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Bookmark or Share- Shamoon (2012) - International cyber law: interactive toolkitThe virus — called Shamoon after a word embedded in its code —was unleashed on 15 August 2012 by a a company insider with privileged access to Aramco’s network. Instead of solely collecting information, the virus revealed its highly destructive nature as it rendered the infected computers unusable.
- FROM SHAMOON TO STONEDRILLAlso known as Disttrack, Shamoon is a highly destructive malware family that effectively wipes the victim machine. A group known as the Cutting Sword of Justice took credit for the Saudi Aramco attack by posting a Pastebin message on the day of the attack (back in 2012), and justified the attack as a measure against the Saudi monarchy.
- Why the Shamoon virus looms as destructive threat - USA TODAYShamoon's express purpose was the crippling the Saudi Arabian national oil and natural gas company. It accomplished its mission, destroying data on some 30,000 desktops and...
- Shamoon, Software S0140 - MITRE ATT&CK®Shamoon is wiper malware that was first used by an Iranian group known as the "Cutting Sword of Justice" in 2012. Other versions known as Shamoon 2 and Shamoon 3 were observed in 2016 and 2018. Shamoon has also been seen leveraging RawDisk and Filerase to carry out data wiping tasks.
- Shamoon 2012 Full Analysis - MalwareInDepthComplete overview and toolset for the Shamoon malware campaign from 2012 In depth analysis of the Shamoon 2012 campaign that targeted Saudi Aramco MalwareInDepth
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