Tag: wiper

An analysis of the destructive malware reveals sophisticated living-off-the-land (LotL) techniques and detailed strategies for the widespread deletion of data.

Dubbed Lotus Wiper, the malware targets recovery mechanisms, overwrites drives, and systematically deletes files. The post New Wiper Malware Targeted Venezuelan Energy Sector Prior to US Intervention  appeared first on SecurityWeek.

A previously undocumented data-wiping malware dubbed Lotus was used last year in targeted attacks against energy and utilities organizations in Venezuela. […]

A financially motivated data theft and extortion group is attempting to inject itself into the Iran war, unleashing a worm that spreads through poorly secured cloud services and wipes data on infected systems that use Iran’s time zone or have Farsi set as the default language.