Tag: wipers
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VB2018 paper: Now you see it, now you don’t: wipers in the wild
Early computer viruses were often destructive in nature, but once criminals learned about the money they could make from malware, they realised that destructiveness hurt their goals. Destructive malware, however, has made a comeback in recent years, most importantly in nation-sponsored attacks. Some of these malware variants literally wipe all data off disks (hence the…
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VB2018 paper: Now you see it, now you don’t: wipers in the wild
Early computer viruses were often destructive in nature, but once criminals learned about the money they could make from malware, they realised that destructiveness hurt their goals. Destructive malware, however, has made a comeback in recent years, most importantly in nation-sponsored attacks. Some of these malware variants literally wipe all data off disks (hence the…