US petroleum companies hit by new malware

Attackers are using an obfuscated version of Adwind Remote Access Trojan for stealing data, Netskope says. An unknown threat actor is targeting companies in the US petroleum industry with a sophisticated data-stealing remote access Trojan (RAT) that previously had been used in attacks against retail and hospitality organizations. Netskope says it observed a recent spike in alerts for the malware family — the Adwind RAT — among its customers operating within the petroleum industry.

Source: Dark Reading