Iran�s national CERT�has warned�of a new type of data-wiping malware that bears some of the hallmarks of a cyberattack that�severely disrupted the country�s oil industry�earlier this year.
The exact nature of the latest attack is hard to gauge from the brief description offered by the Maher Computer Emergency Response Team.

The agency�s report describes a piece of malware that is not as sophisticated as April�s example � the latter analysed by one security vendor�as having a connection to anti-Iranian cyberwarfare�� and not widely distributed.

Nevertheless, the �targeted� (i.e. at Iran), �Despite its simplicity in design, the malware is efficient and can wipe disk partitions and user profile directories without being recognized by anti-virus software,� reads Maher�s report.

A number of malware components are then listed which offer little clue as to its origins.

Sophisticated or not, malware attacks that appear on Iranian radar for long enough to be reported are rarely a coincidence.

Only weeks ago, Symantec�reported on a new piece of malware, W32.Narilam, that appeared to be targeting SQL databases in the country in a year that has revealed a number of mysterious cyber-campaigns.

By Tech World

 

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