‘CanisterWorm’ Springs Wiper Attack Targeting Iran
2026-04-02T01:23:29Z•82dcac4377f3148b98f0516c38563b36a1d1f7f96d12bc9997e6beda0096b8d4
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What happened
The feed aggregates multiple active, high-impact cyber threats and security developments: a new worm and wiper campaign dubbed “CanisterWorm” targeting systems using Iran time/Farsi settings and an Iran-linked wiper claimed against medtech firm Stryker; the disruption by US/Canadian/German authorities of four massive IoT botnets (Aisuru, Kimwolf, JackSkid, Mossad) that powered record DDoS attacks; the Kimwolf botnet’s continued disruption (including abuse of I2P) and public attention on its alleged botmaster “Dort”; a stealthy phishing-as-a-service (“Starkiller”) that proxies real login pages—
Why it matters
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Evidence and limitations
- Source ID
- krebs_on_security
- Record identifier
- 82dcac4377f3148b98f0516c38563b36a1d1f7f96d12bc9997e6beda0096b8d4
- Enrichment time
- 2026-04-02T01:23:29Z
- AI-assisted enrichment
- Yes
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