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New Report Reveals NikoWiper Malware That Targeted Ukraine Energy Sector

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Jan

2023

The Russia-affiliated Sandworm used yet another wiper malware strain dubbed NikoWiper as part of an attack that took place in October 2022 targeting an energy sector company in Ukraine. “The NikoWiper is based on SDelete, a command line utility from Microsoft that is used for securely deleting files,” cybersecurity company ESET revealed in its latest […]

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New data wipers deployed against Ukraine

30

Jan

2023

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, Ukraine’s national news agency. It suspects a link to the Sandworm group. Wipers A wiper is a type of malware that erases the contents of the […]

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Ukraine: Russians Aim to Destroy Information Infrastructure

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Jan

2023

Ukraine’s top information protection agency says Russian cyberattacks are focusing on destruction of critical information infrastructure, spying and disinformation. To destroy information systems, the Russian state-sponsored hackers have widely used data stealer and data wiper malwares, Yurii Shchyhol, head of the State Service of Special Communications and Information Protection of Ukraine, said in a press […]

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