TrapX, provider of the fastest growing sensor-based HoneyGrid™ in the world, announced the discovery of a highly sophisticated, polymorphic advanced persistent malware dubbed “Zombie Zero” targeting the shipping and logistics industry across the globe.
Weaponized malware was delivered into shipping and logistics enterprise environments from a Chinese manufacturer responsible for selling proprietary hardware for terminal scanners used to inventory items being shipped or transported in and out many countries.
The malware was delivered through the Windows embedded XP operating system installed on the hardware at the manufacturer’s location in China and could also be downloaded from the Chinese manufacturer’s support website.
A variant of this malware was also sold and delivered with the same hardware product to a large manufacturing company as well as to seven other identified customers of this hardware product worldwide.
Source: Supplychain247.com
