{"id":17864,"date":"2022-03-01T22:29:07","date_gmt":"2022-03-01T22:29:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mailinvest.blog\/index.php\/2022\/03\/01\/second-data-wiping-malware-found-in-ukraine-says-eset-the-register\/"},"modified":"2022-03-01T22:29:07","modified_gmt":"2022-03-01T22:29:07","slug":"second-data-wiping-malware-found-in-ukraine-says-eset-the-register","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mailinvest.blog\/index.php\/2022\/03\/01\/second-data-wiping-malware-found-in-ukraine-says-eset-the-register\/","title":{"rendered":"Second data-wiping malware found in Ukraine, says ESET \u2022 The Register"},"content":{"rendered":"

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The disk-wiping malware that tore through at least hundreds of Ukrainian Windows systems at the start of Russia’s occupation wasn’t alone. Slovakian infosec firm ESET has found a second similar strain in Ukraine.<\/p>\n

“Malware artefacts suggest that the attacks had been planned for several months,” said the biz. Last week, as the Russian armed forces invaded Ukraine, ESET published details<\/a> of one wiper \u2013 malware that destroys data on whatever computer or device it has infected.<\/p>\n

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

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