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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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More targeted cyberattacks on Ukraine
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…

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