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Ransomware and wiper signed with stolen certificates
Introduction On July 17, 2022, Albanian news outlets reported a massive cyberattack that affected Albanian government e-services. A few weeks later, it was revealed that the cyberattacks were part of a coordinated effort likely intended to cripple the countrys computer systems. On September 10,...
Wipermania: An All You Can Wipe Buffet
Wipermania: An All You Can Wipe Buffet By Trellix · November 15, 2022 This blog was written by Max Kersten In early 2022, Ukrainian companies were struck by multiple destructive wipers, attacking various organizations across sectors. This raised questions about the usage and impact of “digital...
Researchers Find New Evidence Linking Kwampirs Malware to Shamoon APT Hackers
New findings released last week showcase the overlapping source code and techniques between the operators of Shamoon and Kwampirs, indicating that they "are the same group or really close collaborators." "Research evidence shows identification of co-evolution between both Shamoon and Kwampirs...
GReAT Ideas follow-up
On June 17, we hosted our first "GReAT Ideas. Powered by SAS" session, in which several experts from our Global Research and Analysis Team shared insights into APTs and threat actors, attribution, and hunting IoT threats. Here is a brief summary of the agenda from that webinar: Linking attacks to...
ZeroCleare: New Iranian Data Wiper Malware Targeting Energy Sector
Cybersecurity researchers have uncovered a new, previously undiscovered destructive data-wiping malware that is being used by state-sponsored hackers in the wild to target energy and industrial organizations in the Middle East. Dubbed ZeroCleare , the data wiper malware has been linked to not one...
ZeroCleare: New Iranian Data Wiper Malware Targeting Energy Sector
Cybersecurity researchers have uncovered a new, previously undiscovered destructive data-wiping malware that is being used by state-sponsored hackers in the wild to target energy and industrial organizations in the Middle East. Dubbed ZeroCleare, the data wiper malware has been linked to not one...
Iran Targets Mideast Oil with ZeroCleare Wiper Malware
A freshly-discovered wiper malware dubbed “ZeroCleare” has been deployed to target the energy and industrial sectors in the Middle East. According to IBM’s X-Force Incident Response and Intelligence Services IRIS, ZeroCleare so-named because of the program database pathname of its binary file was...
Elfin Hacking Group Targets Multiple U.S. and Saudi Arabian Firms
An Iran-linked cyber-espionage group that has been found targeting critical infrastructure, energy and military sectors in Saudi Arabia and the United States two years ago continues targeting organizations in the two nations, Symantec reported on Wednesday. Widely known as APT33, which Symantec...
Shamoon Attackers Employ New Tool Kit to Wipe Infected Systems
ARCHIVED STORY Shamoon Attackers Employ New Tool Kit to Wipe Infected Systems By Thomas Roccia · December 19, 2018 Last week the McAfee Advanced Threat Research team posted an analysis of a new wave of Shamoon “wiper” malware attacks that struck several companies in the Middle East and Europe. In...
Shamoon Attackers Employ New Tool Kit to Wipe Infected Systems
ARCHIVED STORY Shamoon Attackers Employ New Tool Kit to Wipe Infected Systems By Thomas Roccia · December 19, 2018 Last week the McAfee Advanced Threat Research team posted an analysis of a new wave of Shamoon “wiper” malware attacks that struck several companies in the Middle East and Europe. In...
New Shamoon Variant
A new variant of the Shamoon malware has destroyed significant amounts of data at a UAE "heavy engineering company" and the Italian oil and gas contractor Saipem. Shamoon is the Iranian malware that was targeted against the Saudi Arabian oil company, Saudi Aramco, in 2012 and 2016. We have no ide...
New Shamoon Malware Variant Targets Italian Oil and Gas Company
Shamoon is back… one of the most destructive malware families that caused damage to Saudi Arabia's largest oil producer in 2012 and this time it has targeted energy sector organizations primarily operating in the Middle East. Earlier this week, Italian oil drilling company Saipem was attacked and...
New Shamoon Malware Variant Targets Italian Oil and Gas Company
Shamoon is back… one of the most destructive malware families that caused damage to Saudi Arabia's largest oil producer in 2012 and this time it has targeted energy sector organizations primarily operating in the Middle East. Earlier this week, Italian oil drilling company Saipem was attacked and...
Cisco Coverage for Shamoon 2 & 3
Update Dec. 14, 2018 10:30 CST: Added new Shamoon 3 IOCs Shamoon is a type of destructive malware that has been previously associated with attacks against various organizations in the oil and gas industry that we've been tracking since 2012. A new variant of this threat, identified as Shamoon 2,...
Shamoon Returns to Wipe Systems in Middle East, Europe
ARCHIVED STORY Shamoon Returns to Wipe Systems in Middle East, Europe By Alexandre Mundo · December 14, 2018 Destructive malware has been employed by adversaries for years. Usually such attacks are carefully targeted and can be motivated by ideology, politics, or even financial aims. Destructive...
Shamoon Returns to Wipe Systems in Middle East, Europe
ARCHIVED STORY Shamoon Returns to Wipe Systems in Middle East, Europe By Alexandre Mundo · December 14, 2018 Destructive malware has been employed by adversaries for years. Usually such attacks are carefully targeted and can be motivated by ideology, politics, or even financial aims. Destructive...
Secure Critical Infrastructure Top of Mind for U.S.
When it comes to cyber-threats and defense, the U.S. government says that critical infrastructure threats are a growing concern. Rob Joyce, senior advisor of cybersecurity strategy for the National Security Agency NSA, said that while attacks targeting the systems that power the manufacturing,...
Shamoon Reappears, Poised for a New Wiper Attack
A new version of the Shamoon data-wiping malware has emerged, marking the third time the destructive virus has been seen in the wild – and researchers believe a new campaign may be imminent. First spotted in 2012 in the attack on Saudi Aramco, Shamoon has the ability to destroy files on infected...
Iranian APT33 Targets U.S. Firms with Destructive Malware
The Iranian group known as APT33 is believed to be behind a cyberespionage campaign targeting aerospace, petrochemical and energy sector firms located in the United States, Saudi Arabia and South Korea. The group’s latest attack leverages a dropper called DropShot that is tied to the StoneDrill...
Insights into Iranian Cyber Espionage: APT33 Targets Aerospace and Energy Sectors and has Ties to Destructive Malware
When discussing suspected Middle Eastern hacker groups with destructive capabilities, many automatically think of the suspected Iranian group that previously used SHAMOON – aka Disttrack – to target organizations in the Persian Gulf. However, over the past few years, we have been tracking a...