Wiper

AcidRain, a wiper that crippled routers and modems in Europe

Researchers spotted a new destructive wiper, tracked as AcidRain, that is likely linked to the recent attack against Viasat. Security…

4 years ago

CaddyWiper, a new data wiper hits Ukraine

Experts discovered a new wiper, tracked as CaddyWiper, that was employed in attacks targeting Ukrainian organizations. Experts at ESET Research…

4 years ago

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…

4 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,…

4 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.…

5 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…

5 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…

6 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…

6 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…

6 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…

7 years ago

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