Security News > 2020 > January > Preparing for Potential Iranian 'Wiper' Attacks

As a result, organizations - especially healthcare entities and units of government that have been particularly vulnerable to ransomware attacks - need to be on guard against destructive "Wiper" attacks along the lines of those waged earlier by Iran, says Caleb Barlow, CEO of the security consultancy CynergisTek.

Those attacks could be carried out not just by attackers affiliated with the nation-state, but also by rogue hackers who sympathize with the Iranian government, he says in an in-depth interview with Information Security Media Group.

Intelligence officials have attributed at least two such major attacks to Iran: a 2012 attack against Saudi Aramco that destroyed 30,000 computers as well as an attack against Las Vegas Sands casino in 2014 after its owner suggested Iran should be hit by a nuclear strike.

Spotting a potential wiper attack before the most damage is inflicted;.

Barlow has previously worked with companies dealing with Iranian cyberattacks, including wiper attacks.

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