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Defending Against the Dragonfly Cyber Security Attacks

June 11, 2014

The age of malware specifically targeting industrial control systems (ICS) began in 2010 when Stuxnet1 was revealed to be disrupting operations at one of Iran’s nuclear enrichment facilities. Recently, a sophisticated malware, known as Dragonfly by some and Energetic Bear by others, was discovered executing cyber espionage on industrial facilities. This white paper analyzes the Dragonfly malware campaign, looking at its targets, its methods of attacks, its results and what it means for defending operations from similar attacks with the goal of improving cyber resilience. In the case of Dragonfly, the campaign dates back to late 2010 or early 2011. The public was first made aware of it when the Finnish security firm F-Secure posted a blog in June 2014 describing how the malware was used to search for industrial control systems (ICS)2 .

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