A new group called Agrius is launching damaging wiper attacks against Israeli targets, researchers said. The group is using ransomware intended to make its espionage and destruction efforts appear financially motivated. Researchers said they have been tracking Agrius operations in Israel since 2020 and have observed the evolution of the group s malware, Apostle, to include ransomware functionality. Researchers added that the attacks were conducted using a secondary malware called Deadwood (a.k.a. Detbosit ), which has unconfirmed links to an Iranian threat group
Source: https://threatpost.com/agrius-wiper-attacks-israeli-targets/166474/