
| Names | Comet Meteor Stardust | |
| Category | Malware | |
| Type | Wiper | |
| Description | (Check Point) The wiping procedure itself is pretty simple. First, the malware goes over the files and directories from the paths_to_wipe config, fills them with zero-bytes instead of their real content, and then deletes them. After the wiping procedure, the malware tries to delete the shadow copies by running the following commands: vssadmin.exe delete shadows /all /quiet **and **C:\\Windows\\system32\\wbem\\wmic.exe shadowcopy delete. Finally, the malware enters an infinite loop where it sleeps based on the is_alive_loop_interval value from the configuration file and writes 'Meteor is still alive.' to the log in every iteration. If all this rings familiar to you, it should; it’s all straight out from the ransomware playbook — except this isn’t ransomware, which requires delicate orchestration of public-key and private-key cryptography to make the machine ultimately recoverable; this is Nuke-it-From-Orbit-ware. It’s a one-way trip. | |
| Information | <https://research.checkpoint.com/2021/indra-hackers-behind-recent-attacks-on-iran/> | |
Last change to this tool card: 01 November 2021
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| Changed | Name | Country | Observed | ||
APT groups | |||||
| Indra | [Unknown] | 2019 | |||
1 group listed (1 APT, 0 other, 0 unknown)
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