VERY IMPORTANT

IBM® X-Force® has been researching and tracking destructive malware in the Middle East, particularly in the industrial and energy sector. Since the first Shamoon attacks that started affecting organizations in the region in summer of 2012, we have been following the evolution of destructive, disk-wiping malware deployed to cause disruption. In recent analysis, X-Force Incident Response and Intelligence Services (IRIS) discovered new malware from the Wiper class, used in a destructive attack in the Middle East. We named this malware “ZeroCleare” per the program database (PDB) pathname of its binary file