Security News > 2022 > March > Second data-wiping malware found in Ukraine, says ESET

Slovakian infosec firm ESET has found a second similar strain in Ukraine.

Last week, as the Russian armed forces invaded Ukraine, ESET published details of one wiper - malware that destroys data on whatever computer or device it has infected.

Threat research chief Jean-Ian Boutin added in a statement today that ESET had uncovered a similar Windows software nasty which it nicknamed IsaacWiper, which was first observed the day of the Russian invasion on February 24.

The initial strain, code-named HermeticWiper by ESET, has a Portable Executable compilation date of December 28, 2021 - which aligns with Russia preparing the cyber part of its attack on Ukraine months in advance.

"ESET Research has not yet attributed these attacks to a known threat actor due to the lack of any significant code similarity with other samples in the ESET malware collection," concluded the security shop.

If President Putin changes his mind from waging a war of occupation against Ukraine to a war of destruction, we may no longer be reading about wiper malware samples.

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