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New Destructive Wiper ZeroCleare Targets Energy Sector in the Middle East
By Limor Kessem
Excerpt
IBM X-Force has been researching and tracking destructive malware in the Middle East for some time now, particularly in the industrial and energy sectors. Since the first Shamoon attacks that started impacting organizations in the region in the summer of 2012, we have been following the evolution of destructive, disk-wiping malware deployed to cause disruption.
In a recent analysis, X-Force Incident Response and Intelligence Services (IRIS) discovered new malware from the wiper c…
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