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Malware

OctoberSeventh

aka ESET Wiper

Emanuele De Lucia summarizes that this wiper was sent to potential targets in phishing mails that impersonated ESET as a follow up to a breach of its Israeli distributor Comsecure.

OctoberSeventh, also known as ESET Wiper, is a Windows malware family.

Background

As summarized by Emanuele De Lucia, this wiper reached intended victims through phishing emails posing as ESET, following a breach of the company's Israeli distributor Comsecure.


Source: Malpedia (Fraunhofer FKIE).