Wiper

CISA and FBI warn of potential data wiping attacks spillover

US CISA and the FBI warned US organizations that data wiping attacks targeting Ukraine entities could spill over to targets…

2 years ago

Data wiper attacks on Ukraine were planned at least in November and used ransomware as decoy

Experts reported that the wiper attacks that yesterday hit hundreds of systems in Ukraine used a GoLang-based ransomware decoy. Yesterday,…

2 years ago

Meteor was the wiper used against Iran’s national railway system

The recent attack against Iran’s national railway system was caused by a wiper malware dubbed Meteor and not by a ransomware as initially thought.…

3 years ago

Japanese computers hit by a wiper malware ahead of 2021 Tokyo Olympics

Japanese researchers spotted an Olympics-themed wiper targeting Japanese users ahead of the 2021 Tokyo Olympics. Tokyo Olympics could be a…

3 years ago

New COVID19 wiper overwrites MBR making computers unusable

A recently discovered strain of malware exploits the current COVID19 pandemic to render computers unusable by overwriting the MBR. SonicWall’s…

4 years ago

FBI warns of nation-state actors using the Kwampirs malware

For the third time in a few weeks, the FBI has issued an alert about supply chain attacks carried out…

4 years ago

Iran-Linked APT groups target energy, industrial sectors with ZeroCleare Wiper

Experts spotted a piece of malware dubbed ZeroCleare that has been used in highly targeted attacks aimed at energy and…

4 years ago

A new Shamoon 3 sample uploaded to VirusTotal from France

A new sample of Shamoon 3 was uploaded on December 23 to the VirusTotal platform from France, it is signed…

5 years ago

According to the experts, North Korea is behind the SWIFT attacks in Latin America

SWIFT hackers continue to target banks worldwide, the last string of attacks hit financial institutions across Latin America. According to…

6 years ago

Olympic Destroyer was involved in a new wave of cyber attacks

Olympic Destroyer, the malicious code that was used in attacks against Winter Games in Pyeongchang, was involved in a new…

6 years ago

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