ESET experts report that they have discovered another destructive malware in Ukraine. This means that cyber attacks with new wiper malware occur every week. After HermeticWiper and IsaacWiper, now comes CaddyWiper.
Since the beginning of the war, Ukraine has been constantly hit by new cyber attacks. Parallel to the Russian invasion, more and more new destructive wiper malware, which is used for targeted attacks, is currently appearing. The attacks do not intend to infiltrate, but simply to destroy systems and data. The latest discovery by ESET researchers is CaddyWiper. The malicious program was used in attacks against organizations and companies. The experts at the European IT security manufacturer suspect that the attackers behind CaddyWiper had already infiltrated the target networks before the malware was deployed.
Malware CaddyWiper is designed to erase data
"Since the Russian invasion of Ukraine, we've been seeing new attack tools on a weekly basis," says Thorsten Urbanski, security expert at ESET. “After HermeticWiper and IsaacWiper, CaddyWiper is now the third wiper malware we have detected since February 23rd. All three malicious programs were used for targeted attacks against organizations and companies in Ukraine. The goal of the malware is clear: delete data.”
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