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The FBI is warning businesses that hackers have launched a coordinated, destructive cyberattack using malware similar to that seen in last week’s Sony Pictures cyberattack, Reuters reported.

Just as Sony Pictures Entertainment appeared to be recovering from a crippling online attack last month, the studio found itself confronting new perils on Tuesday. The Federal Bureau of Investigation warned United States businesses of a similar threat, and additional Sony secrets were leaked online.

A new report from security vendor FireEye about the emergence of cyber-attacks aimed at the accounts of high-level executives at publicly traded corporations for the purpose of "obtaining an edge" in stock trades has raised some questions among financial fraud experts.

The hacking attack that hobbled Sony Pictures Entertainment in recent days has left other Hollywood studios examining their own security measures.

The presence of debug information in the malware, as well as the lack of any identifiable command-and-control capabilities, has led researchers to believe that TSPY_POSLOGR.K is in a beta testing phase, Christopher Budd, global threat communications manager with Trend Micro, told SCMagazine.com in a Monday email correspondence.