More targeted cyberattacks on Ukraine
During the Russian invasion, another malicious program, IsaacWiper, appeared after HermeticWiper. They are aimed directly at Ukrainian organizations. In addition, attacks are carried out with the malware HermeticWizard for distribution in the local network and HermeticRansom as decoy ransomware. In the wake of the Russian invasion of Ukraine, ESET researchers have discovered new wiper malware families used in targeted cyber attacks on Ukrainian organizations. The first cyberattack started a few hours before the Russian invasion with massive DDoS attacks against major Ukrainian websites. In the course of these attacks, some of the new type of malware was also…