‘CanisterWorm’ Springs Wiper Attack Targeting Iran

The feed highlights multiple high-risk developments: a new financially motivated wiper called “CanisterWorm” is being used to target systems configured for Iran (Iran time zone or Farsi language), spreading via poorly secured cloud services and wiping data; U.S., Canadian and German authorities disrupted four massive IoT botnets (Aisuru, Kimwolf, JackSkid and Mossad) that had compromised >3 million devices and were used for record DDoS attacks (Kimwolf remains notable — its botmaster “Dort” has been actively retaliating against researchers and the botnet has been used to disrupt the I2P anonym