It has been reported that the FBI has issued a five-page flash warning yesterday urging American enterprises to be on the lookout for wiper malware. Commenting on this, Clinton Karr, Sr. Security Strategist at Bromium said:
"These attacks are troublesome, but not surprising. Earlier this year we witnessed Code Spaces shutdown after a successful attack destroyed its cloud back-ups. Likewise, the evolution of crypto-ransomware suggests attackers are targeting the enterprise with destructive attacks. These attacks are unlike the "cat burglary" of Trojan attacks, but much more brute force like a smash-and-grab or straight vandalism."