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New BiBi Wiper version also destroys the disk partition table (www.bleepingcomputer.com)

submitted 6 months ago by BrikoX@lemmy.zip to c/cybersecurity@sh.itjust.works

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A new version of the BiBi Wiper malware is now deleting the disk partition table to make data restoration harder, extending the downtime for targeted victims.

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[–] LazerFX@sh.itjust.works 11 points 6 months ago (1 children)

The old Chernobyl virus did this. I caught it. Had to restore the MPT of a FAT32 drive - fortunately, the MPT and first FAT fell outside the boundary of the destruction, so I was able to use the 2nd FAT to restore the files and get pretty much everything back. Was stressful - lots of running to the second computer to get details of how the hex structure of the MPT was built and recreate it because using a tool would have formatted/erased what was there (This was early 00's, off an old magazine cover floppy disk). Fun times, and not something you want to do with a business machine or with critical software (Though, why haven't you got it backed up in an air-gapped way if it's that critical?)

[–] christopherius@kbin.social 4 points 6 months ago (1 children)

That sounded like a pain to deal with. Did you get the data back?

[–] LazerFX@sh.itjust.works 3 points 6 months ago

Yep, took a couple of days with a hex editor, but was a good learning experience

[–] hperrin@lemmy.world 2 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Backup backup backup. Then backup your backups.

[–] nickwitha_k@lemmy.sdf.org 2 points 6 months ago

Or, taps temple thoughtfully don't have data that you care about. That way you never have to worry about data loss. (/S)