Security News > 2022 > March > New worm and data wiper malware seen hitting Ukrainian networks
Newly discovered malware was deployed in destructive attacks against Ukrainian organizations and governmental networks before and after Russia invaded the country on February 24.
While analyzing these attacks, ESET Research Labs analysts discovered a new data wiper they dubbed IsaacWiper.
These new malware strains haven't been attributed to any known threat actors by ESET researchers, who also said they have yet to find links to other malware samples.
Over the weekend, CISA and the FBI warned US orgs that the data wiping attacks against Ukraine could accidentally spill over to other countries' networks.
Researchers with the Microsoft Threat Intelligence Center also reported observing malware attacks targeting Ukraine and spotting a new trojan they dubbed FoxBlade, capable of using compromised devices to launch distributed denial-of-service attacks.
You can find more technical information regarding the newly uncovered IsaacWiper data wiper and HermeticWizard worm together with indicators of compromise in ESET Research Labs' report.