wiper malware
How to Know if You’ve Been Infected by Ransomware
Detecting ransomware activity has become increasingly difficult because adversaries are constantly evolving their tools, tactics and techniques. For example, threat actors are using new programming languages like Rust to help avoid detection ...
Russia Hit by New ‘CryWiper’ — Fake Ransomware
A new wiper malware is destroying data on Russian government PCs. Dubbed CryWiper, it pretends to be ransomware ...
US Helped Ukraine With Infosec—Story is ‘Dangerous Arrogance’
Mainstream media has been full of stories about how the U.S. cleverly anticipated the Russian invasion of Ukraine and skilfully helped the country shore up its defences against Russian hacking. But scratch ...
Attivo Networks Extends Microsoft Active Directory Protection
Attivo Networks today announced it has extended Active Directory protection by adding an ability to more efficiently detect identity-based attacks at the domain controller level from all endpoints. Carolyn Crandall, chief security ...
Wiper Malware Grows More Malicious
The use of wiper malware—a tool used by nation-states under the guise of ransomware to inflict as much damage as possible and completely disrupt operations—as a malicious attack is not new, but ...
Beware of New Wiper Malware Distributed through Free Software / Crack Sites
A new piece of wiper malware is being distributed through warez sites, locking users out of their Windows computers after they unknowingly run the program. As reported by BleepingComputer’s Lawrence Abrams, the ...
