Cyberwarfare

Alleged cyber-warfare attack with wiping malware in March 2013

computer security attack on an unattended device, in which an attacker with physical access alters it in some undetectable way so that they can later access the device, or the data on it

Shamoon (), also known as W32.DistTrack, is a modular computer virus that was discovered in 2012, targeting then-recent 32-bit NT kernel versions of Microsoft Windows. The virus was notable due to the destructive nature of the attack and the cost of recovery. Shamoon can spread from an infected machine to other computers on the network. Once a system is infected, the virus continues to compile a list of files from specific locations on the system, upload them to the attacker, and erase them. Finally the virus overwrites the master boot record of the infected computer, making it unusable.

computer virus

knowledge of end users about the cyber security threats and the risks their actions may introduce

malware

Iranian cyberwarfare group

government mandated computer security

Iranian hacker group

Term in information security policy