StoneDrill Malware

In 2012, a  mysterious disk wiper malware Shamoon was used to wipe data from 35,000 computers at Saudi Arabia's national oil company. In late 2016 it came in a new and more destructive form of Shamoon 2.0.Now, cyber attacks are very common. According to recent news, researchers of Kaspersky lab found a new malware targeting European Industries, that was built in a similar manner as Shamoon 2.0 and is very extensive from Shamoon 2.0. They named it StoneDrill."The discovery of the StoneDrill wiper in Europe is a significant sign that the group is expanding its destructive attacks outside the Middle East," Kaspersky researchers say in a blog post. "The target for the attack appears to be a large corporation with a wide area of activity in the petrochemical sector, with no apparent connection or interest in Saudi Arabia" (TheHackerNews.com).Propagation of the malware is unknown yet. But when it is installed onto the victim's machine, it targets all the systems connected with the organization to a windows domain. Once infected it automatically generates a wiper malware module, written in any language like python or script like VBScript without connecting to any command and control server. It features advanced anti-detection techniques and espionage tools in its arsenal.For more information about StoneDrill, continue reading here.If you are not familiar with this news, please view the video below: