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MALWARE TAXONOMY
Wipers, Ransomware, & Cyber Weapons
INDEXED STRAINS: 4 FAMILIES
wiperSEEN 2022
HermeticWiper (FoxBlade / Trojan.KillDisk)
Destructive data-wiping malware weaponized by Sandworm / Russian state operators, weaponizing signed partition drivers to destroy Master Boot Records (MBR) and VSS shadow copies.
TARGETS: x86, x64, Windows NTSandworm (Unit 74455)
ransomwareSEEN 2021
BlackCat (ALPHV / Sphynx)
Highly customizable Rust-based ransomware-as-a-service (RaaS) specializing in VMware ESXi hypervisor destruction and massive double-extortion exfiltration.
TARGETS: Rust, Windows, Linux ESXi, ARM64Scattered Spider (UNC3944)
spywareSEEN 2016
Pegasus Spyware Suite
Military-grade commercial zero-click surveillance platform developed by NSO Group, capable of silent real-time ambient recording, encrypted messaging interception, and GPS tracking.
TARGETS: iOS, iPadOS, Android, ARM64NSO Group Ecosystem
infostealerSEEN 2022
LummaC2 Infostealer
Pervasive commodity infostealer harvesting session tokens, cryptocurrency wallet private keys, browser passwords, and MFA cookies across global consumer and corporate endpoints.
TARGETS: C, x86, x64, WindowsInitial Access Brokers