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win.whispergate (Back to overview)

WhisperGate

aka: PAYWIPE
VTCollection    

Destructive malware deployed against targets in Ukraine in January 2022.

References
2025-07-18 ⋅ The Record ⋅ Alexander Martin
UK sanctions Russian cyber spies accused of facilitating murders
WhisperGate
2024-09-05 ⋅ CISA ⋅ CISA
AA24-249A: Russian Military Cyber Actors Target US and Global Critical Infrastructure
WhisperGate
2024-06-26 ⋅ US Department of Justice ⋅ Office of Public Affairs
Russian National Charged for Conspiring with Russian Military Intelligence to Destroy Ukrainian Government Computer Systems and Data
WhisperGate
2023-06-14 ⋅ Microsoft ⋅ Microsoft Threat Intelligence
Cadet Blizzard emerges as a novel and distinct Russian threat actor
p0wnyshell reGeorg WhisperGate DEV-0586 SaintBear
2023-04-18 ⋅ Mandiant ⋅ Mandiant
M-Trends 2023
QUIETEXIT AppleJeus Black Basta BlackCat CaddyWiper Cobalt Strike Dharma HermeticWiper Hive INDUSTROYER2 Ladon LockBit Meterpreter PartyTicket PlugX QakBot REvil Royal Ransom SystemBC WhisperGate
2023-03-15 ⋅ Microsoft ⋅ Microsoft Threat Intelligence
A year of Russian hybrid warfare in Ukraine
CaddyWiper DesertBlade DoubleZero HermeticWiper INDUSTROYER2 IsaacWiper PartyTicket SwiftSlicer WhisperGate
2023-02-15 ⋅ Google ⋅ Google Threat Analysis Group, Mandiant
Fog of War: How the Ukraine Conflict Transformed the Cyber Threat Landscape
CaddyWiper Dharma HermeticWiper INDUSTROYER2 PartyTicket WhisperGate Callisto Curious Gorge MUSTANG PANDA Turla
2022-10-24 ⋅ Youtube (Virus Bulletin) ⋅ Alexander Adamov
Russian wipers in the cyberwar against Ukraine
AcidRain CaddyWiper DesertBlade DoubleZero EternalPetya HermeticWiper HermeticWizard INDUSTROYER2 IsaacWiper KillDisk PartyTicket WhisperGate
2022-09-26 ⋅ CrowdStrike ⋅ Ioan Iacob, Iulian Madalin Ionita
The Anatomy of Wiper Malware, Part 3: Input/Output Controls
CaddyWiper DEADWOOD DistTrack DoubleZero DUSTMAN HermeticWiper IsaacWiper Meteor Petya Sierra(Alfa,Bravo, ...) StoneDrill WhisperGate ZeroCleare
2022-08-12 ⋅ CrowdStrike ⋅ Ioan Iacob, Iulian Madalin Ionita
The Anatomy of Wiper Malware, Part 1: Common Techniques
Apostle CaddyWiper DEADWOOD DistTrack DoubleZero DUSTMAN HermeticWiper IsaacWiper IsraBye KillDisk Meteor Olympic Destroyer Ordinypt Petya Sierra(Alfa,Bravo, ...) StoneDrill WhisperGate ZeroCleare
2022-07-18 ⋅ Palo Alto Networks Unit 42 ⋅ Unit 42
Ruinous Ursa
WhisperGate DEV-0586
2022-06-06 ⋅ Trellix ⋅ Trelix
Growling Bears Make Thunderous Noise
Cobalt Strike HermeticWiper WhisperGate NB65
2022-06-02 ⋅ Eclypsium ⋅ Eclypsium
Conti Targets Critical Firmware
Conti HermeticWiper TrickBot WhisperGate
2022-05-19 ⋅ Blackberry ⋅ The BlackBerry Research & Intelligence Team
.NET Stubs: Sowing the Seeds of Discord (PureCrypter)
Aberebot AbstractEmu AdoBot 404 Keylogger Agent Tesla Amadey AsyncRAT Ave Maria BitRAT BluStealer Formbook LimeRAT Loki Password Stealer (PWS) Nanocore RAT Orcus RAT Quasar RAT Raccoon RedLine Stealer WhisperGate
