Security News New "Industroyer" Malware Targets Power Grids

[LASER_oneXM]

..some quotes from the article above:

Industroyer is the work of an experienced developer
At the technical level, the malware is what you'd expect from a well-designed cyber weapon.

Security researchers from ESET and Dragos have discovered a brand new malware strain that was specifically built to target equipment installed in power grids, and which has already been deployed in live attacks in Ukraine. These attacks took place on December 17, 2016, and have shut down electrical power distribution to a large area of Kiev, Ukraine's capital.
The incident must not be confused with another cyber-attack that targeted Ukraine in December 2015, which also shut down power supply to large areas of western Ukraine. Those incidents were caused by another ICS malware named BlackEnergy.

2016 attacks caused by Industroyer malware
The strain detected in December 2016 was found by ESET security researchers, who named it Industroyer. ESET says the malware does not share code with BlackEnergy and appears to have been created from scratch.

Experts say Industroyer was designed to target only a specific set of industrial equipment, usually found in the networks of power distribution companies, such as electricity substation switches and circuit breakers.

 

[Winter Soldier]

Yes, it seems to use the communication protocols developed decades ago in the energy sector by exploiting the vulnerability, interacting with them, even in off-line mode.
Stuxnet is a really old story...