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wipers

5 articles

  • Ransomware

Ransomware as a distraction

HermeticRansom cryptor was used as a distraction to support HermeticWiper attacks.

  • Editorial Team

  • March 1, 2022

How ransomware has grown from simplistic screen blockers into monsters paralyzing airports and shipping companies
  • Ransomware

The ransomware saga

Ransomware, once represented by screen blockers that were almost cute, has come of age.

  • Leonid Grustniy

  • April 7, 2021

  • threats

Mobile beasts and where to find them — part two

In this part, we consider mobile malware capable of causing real damage to smartphone and tablet users.

  • Leonid Grustniy

  • August 3, 2018

  • wipers

Double trouble: A pair of wipers in Saudi Arabia

Shamoon is back with a new version, and this time it is accompanied by another piece of similar malware with far more advanced evasive technologies

  • Kaspersky Team

  • March 6, 2017

  • cybercriminals

Some Malware Just Wants to Watch the World Burn

To summarize Costin Raiu, the director of Kaspersky Lab’s research arm, the vast majority of malicious files are what he calls crimeware — computer programs deployed by cybercriminals seeking to

  • Brian Donohue

  • January 27, 2014

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