2022-05-19 ⋅ Blackberry ⋅ The BlackBerry Research & Intelligence Team
.NET Stubs: Sowing the Seeds of Discord
Agent Tesla Quasar RAT WhisperGate
2022-04-28 ⋅ Fortinet ⋅ Gergely Revay
An Overview of the Increasing Wiper Malware Threat
AcidRain CaddyWiper DistTrack DoubleZero EternalPetya HermeticWiper IsaacWiper Olympic Destroyer Ordinypt WhisperGate ZeroCleare
2022-04-27 ⋅ Microsoft ⋅ Microsoft Digital Security Unit (DSU)
Special Report: Ukraine An overview of Russia’s cyberattack activity in Ukraine
CaddyWiper DoubleZero HermeticWiper INDUSTROYER2 IsaacWiper PartyTicket WhisperGate
2022-04-07 ⋅ InQuest ⋅ Nick Chalard, Will MacArthur
Ukraine CyberWar Overview
CyclopsBlink Cobalt Strike GraphSteel GrimPlant HermeticWiper HermeticWizard MicroBackdoor PartyTicket Saint Bot Scieron WhisperGate
2022-03-30 ⋅ CrowdStrike ⋅ CrowdStrike Threat Intel Team
Who is EMBER BEAR?
WhisperGate
2022-03-14 ⋅ Kaspersky ⋅ GReAT
Webinar on cyberattacks in Ukraine – summary and Q&A
HermeticWiper HermeticWizard IsaacWiper PartyTicket WhisperGate
2022-03-11 ⋅ Bitdefender ⋅ Radu Crahmaliuc
Five Things You Need to Know About the Cyberwar in Ukraine
HermeticWiper WhisperGate
2022-03-10 ⋅ BrightTALK (Kaspersky GReAT) ⋅ Costin Raiu, Dan Demeter, Ivan Kwiatkowski, Kurt Baumgartner, Marco Preuss
BrightTALK: A look at current cyberattacks in Ukraine
HermeticWiper HermeticWizard IsaacWiper PartyTicket WhisperGate
2022-03-04 ⋅ Mandiant ⋅ James Sadowski, Ryan Hall
Responses to Russia's Invasion of Ukraine Likely to Spur Retaliation
HermeticWiper PartyTicket WhisperGate
2022-03-03 ⋅ Trend Micro ⋅ Trend Micro Research
IOC Resource for Russia-Ukraine Conflict-Related Cyberattacks
ClipBanker Conti HermeticWiper PartyTicket WhisperGate
2022-03-03 ⋅ Trend Micro ⋅ Trend Micro Research
Cyberattacks are Prominent in the Russia-Ukraine Conflict
BazarBackdoor Cobalt Strike Conti Emotet WhisperGate
2022-03-03 ⋅ LIFARS ⋅ LIFARS
A Closer Look at the Russian Actors Targeting Organizations in Ukraine
HermeticWiper IsaacWiper Saint Bot WhisperGate
2022-02-28 ⋅ Microsoft ⋅ MSRC Team
Cyber threat activity in Ukraine: analysis and resources
CaddyWiper DesertBlade DoubleZero HermeticWiper INDUSTROYER2 IsaacWiper PartyTicket WhisperGate DEV-0586
2022-02-28 ⋅ Microsoft ⋅ MSRC Team
Cyber threat activity in Ukraine: analysis and resources
HermeticWiper IsaacWiper PartyTicket WhisperGate
2022-02-26 ⋅ CISA ⋅ CISA, FBI
Destructive Malware Targeting Organizations in Ukraine
HermeticWiper WhisperGate
2022-02-26 ⋅ CISA
Alert (AA22-057A) Destructive Malware Targeting Organizations in Ukraine
HermeticWiper WhisperGate
2022-02-25 ⋅ The Hacker News ⋅ Ravie Lakshmanan
Putin Warns Russian Critical Infrastructure to Brace for Potential Cyber Attacks
HermeticWiper WhisperGate
2022-02-25 ⋅ CyberPeace Institute
UKRAINE: Timeline of Cyberattacks
VPNFilter EternalPetya HermeticWiper WhisperGate
