Wiper Malware StoneDrill Latest Discovery of Kaspersky

Kaspersky Lab the security company recently discovered one extremely powerful malicious program that wholly erases a disk's content. Declaring about its discovery, Kaspersky states the malicious program it named StoneDrill happened to infect merely 2 computers hitherto, one each inside Europe and Middle East.

Kaspersky's security researchers assert that StoneDrill resembles as well as quite differentiates from and is far refined over Shamoon 2.0 a different wiper malware. StoneDrill just came into notice when the researchers were examining Shamoon 2.0. Betanews.com posted this online dated March 8, 2017.

Being highly destructive, all kinds of Wiper malware result in plentiful damage. They are utilized for filching data as also hijacking computers. Their utilization is many a time for spying from the remote in various cyber espionage operations. But, Wiper malware is employed scarcely implying consumers should not be highly threatened, which is based on the extent of StoneDrill's ransomware component attaining success.

Until now, there's hardly any information about the details of the StoneDrill malware. Because of how sparingly attackers would utilize StoneDrill, it'll be a while when a workable variant will be got. As there has not been any StoneDrill ransomware assault hitherto, it mayn't ever impose a real danger. Moreover, down the years, cyber criminals have especially honed their craftiness. So they'll definitely go the full extent of exploiting their malicious tool.

When StoneDrill infects a target computer, it creeps inside the end-user chosen Web-browser's memory process. As this goes on it utilizes dual advanced anti-emulation methods intended for bypassing security software enabled on the PC. Thereafter, it begins wiping disc files on the computer.

Albeit the wiper malware StoneDrill mayn't impose risk to bitcoin owners in a direct way, it can create hazards for companies dealing in crypto-currencies. Because such malware is frequently employed for surveillance purposes as well as for invading computers, they could likely attack exchanges. While little can be said about StoneDrill's future, still Web-surfers require being wary of the threat's existence. Besides, there is still great mystery in the malware's ransomware component. Unfortunately, the implication is therefore that its capability can be determined solely via hard-to-do way.

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