Security Information: A variant of Shamoon malware (Shamoon 3)

Last updated: December 18, 2018

Yokogawa obtained the information of a destructive malware which is a variant of Shamoon malware. It was reported in 2012 and 2016 that the malware Shamoon, the previous version, hit energy companies in the Middle East and the affected PCs were disabled. Yokogawa is considering the new malware, variant of Shamoon, could affect Industrial Control System of our customers and hence provides a virus definition file to detect this new malware under Endpoint Security Service. For customers who have a contract of Endpoint Security Service, please refer to the relevant information on the URL below.

https://myportal.yokogawa.com/

Yokogawa strongly suggests all customers to have appropriate security measures not only for the above countermeasure from the total system perspective. Please contact the nearest Yokogawa office in your region for more details.