2022-02-24 ⋅ Tesorion ⋅ TESORION
Report OSINT: Russia/ Ukraine Conflict Cyberaspect
Mirai VPNFilter BlackEnergy EternalPetya HermeticWiper Industroyer WhisperGate
2022-02-24 ⋅ nviso ⋅ Michel Coene
Threat Update – Ukraine & Russia conflict
EternalPetya GreyEnergy HermeticWiper Industroyer KillDisk WhisperGate
2022-02-23 ⋅ The Record ⋅ Catalin Cimpanu
Second data wiper attack hits Ukraine computer networks
HermeticWiper WhisperGate
2022-02-15 ⋅ Intel 471 ⋅ Intel 471
How the Russia-Ukraine conflict is impacting cybercrime
WhisperGate
2022-02-10 ⋅ InQuest ⋅ Josiah Smith
+380-GlowSpark
GlowSpark WhisperGate
2022-02-03 ⋅ YouTube (Malfind Labs) ⋅ Lasq
Analyzing WhisperGate - destructive malware targeting Ukraine - part 1
WhisperGate
2022-02-03 ⋅ Blackberry ⋅ The BlackBerry Research & Intelligence Team
Threat Spotlight: WhisperGate Wiper Wreaks Havoc in Ukraine
WhisperGate
2022-02-01 ⋅ Cyborg Security ⋅ Brandon Denker
WhisperGate Malware - Update
WhisperGate
2022-02-01 ⋅ Max Kersten's Blog ⋅ Max Kersten
Dumping WhisperGate’s wiper from an Eazfuscator obfuscated loader
WhisperGate
2022-01-31 ⋅ CrowdStrike ⋅ Liviu Arsene, Sarang Sonawane
CrowdStrike Falcon Proactively Protects Against Wiper Malware as CISA Warns U.S. Companies of Potential Attacks
WhisperGate
2022-01-28 ⋅ CrowdStrike ⋅ CrowdStrike Intelligence Team
Lessons Learned From Successive Use of Offensive Cyber Operations Against Ukraine and What May Be Next
WhisperGate
2022-01-28 ⋅ Recorded Future ⋅ Insikt Group®
WhisperGate Malware Corrupts Computers in Ukraine
WhisperGate
2022-01-27 ⋅ Recorded Future ⋅ John Wetzel
Russia’s Biggest Threat Is Its Instability
WhisperGate
2022-01-27 ⋅ splunk ⋅ Splunk Threat Research Team
Threat Advisory: STRT-TA02 - Destructive Software
WhisperGate
2022-01-27 ⋅ Gigamon ⋅ Joe Slowik
Focusing on “Left of Boom”
WhisperGate
2022-01-27 ⋅ Blackberry ⋅ The BlackBerry Research & Intelligence Team
Threat Thursday: WhisperGate Wiper Targets Government, Non-profit, and IT Organizations in Ukraine
WhisperGate
2022-01-27 ⋅ splunk ⋅ Splunk Threat Research Team
Threat Advisory: STRT-TA02 - Destructive Software
WhisperGate
2022-01-26 ⋅ Netskope ⋅ Gustavo Palazolo
Netskope Threat Coverage: WhisperGate
WhisperGate
2022-01-26 ⋅ ⋅ Cert-UA ⋅ Cert-UA
Fragment of cyberattack research 14.01.2022
WhisperGate
2022-01-22 ⋅ csirt-mon ⋅ csirt-mon
Analysis of the Cyberattack on Ukrainian Government Resources
WhisperGate
2022-01-21 ⋅ Secureworks ⋅ Counter Threat Unit ResearchTeam
WhisperGate: Not NotPetya
WhisperGate
2022-01-21 ⋅ Github (OALabs) ⋅ OALabs
WhisperGate Malware
WhisperGate
2022-01-21 ⋅ Zero Day ⋅ Kim Zetter
Hackers Were in Ukraine Systems Months Before Deploying Wiper
WhisperGate
2022-01-21 ⋅ Secureworks ⋅ Counter Threat Unit ResearchTeam
Disruptive Attacks in Ukraine Likely Linked to Escalating Tensions
WhisperGate
2022-01-21 ⋅ Talos Intelligence ⋅ Chris Neal, Dmytro Korzhevin, Matt Olney, Michael Chen, Nick Biasini
