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Malware

fast16

According to SentinelLABS, this is a cyber sabotage framework whose core components date back to 2005, tracked as fast16.

fast16 is a Windows malware family.

Background

SentinelLABS tracks fast16 as a cyber-sabotage framework whose central components originate as far back as 2005. The fast16.sys driver homes in on high-precision calculation software, modifying its code in memory to corrupt the output. Paired with self-spreading capabilities, the payload is intended to introduce the same faulty results throughout an entire facility. The 'fast16' label appears in the ShadowBrokers' leak of the NSA's 'Territorial Dispute' components.


Source: Malpedia (Fraunhofer FKIE).