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Sandworm hackers use data wipers to disrupt Ukraine's grain sector
Russian state-backed hacker group Sandworm has deployed multiple data-wiping malware families in attacks targeting Ukraine's education, government, and the grain sector, the country's main revenue source.
- November 06, 2025
- 05:01 AM
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Fake WhatsApp developer libraries hide destructive data-wiping code
Two malicious NPM packages posing as WhatsApp development tools have been discovered deploying destructive data-wiping code that recursively deletes files on a developer's computers.
- August 07, 2025
- 05:42 PM
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New Webinar: Choose Your Own Investigation — Browser Attack Edition
Modern attacks have shifted focus to the browser, yet detection tools remain largely blind to the crucial activity happening there.
Join Push Security on February 11th for an interactive "choose-your-own-adventure" webinar on ClickFix, credential phishing, and other in-browser attacks we've observed in the wild.
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Hackers breach Toptal GitHub account, publish malicious npm packages
Hackers compromised Toptal's GitHub organization account and used their access to publish ten malicious packages on the Node Package Manager (NPM) index.
- July 24, 2025
- 09:26 AM
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U.S. warns of Iranian cyber threats on critical infrastructure
U.S. cyber agencies, the FBI, and NSA issued an urgent warning today about potential cyberattacks from Iranian-affiliated hackers targeting U.S. critical infrastructure.
- June 30, 2025
- 06:24 PM
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Anubis ransomware adds wiper to destroy files beyond recovery
The Anubis ransomware-as-a-service (RaaS) operation has added to its file-encrypting malware a wiper module that destroys targeted files, making recovery impossible even if the ransom is paid.
- June 14, 2025
- 10:29 AM
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Malicious npm packages posing as utilities delete project directories
Two malicious packages have been discovered in the npm JavaScript package index, which masquerades as useful utilities but, in reality, are destructive data wipers that delete entire application directories.
- June 07, 2025
- 10:11 AM
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New PathWiper data wiper malware hits critical infrastructure in Ukraine
A new data wiper malware named 'PathWiper' is being used in targeted attacks against critical infrastructure in Ukraine, aimed at disrupting operations in the country.
- June 06, 2025
- 10:40 AM
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Dozens of malicious packages on NPM collect host and network data
60 packages have been discovered in the NPM index that attempt to collect sensitive host and network data and send it to a Discord webhook controlled by the threat actor.
- May 23, 2025
- 01:37 PM
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Linux wiper malware hidden in malicious Go modules on GitHub
A supply-chain attack targets Linux servers with disk-wiping malware hidden in Golang modules published on GitHub.
- May 06, 2025
- 05:13 AM
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ESET partner breached to send data wipers to Israeli orgs
Hackers breached ESET's exclusive partner in Israel to send phishing emails to Israeli businesses that pushed data wipers disguised as antivirus software for destructive attacks.
- October 18, 2024
- 02:25 PM
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Hacker wipes 13,000 devices after breaching classroom management platform
A hacker has breached Mobile Guardian, a digital classroom management platform used worldwide, and remotely wiped data from at least 13,000 student's iPads and Chromebooks.
- August 06, 2024
- 10:15 AM
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New Android malware wipes your device after draining bank accounts
A new Android malware that researchers call 'BingoMod' can wipe devices after successfully stealing money from the victims' bank accounts using the on-device fraud technique.
- July 31, 2024
- 12:23 PM
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Former IT employee gets 2.5 years for wiping 180 virtual servers
A former quality assurance employee of National Computer Systems (NCS) was sentenced to two years and eight months in prison for reportedly deleting 180 virtual servers after being fired.
- June 14, 2024
- 11:51 AM
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New BiBi Wiper version also destroys the disk partition table
A new version of the BiBi Wiper malware is now deleting the disk partition table to make data restoration harder, extending the downtime for targeted victims.
- May 20, 2024
- 12:06 PM
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New AcidPour data wiper targets Linux x86 network devices
A new destructive malware named AcidPour was spotted in the wild, featuring data-wiper functionality and targeting Linux x86 IoT and networking devices.
- March 19, 2024
- 10:33 AM
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Ukraine: Hack wiped 2 petabytes of data from Russian research center
The Main Intelligence Directorate of Ukraine's Ministry of Defense claims that pro-Ukrainian hacktivists breached the Russian Center for Space Hydrometeorology, aka "planeta" (планета), and wiped 2 petabytes of data.
- January 26, 2024
- 11:59 AM
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Fake F5 BIG-IP zero-day warning emails push data wipers
The Israel National Cyber Directorate warns of phishing emails pretending to be F5 BIG-IP zero-day security updates that deploy Windows and Linux data wipers.
- December 20, 2023
- 04:52 PM
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Cloud engineer gets 2 years for wiping ex-employer’s code repos
Miklos Daniel Brody, a cloud engineer, was sentenced to two years in prison and a restitution of $529,000 for wiping the code repositories of his former employer in retaliation for being fired by the company.
- December 12, 2023
- 10:02 AM
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Israel warns of BiBi wiper attacks targeting Linux and Windows
Data-wiping attacks are becoming more frequent on Israeli computers as researchers discovered variants of the BiBi malware family that destroys data on both Linux and Windows systems.
- November 13, 2023
- 11:53 AM
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New BiBi-Linux wiper malware targets Israeli orgs in destructive attacks
A new malware wiper known as BiBi-Linux is being used to destroy data in attacks targeting Linux systems belonging to Israeli companies.
- October 30, 2023
- 12:53 PM
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