Wiper

StoneDrill

First seen: 2016-01 • Status: inactive

Currently Inactive

StoneDrill is another Iranian wiper like Shamoon. It is better at hiding from antivirus and has been used against Saudi Arabia.

Overview

StoneDrill is a wiper linked to APT33 (Iran). It has code similarities to Shamoon but with more advanced evasion techniques.

How It Spreads

  • Targeted attacks
  • Spear-phishing

What It Does

  • Wipes hard drives
  • Browser credential theft
  • Evasion techniques

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Target Platforms

Windows

Detection Tips

  • Monitor for disk wiping activity
  • Watch for APT33 indicators

MITRE ATT&CK Techniques

T1561, T1027

If You're Infected

  1. 1.

    Data destruction is permanent

Related Malware

Shamoon

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