Collaborate Disseminate
A couple of days after the opening ceremony of the Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang, South Korea, we received information from several partners, on the condition of non-disclosure (TLP:Red), about a devastating malware attack on the Olympic infrastructure. Continue reading OlympicDestroyer is here to trick the industry
The end of the year is a good time to take stock of the main cyberthreat incidents that took place over the preceding 12 months or so. To reflect on the impact these events had on organizations and individuals, and consider what they could mean for the overall evolution of the threat landscape. Continue reading Kaspersky Security Bulletin: Review of the Year 2017
Looking back at a year like 2017 brings the internal conflict of being a security researcher into full view: on the one hand, each new event is an exciting new research avenue for us, as what were once theoretical problems find palpable expression in reality. On the other hand, as people with a heightened concern for the security posture of users at large, each event is a bigger catastrophe. Continue reading Kaspersky Security Bulletin: Threat Predictions for 2018
The ONI ransomware attacks targeting organizations in Japan are also dropping wiper malware which is being used to delete logs and cover the attackers’ tracks. Continue reading Devilish ONI Attacks in Japan Use Wiper to Cover Tracks
Recently, there have been discussions around the topic that if our product is installed, ExPetr malware won’t write the special malicious code which encrypts the MFT to MBR. Some have even speculated that some kind of conspiracy might be ongoing.… Read Full Article Continue reading No Free Pass for ExPetr
To date, nobody has been able to find any significant code sharing between ExPetr/Petya and older malware. Given our love for unsolved mysteries, we jumped right on it. We’d like to think of this ongoing research as an opportunity for an open invitation to the larger security community to help nail down (or disprove) the link between BlackEnergy and ExPetr/Petya. Continue reading From BlackEnergy to ExPetr
Payload delivered in mass attack destroys data, with no hope of recovery. Continue reading Tuesday’s massive ransomware outbreak was, in fact, something much worse
After an analysis of the encryption routine of the malware used in the Petya/ExPetr attacks, we have confirmed that the threat actor cannot decrypt victims’ disk, even if a payment was made. This supports the theory that this malware campaign was not designed as a ransomware attack for financial gain. Instead, it appears it was designed as a wiper pretending to be ransomware. Continue reading ExPetr/Petya/NotPetya is a Wiper, Not Ransomware
Kaspersky Lab is currently tracking more than a hundred threat actors and sophisticated malicious operations in over 80 countries. During the first quarter of 2017, there were 33 private reports released to subscribers of our Intelligence Services, with IOC data and YARA rules to assist in forensics and malware-hunting. Continue reading APT Trends report, Q1 2017
Beginning in November 2016, Kaspersky Lab observed a new wave of wiper attacks directed at multiple targets in the Middle East. The malware used in the new attacks was a variant of the infamous Shamoon worm that targeted Saudi Aramco and Rasgas back in 2012. Continue reading From Shamoon to StoneDrill