Wiper Malware: Destructive Cyber Attacks
February 01, 2026
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Table of Contents
Wipers destroy data without ransom demands.
Notable Wipers
- NotPetya (2017): $10B damage
- Shamoon: Saudi Aramco
- WhisperGate: Ukraine 2022
- HermeticWiper: Ukraine 2022
- CaddyWiper: Ukraine 2022Attack Methods
- MBR destruction
- File system corruption
- Overwriting data
- Encryption without keys
- Firmware destructionDefense
- Air-gapped backups
- Immutable storage
- Network segmentation
- Behavior-based detection
- Incident response plansRelated Posts
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