Malware News IsraBye is a Anti-Israel Data Wiper Disguised as Ransomware

[LASER_oneXM]

An anti-Israel & pro-Palestinian data wiper called IsraBye has been discovered that pretends to be a ransomware. Unfortunately, even though the lock screen implies that the files can be recovered, the contents of the files are actually replaced with an anti-Israel message.

Discovered first by Avast security researcher Jakub Kroustek at the end of July, I missed seeing this tweet, until other researchers such as Ari Eitan and Ido Naor started tweeting about it. As it looked interesting, I decided to take a look and create a video demonstrating the functionality of IsraBye.

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The timing surrounding IsraBye's appearance isn't an accident. The wiper was spotted shortly after the onset of the Al Aqsa crisis; a political incident set off by Israel officials installing new security measures at the Al Aqsa mosque in Jerusalem, which Palestinians considered an intrusive expansion of control over one of Islam's holiest sites.

Even though this wiper states that it is possible to recover your files, unfortunately this is not the case. The only way to recover your files is through a backup, restoring from shadow volume copies, or by using a file recovery software.

 

[shmu26]

How pathetic

 

[Fritz]

Funny how a country the size of Sicily can be the cause of all Arab problems. But I guess one has to find somebody to blame…

 

[Winter Soldier]

Dangerous example with stupid political pretexts.

 

[frogboy]

Well that is different, wrong but still different.

 

[ispx]

there are plenty of instances earlier of country specific malware & also ransomware which makes data & files totally unrecoverable.

how / why is this any different / pathetic?