#Wiper
All CosmicBytez Labs articles tagged #Wiper, across news, security advisories, how-to guides, and projects.
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Russian Cloud Firm Beget Rebuilds From Scratch After Data Wiper Attack
Beget, a Russian hosting provider with 200,000+ customers, lost VPS, S3 and Kubernetes data to a destructive attack and is rebuilding its cloud.
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FrostyNeighbor Carries Out First Belarus-Aligned Wiper Attack in Ukraine
ESET documents UNC1151/Ghostwriter deploying a Group Policy-distributed wiper against a Ukrainian manufacturer, signaling deeper Belarus-Russia cyber alignment.
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GigaWiper: New Windows Backdoor Bundles Disk Wiping, Fake Ransomware, and Spyware
Microsoft has dissected GigaWiper, a destructive Windows backdoor that combines three distinct destructive capabilities — full disk wiping, fake...
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Vect 2.0 Ransomware Acts as Wiper Thanks to Design Error
The emerging Vect 2.0 ransomware — deployed against TeamPCP supply chain attack victims — permanently destroys files larger than 131KB due to a critical...
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VECT 2.0 Ransomware Irreversibly Destroys Files Over 131KB
Threat hunters warn that VECT 2.0 ransomware contains a critical flaw in its encryption implementation that acts more like a wiper for files over 131KB...
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Broken VECT 2.0 Ransomware Acts as a Data Wiper for Large
Researchers have found that VECT 2.0 ransomware contains a critical flaw in its nonce handling that causes encryption to permanently destroy large files...
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Iran Deploys 'Pseudo-Ransomware,' Revives Pay2Key Operations
Iranian APT groups are increasingly blurring the lines between state-sponsored cyber espionage and financially motivated cybercrime, deploying destructive...