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Threat actors use new CryWiper data wiper to target Russian courts and mayors' offices
Threat actors are using a new malware to attack Russian courts and mayoral offices, with the intention of completely erasing all the data on affected computers.
The new wiper, first uncovered by Kaspersky, initially appears as ransomware. The researchers named it CryWiper, due to the fact that it adds .cry file extension to files it corrupts. "In the fa...
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