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CanisterWorm Gets Teeth: TeamPCP's Kubernetes Wiper Targets Iran

By Charlie Eriksen

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We found a new payload in the TeamPCP arsenal, and this one doesn't just steal credentials or install backdoors. It wipes entire Kubernetes clusters.

The script uses the exact same ICP canister ( tdtqy-oyaaa-aaaae-af2dq-cai[.]raw[.]icp0[.]io ) we documented in the CanisterWorm campaign. Same C2, same backdoor code, same /tmp/pglog drop path. The Kubernetes-native lateral movement via DaemonSets is consistent with TeamPCP's known playbook, but this variant adds something we haven't seen from them before: a geopolitically targeted destructive payload aimed specifically at…

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