Shamoon

Shamoon Malware Spawns Even Nastier ‘StoneDrill’

Researchers following up on last November’s re-emergent Shamoon malware attacks have found something even nastier. A new, more dangerous malware called StoneDrill has been detected by Kaspersky Labs as they were studying Shamoon malware that has hit the energy sector in the Middle East initially. It is a data destroying code that sits in a victim’s browser, and wipes any physical or logical path accessible with the target user’s privileges.