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win.desertblade (Back to overview)

DesertBlade

According to Microsoft, this was used in a limited destructive malware attack in early March 2022 impacting a single Ukrainian entity. DesertBlade is responsible for iteratively overwriting and then deleting overwritten files on all accessible drives (sparing the system if it is a domain controller).

References
2023-03-15 ⋅ Microsoft ⋅ Microsoft Threat Intelligence
@techreport{intelligence:20230315:year:01e29b1, author = {Microsoft Threat Intelligence}, title = {{A year of Russian hybrid warfare in Ukraine}}, date = {2023-03-15}, institution = {Microsoft}, url = {https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/security/business/security-insider/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/A-year-of-Russian-hybrid-warfare-in-Ukraine_MS-Threat-Intelligence-1.pdf}, language = {English}, urldate = {2023-04-25} } A year of Russian hybrid warfare in Ukraine
CaddyWiper DesertBlade DoubleZero HermeticWiper INDUSTROYER2 IsaacWiper PartyTicket SwiftSlicer WhisperGate
2022-10-24 ⋅ Youtube (Virus Bulletin) ⋅ Alexander Adamov
@online{adamov:20221024:russian:97d3e2a, author = {Alexander Adamov}, title = {{Russian wipers in the cyberwar against Ukraine}}, date = {2022-10-24}, organization = {Youtube (Virus Bulletin)}, url = {https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mrTdSdMMgnk}, language = {English}, urldate = {2023-03-20} } Russian wipers in the cyberwar against Ukraine
AcidRain CaddyWiper DesertBlade DoubleZero EternalPetya HermeticWiper HermeticWizard INDUSTROYER2 IsaacWiper KillDisk PartyTicket WhisperGate
2022-02-28 ⋅ Microsoft ⋅ MSRC Team
@online{team:20220228:cyber:69efe8b, author = {MSRC Team}, title = {{Cyber threat activity in Ukraine: analysis and resources}}, date = {2022-02-28}, organization = {Microsoft}, url = {https://msrc-blog.microsoft.com/2022/02/28/analysis-resources-cyber-threat-activity-ukraine/}, language = {English}, urldate = {2022-07-25} } Cyber threat activity in Ukraine: analysis and resources
CaddyWiper DesertBlade DoubleZero HermeticWiper INDUSTROYER2 IsaacWiper PartyTicket WhisperGate DEV-0586

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