‘CanisterWorm’ Springs Wiper Attack Targeting Iran
2026-04-04T01:23:31Z•90764bab3a7fc503d0004f45a71df3acc5d4a3aec13e7efbbe80d4a87d61d714
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What happened
KrebsOnSecurity feed covering multiple high-impact incidents: a new wiper/worm dubbed “CanisterWorm” that spreads via poorly secured cloud services and wipes systems using Iran time zone or Farsi locale (apparently being leveraged by a financially motivated extortion group); disruption of four massive IoT botnets (Aisuru, Kimwolf, JackSkid, Mossad) used for record DDoS attacks; claims by Iran-linked actors of a wiper attack against medtech firm Stryker; continued Kimwolf activity (including disruption of the I2P anonymity network) and harassment by its alleged botmaster “Dort”; a stealthy “St·
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- 2026-04-04T01:23:31Z
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- Yes
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