exposed.
First public mentions of EKANS ransomware date back to January 2020, with security researcher Vitali Kremez sharing information about a new targeted ransomware written in GOLANG. The group appears to have a special interest for Industrial Control Systems (ICS), as detailed in this blog post by security firm Dragos. On June 8, a researcher shared samples of ransomware that supposedly was aimed at Honda and ENEL INT. When we started looking at the code, we found several artefacts that corroborate .....Read More
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