From: malQRMassimilation@gmail.com   
      
   Monday, February 28, 2022   
      
   The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Agency (CISA) has urged a   
   "Shields Up" defense in depth approach, as Russian use of wiper   
   malware in the Ukrainian war escalates. The Russian malware   
   "HermeticWiper" and "Whispergate" are destructive attacks that corrupt   
   the infected computers' master boot record rendering the device   
   inoperable. The wipers effectuate a denial of service attack designed   
   to render the device's data permanently unavailable or   
   destroyed. Although the malware to date appears to be manually   
   targeted at selected Ukrainian systems, the risks now escalate of a   
   spillover effect to Europe and the United States particularly as to:   
      
   (i) targeted cyber attacks including on critical infrastructure and   
       financial organizations; and   
      
   (ii) use of a rapidly spreading indiscriminate wiper like the   
        devastating "NotPetya" that quickly moves across trusted   
        networks.   
      
   Indeed, Talos researchers have found functional similarities between   
   the current malware and "NotPetya" which was attributed to the Russian   
   military to target Ukranian organizations in 2017, but then quickly   
   spread around the world reportedly resulting in over $10 billion   
   dollars in damage. The researchers added that the current wiper has   
   included even further components designed to inflict damage.   
      
   https://tinyurl.com/5n7y9dkf   
      
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