Researchers: an allegedly Russia-tied wiper malware, AcidRain, which shares similarities with the malware VPNFilter, was behind the attack on Viasat in February
AcidRain is the seventh wiper associated with the Russian invasion of Ukraine — Viasat—the high-speed-satellite-broadband …
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SentinelLabs researchers assess there are developmental similarities between AcidRain and a VPNFilter stage 3 destructive plugin | In 2018, the FBI and Department of Justice attributed the VPNFilter campaign to the Russian government. https://www.sentinelone.com/ ... @LabsSentine…
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👉In @arstechnica: AcidRain is the 7th distinct piece of wiper #malware associated w/ Russia's ongoing invasion of Ukraine. @juanandres_gs & @maxpl0it said its an executable file for MIPS, the hardware architecture for the modems used by Viasat customers. https://arstechnica.com/.…
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Viasat confirms that wiper with possible ties to Russia used in modem hack https://arstechnica.com/...