Rombertik Malware Destroys Hard Drives to Avoid Detection

Security researchers have discovered a new strain of malware that makes use of extraordinary measures to evade detection and analysis, making the computer it infects unusable. Dubbed Rombertik, which is "unique" among other self-destructing malware samples due to its unique evasion techniques. As...

Rombertik Malware Can Overwrite MBR if Audited

A new strain of spyware that logs keystrokes and steals data has a destructive side to it, unleashing wiper capabilities if it detects it’s being analyzed and audited. A limited number of samples of the malware, dubbed Rombertik by researchers at Cisco Talos, were spotted at the start of the year...