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Attack on Ukrainian energy industry with Industroyer 2
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In further attacks on the Ukrainian energy industry, ESET was able to identify a new variant of the Industroyer malware: Industroyer 2. ESET researchers suspect the APT group Sandworm to be behind the latest attacks with a high level of certainty. Substations in Ukraine are under attack. The aim of the hackers is to shut down the infrastructure. ESET researchers have worked closely with Ukraine's CERT to protect the company's network. Here, a new variant of the Industroyer malware was discovered, which the experts are now calling Industroyer2. Industroyer is a notorious malware that was deployed by APT group Sandworm back in 2016 to…

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After HermeticWiper comes CaddyWiper
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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…

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