Dive Summary:

• Kate Rowland at Intelligent Utility writes that DistTrack, a new malware threat faced by energy companies, is good reason to consider the differences between compliance with regulatory security demands and what is really needed to achieve infrastructure protection.
• The National Electric Sector Cybersecurity Organization (NESCO) tells Rowland that DistTrack has allegedly "infected at least one energy company, possibly two."
• McAffee assessed that within four hours of infection DistTrack can overwrite critical system files and kill a machine without the possibility of data recovery.

From the article:

Earlier this month, I had a long discussion with EnergySec's Stacy Bresler for the September/October issue of Intelligent Utility magazine about the value of information sharing within the industry around cyber security standards and situations. ...