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New Disk Wiper Found in Korean Attacks

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Jun

2013

Yesterday, Symantec published details about a new distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attack carried out by a gang dubbed “DarkSeoul” against South Korean websites. We identified their previous attacks against South Korea, including the devastating Jokra attacks in March 2013 that wiped numerous computer hard drives at South Korean banks and television broadcasters. As a result of […]

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Whois behind South Korean wiper attacks?

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Mar

2013

Last week, when “wiper” malware hit South Korean companies, the website of LG Uplus was reportedly defaced as well. From The Register: Due to the proximity of the incidents, the “Whois Team” is being suspected as the perpetrators of the wiper attacks. However this is still being debated. From Ars Technica: We browsed through wiper […]

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How Deep Discovery Protected Against The Korean MBR Wiper

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Mar

2013

We have continued to look into the MBR-wiping attacks that hit Korea earlier. We believe we now have a good picture of how the attack was conducted, why it caused so much damage, and how we were able to protect users using the threat detection capabilities found in Deep Discovery.On March 19, we saw the […]

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