Trellix Global Defenders: Analysis and Protections for Destructive Wipers

Trellix Global Defenders: Analysis and Protections for Destructive Wipers By Ayed Al Qartah · November 17, 2022 Modern cyber warfare involves the actions of a nation-state or their proxies organized crime and hacker groups to attack and attempt to damage other nations’ computers or information...

New Prestige Ransomware Targeting Polish and Ukrainian Organizations

A new ransomware campaign targeted the transportation and logistics sectors in Ukraine and Poland on October 11 with a previously unknown payload dubbed Prestige. "The activity shares victimology with recent Russian state-aligned activity, specifically on affected geographies and countries, and...

New “Prestige” ransomware impacts organizations in Ukraine and Poland

The Microsoft Threat Intelligence Center MSTIC has identified evidence of a novel ransomware campaign targeting organizations in the transportation and related logistics industries in Ukraine and Poland utilizing a previously unidentified ransomware payload. We observed this new ransomware, which...

New “Prestige” ransomware impacts organizations in Ukraine and Poland

The Microsoft Threat Intelligence Center MSTIC has identified evidence of a novel ransomware campaign targeting organizations in the transportation and related logistics industries in Ukraine and Poland utilizing a previously unidentified ransomware payload. We observed this new ransomware, which...

New “Prestige” ransomware impacts organizations in Ukraine and Poland

The Microsoft Threat Intelligence Center MSTIC has identified evidence of a novel ransomware campaign targeting organizations in the transportation and related logistics industries in Ukraine and Poland utilizing a previously unidentified ransomware payload. We observed this new ransomware, which...

Microsoft Documents Over 200 Cyberattacks by Russia Against Ukraine

At least six different Russia-aligned actors launched no less than 237 cyberattacks against Ukraine from February 23 to April 8, including 38 discrete destructive attacks that irrevocably destroyed files in hundreds of systems across dozens of organizations in the country. "Collectively, the cybe...

Update: Destructive Malware Targeting Organizations in Ukraine

Summary Actions to Take Today: • Set antivirus and antimalware programs to conduct regular scans. • Enable strong spam filters to prevent phishing emails from reaching end users. • Filter network traffic. • Update software. • Require multifactor authentication. Updated April 28, 2022 This advisor...

CISA and FBI Update Advisory on Destructive Malware Targeting Organizations in Ukraine

CISA and the Federal Bureau of Investigation FBI have updated joint Cybersecurity Advisory AA22-057A: Destructive Malware Targeting Organizations in Ukraine, originally released February 26, 2022. The advisory has been updated to include additional indicators of compromise for WhisperGate and...

Ukraine Secret Service Arrests Hacker Helping Russian Invaders

The Security Service of Ukraine SBU said it has detained a "hacker" who offered technical assistance to the invading Russian troops by providing mobile communication services inside the Ukrainian territory. The anonymous suspect is said to have broadcasted text messages to Ukrainian officials,...

Destructive data wipers and worms targeting Ukrainian organizations

THREAT LEVEL: Red. For a detailed advisory, download the pdf file here Cybersecurity & Infrastructure Security Agency CISA and the Federal Bureau of Investigation FBI have jointly released an advisory and warned of an ongoing cyber attack using destructive malware targeting organizations in Ukrai...

HermeticWiper: A detailed analysis of the destructive malware that targeted Ukraine

This blog post was authored by Hasherezade, Ankur Saini and Roberto Santos Disk wipers are one particular type of malware often used against Ukraine. The implementation and quality of those wipers vary, and may suggest different hired developers. The day before the invasion on Ukraine by Russian...

Free HermeticRansom Ransomware Decryptor Released

A free decryptor is out to unlock a ransomware found piggybacking on the HermeticWiper data wiper malware that ESET and Broadcom’s Symantec discovered targeting machines at financial, defense, aviation and IT services outfits in Ukraine, Lithuania and Latvia last week. The fact that there was...

Threat Advisory: HermeticWiper

Update: March 1, 2022 Cisco Talos is aware of reporting related to additional components discovered to be associated with ongoing HermeticWiper attacks. These additional components include:HermeticWizard, which allows HermeticWiper to be propagated to and deployed on additional systems within...

Ukrainian Targets Hit by HermeticWiper, New Datawiper Malware

The Ukrainian Government has been targeted by HermeticWiper, a new ransomware-like data wiper. Its aim is not simply to encrypt the victim’s data, but rather to render a system essentially unusable. In this blog, our Research Team details our analysis of how this aggressive new malware works. The...

Digging into HermeticWiper

Digging into HermeticWiper By Max Kersten · March 2, 2022 A special thanks to Marc Elias for his help during my analysis. Additionally, I’d like to commend all researchers who have publicly shared their initial findings to help incident response teams; I hope this deep dive contributes to a furth...

Digging into HermeticWiper

Digging into HermeticWiper By Max Kersten · March 2, 2022 A special thanks toMarc Elias for his help during my analysis. Additionally, I’d like to commend all researchers who have publicly shared their initial findings to help incident response teams; I hope this deep dive contributes to a furthe...

Second New 'IsaacWiper' Data Wiper Targets Ukraine After Russian Invasion

A new data wiper malware has been observed deployed against an unnamed Ukrainian government network, a day after destructive cyber attacks struck multiple entities in the country preceding the start of Russia's military invasion. Slovak cybersecurity firm ESET dubbed the new malware "IsaacWiper,"...

Elections GoRansom – a smoke screen for the HermeticWiper attack

Executive summary On February 24, 2022, Avast Threat Research published a tweet announcing the discovery of new Golang ransomware, which they called HermeticRansom. This malware was found around the same time the HermeticWiper was found, and based on publicly available information from security...

Cyberattacks Targeting Ukraine and HermeticWiper Protections

Trellix Global Defenders: Cyberattacks Targeting Ukraine and HermeticWiper Protections By Taylor Mullins · February 28, 2022 Trellix is monitoring the ongoing cyberattacks targeting the Ukraine and any threat activity targeting entities outside of the Ukraine. Trellix is continuing to add...

New Wiper Malware Targeting Ukraine Amid Russia's Military Operation

Cybersecurity firms ESET and Broadcom's Symantec said they discovered a new data wiper malware used in fresh attacks against hundreds of machines in Ukraine, as Russian forces formally launched a full-scale military operation against the country. The Slovak company dubbed the wiper "HermeticWiper...