KillDisk – MrHacker

Malware

Jun 11, 2018

Hackers using KillDisk MBR-wiping Malware to Attack Bank’s SWIFT Money Transferring System

New KillDisk Malware hitting financial institutions in Latin America to attack SWIFT networks and gains access to the systems that connected to the bank with an infected organization. Most of the Financial institutions are connected with SWIFT (Worldwide Interbank Financial Telecommunication’s network) network in worldwide to send and receive information about financial transactions in a secure, standardized and reliable environment. […]

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Malware

Jan 17, 2018

Self-Destructive KillDisk Malware Overwrites then Deletes files and Force a Reboot

A new variant of disk-wiping KillDisk malware affecting Windows machine attempts to overwrite and deletes files. Security researchers from TrendMicro detected it as TROJ_KILLDISK.IUB. The new variant found targetting Financial organizations in Latin America does not include a ransom note as like Petya or WannaCry. Recovering the scrambled files in question because it wipes out […]

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Malware

Jan 06, 2017

KillDisk Ransomware Now Targets Linux, Prevents Boot-Up, Has Faulty Encryption

Researchers have discovered a Linux variant of the KillDisk ransomware, which itself is a new addition to the KillDisk disk wiper malware family, previously used only to sabotage companies by randomly deleting data and altering files. The KillDisk ransomware that targets Linux computers was discovered by ESET a week after researchers from CyberX came across […]

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