Ukraine Campaign Delivers Defacement and Wipers, in Continued Escalation
WhisperGate
2022-01-20 ⋅ Trellix ⋅ Mo Cashman, Raj Samani, Taylor Mullins
Update on WhisperGate, Destructive Malware Targeting Ukraine – Threat Intelligence & Protections Update
WhisperGate
2022-01-20 ⋅ Palo Alto Networks Unit 42 ⋅ Josh Grunzweig, Mike Harbison, Robert Falcone
Threat Brief: Ongoing Russia and Ukraine Cyber Conflict
WhisperGate
2022-01-20 ⋅ Trellix ⋅ Christiaan Beek, Max Kersten, Raj Samani
Return of Pseudo Ransomware
WhisperGate
2022-01-20 ⋅ Twitter (@nunohaien) ⋅ Tillmann Werner
Tweet on key points of Whispergate wiper
WhisperGate
2022-01-20 ⋅ LIFARS ⋅ Vlad Pasca
A Detailed Analysis of WhisperGate Targeting Ukrainian Organizations
WhisperGate
2022-01-19 ⋅ CrowdStrike ⋅ CrowdStrike Intelligence Team
Technical Analysis of the WhisperGate Malicious Bootloader
WhisperGate
2022-01-19 ⋅ Elastic ⋅ Andrew Pease, Daniel Stepanic, James Spiteri, Joe Desimone, Mark Mager, Samir Bousseaden
Operation Bleeding Bear
WhisperGate
2022-01-19 ⋅ Youtube (HEXORCIST) ⋅ Nicolas Brulez
WhisperGate: MBR Wiper Malware Analysis. Ukraine Cyber Attack 2022
WhisperGate
2022-01-19 ⋅ rxOred's blog ⋅ rxored
WhisperGate
WhisperGate
2022-01-19 ⋅ Elastic ⋅ Andrew Pease, Daniel Stepanic, James Spiteri, Joe Desimone, Mark Mager
Operation Bleeding Bear
WhisperGate
2022-01-18 ⋅ Stairwell ⋅ Silas Cutler
Whispers in the noise
WhisperGate
2022-01-18 ⋅ S2W Inc. ⋅ BLKSMTH
Analysis of Destructive Malware (WhisperGate) targeting Ukraine
WhisperGate
2022-01-18 ⋅ zetter substack ⋅ Kim Zetter
Dozens of Computers in Ukraine Wiped with Destructive Malware in Coordinated Attack
WhisperGate
2022-01-18 ⋅ Microsoft ⋅ Microsoft 365 Defender Threat Intelligence Team
Evolved phishing: Device registration trick adds to phishers’ toolbox for victims without MFA
WhisperGate
2022-01-18 ⋅ Twitter (@knight0x07) ⋅ neeraj
Thread on yet another comprehensive analysis of WHISPERGATE
WhisperGate
2022-01-17 ⋅ Cado Security ⋅ Cado Security
Resources for DFIR Professionals Responding to WhisperGate Malware
WhisperGate
2022-01-17 ⋅ Github (Dump-GUY) ⋅ Jiří Vinopal
Debugging MBR - IDA + Bochs Emulator (CTF example)
WhisperGate
2022-01-17 ⋅ Twitter (@HuskyHacksMK) ⋅ Matt | HuskyHacks
WhisperGate Wiper Malware Analysis Live Thread
WhisperGate
2022-01-17 ⋅ Twitter (@Libranalysis) ⋅ Max Kersten
Tweet on short analysis of WHISPERGATE stage 3 malware
WhisperGate
2022-01-15 ⋅ Microsoft ⋅ Microsoft, Microsoft 365 Defender Threat Intelligence Team, Microsoft Detection and Response Team (DART), Microsoft Digital Security Unit (DSU), Microsoft Security Intelligence
Destructive malware targeting Ukrainian organizations (DEV-0586)
WhisperGate DEV-0586
2022-01-15 ⋅ Microsoft ⋅ Tom Burt
Malware attacks targeting Ukraine government (DEV-0586)
WhisperGate
Yara Rules
[TLP:WHITE] win_whispergate_auto (20260917 | Detects win.whispergate.)
rule win_whispergate_auto {

