A week in security (January 30 - February 5)

Last week on Malwarebytes Labs: A private moment, caught by a Roomba, ended up on Facebook. Eileen Guo explains how: Lock and Code S04E03 New data wipers deployed against Ukraine Update your LearnPress plugins now! Riot Games refuses to pay ransom to avoid League of Legends leak Analyzing and...

New data wipers deployed against Ukraine

As war in Ukraine rages, new destructive malware continues to be discovered. In a recent tweet, the Ukrainian Computer Emergency Response Team CERT-UA named five wipers used against Ukrinform, Ukraines national news agency. It suspects a link to the Sandworm group. UPDATE: UAC-0082 suspected...

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...

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...

Malware Posing as Russia DDoS Tool Bites Pro-Ukraine Hackers

Looking to cyber-hassle Russia, Ukrainian sympathizers? Be careful — malware is making the rounds, disguised as a pro-Ukraine cyber-tool that will turn around and bite you instead, researchers are warning. In a Wednesday threat advisory, Cisco Talos described a campaign it’s observed in which a...

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...

Ukraine Campaign Delivers Defacement and Wipers, in Continued Escalation

Authored by Nick Biasini, Michael Chen, Chris Neal, and Matt Olney with Contributions from Dmytro Korzhevin. Several cyber attacks against Ukrainian government websites — including website defacements and destructive wiper malware — have made headlines over the past few weeks as military... This ...

How Iran's Hackers Might Strike Back After Soleimani's Assassination

From data-destroying wipers to industrial control system hacking, Iran has a potent arsenal of cyberattacks at its disposal...

2019 Malware Trends to Watch

Malware authors continue to innovate, find new infection vectors and better obfuscate their wares. Heading into 2019, you can bet that cybercriminals will do everything in their power to become even more effective and virulent. Here are 10 top malware trends to watch for in the New Year. Wipers...

BLITZ! Like a Great Middle Linebacker, An Agile & Strong EDR Solution Can Quickly Respond to an Offensive Attack

As we near the close of 2018, we should appreciate that cyberspace has become an increasingly hostile landscape. Geoplitical tensions are manifesting in cyberspace and cyber criminals have become increasingly punitive this year. We at Carbon Black have observed some interesting trends: Vapor Worm...