Sandworm APT Group Adds New Wiper to Its Hacking Toolkit

During the monitored timespan, APT groups aligned with Russia have been observed to be heavily involved in cyber operations aimed at Ukraine.  These operations have included deploying malicious software, such as wipers (which can erase data on a targeted system) and ransomware (which can encrypt a system’s data and demand payment for the decryption key).  […]

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