    meta:
        author = "Felix Bilstein - yara-signator at cocacoding dot com"
        date = "2026-09-17"
        version = "1"
        description = "Detects win.whispergate."
        info = "autogenerated rule brought to you by yara-signator"
        tool = "yara-signator v0.6.0"
        signator_config = "callsandjumps;datarefs;binvalue"
        malpedia_reference = "https://malpedia.caad.fkie.fraunhofer.de/details/win.whispergate"
        malpedia_rule_date = "20260916"
        malpedia_hash = "53a643781c18e08f4a50949af60172d837a0b6f6"
        malpedia_version = "20260917"
        malpedia_license = "CC BY-SA 4.0"
        malpedia_sharing = "TLP:WHITE"

    /* DISCLAIMER
     * The strings used in this rule have been automatically selected from the
     * disassembly of memory dumps and unpacked files, using YARA-Signator.
     * The code and documentation is published here:
     * https://github.com/fxb-cocacoding/yara-signator
     * As Malpedia is used as data source, please note that for a given
     * number of families, only single samples are documented.
     * This likely impacts the degree of generalization these rules will offer.
     * Take the described generation method also into consideration when you
     * apply the rules in your use cases and assign them confidence levels.
     */


    strings:
        $sequence_0 = { 892c24 e8???????? 89f2 89e8 e8???????? 83f8ff 898610010000 }
            // n = 7, score = 300
            //   892c24               | mov                 dword ptr [esp], ebp
            //   e8????????           |                     
            //   89f2                 | mov                 edx, esi
            //   89e8                 | mov                 eax, ebp
            //   e8????????           |                     
            //   83f8ff               | cmp                 eax, -1
            //   898610010000         | mov                 dword ptr [esi + 0x110], eax

        $sequence_1 = { ffd6 a1???????? 85c0 743a }
            // n = 4, score = 300
            //   ffd6                 | call                esi
            //   a1????????           |                     
            //   85c0                 | test                eax, eax
            //   743a                 | je                  0x3c

        $sequence_2 = { 8b54241c 29c6 85f6 0f8483000000 89d0 }
            // n = 5, score = 300
            //   8b54241c             | mov                 edx, dword ptr [esp + 0x1c]
            //   29c6                 | sub                 esi, eax
            //   85f6                 | test                esi, esi
            //   0f8483000000         | je                  0x89
            //   89d0                 | mov                 eax, edx

        $sequence_3 = { 8d7c240c 893c24 89442404 e8???????? 31c9 }
            // n = 5, score = 300
            //   8d7c240c             | lea                 edi, [esp + 0xc]
            //   893c24               | mov                 dword ptr [esp], edi
            //   89442404             | mov                 dword ptr [esp + 4], eax
            //   e8????????           |                     
            //   31c9                 | xor                 ecx, ecx

        $sequence_4 = { 83d803 29f8 ba2a000000 89fb 66891407 }
            // n = 5, score = 300
            //   83d803               | sbb                 eax, 3
            //   29f8                 | sub                 eax, edi
            //   ba2a000000           | mov                 edx, 0x2a
            //   89fb                 | mov                 ebx, edi
            //   66891407             | mov                 word ptr [edi + eax], dx

        $sequence_5 = { 5e 5f 5d c3 0fbe57ff 85d2 }
            // n = 6, score = 300
            //   5e                   | pop                 esi
            //   5f                   | pop                 edi
            //   5d                   | pop                 ebp
            //   c3                   | ret                 
            //   0fbe57ff             | movsx               edx, byte ptr [edi - 1]
            //   85d2                 | test                edx, edx

        $sequence_6 = { 0f8581000000 8b0d???????? bb???????? 85c9 0f84be000000 bb???????? 8b4308 }
            // n = 7, score = 300
            //   0f8581000000         | jne                 0x87
            //   8b0d????????         |                     
            //   bb????????           |                     
            //   85c9                 | test                ecx, ecx
            //   0f84be000000         | je                  0xc4
            //   bb????????           |                     
            //   8b4308               | mov                 eax, dword ptr [ebx + 8]

        $sequence_7 = { e9???????? 8b5508 89f0 e8???????? e9???????? c745c000000000 e9???????? }
            // n = 7, score = 300
            //   e9????????           |                     
            //   8b5508               | mov                 edx, dword ptr [ebp + 8]
            //   89f0                 | mov                 eax, esi
            //   e8????????           |                     
            //   e9????????           |                     
            //   c745c000000000       | mov                 dword ptr [ebp - 0x40], 0
            //   e9????????           |                     

        $sequence_8 = { 895c2408 c74424041c000000 c70424???????? e8???????? a1???????? }
            // n = 5, score = 300
            //   895c2408             | mov                 dword ptr [esp + 8], ebx
            //   c74424041c000000     | mov                 dword ptr [esp + 4], 0x1c
            //   c70424????????       |                     
            //   e8????????           |                     
            //   a1????????           |                     

        $sequence_9 = { c706???????? 893424 8b4d10 89fa 89d8 e8???????? }
            // n = 6, score = 300
            //   c706????????         |                     
            //   893424               | mov                 dword ptr [esp], esi
            //   8b4d10               | mov                 ecx, dword ptr [ebp + 0x10]
            //   89fa                 | mov                 edx, edi
            //   89d8                 | mov                 eax, ebx
            //   e8????????           |                     

    condition:
        7 of them and filesize < 114688
}
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