Meteor — Malware Profile
Meteor is a wiper that was used against Iranian government organizations, including Iranian Railways, the Ministry of Roads, and Urban Development systems, in July 2021. Meteor is likely a newer version of similar wipers called Stardust and Comet that were reportedly used by a group called "Indra" since at least 2019 against private companies in Syria.
MITRE ATT&CK techniques (20)
- T1036.004 Masquerade Task or Service
- T1047 Windows Management Instrumentation
- T1053.005 Scheduled Task
- T1057 Process Discovery
- T1059.001 PowerShell
- T1059.003 Windows Command Shell
- T1070.004 File Deletion
- T1082 System Information Discovery
- T1105 Ingress Tool Transfer
- T1106 Native API
- T1484.001 Group Policy Modification
- T1485 Data Destruction
- T1489 Service Stop
- T1490 Inhibit System Recovery
- T1491.001 Internal Defacement
- T1518.001 Security Software Discovery
- T1531 Account Access Removal
- T1564.003 Hidden Window
- T1685 Disable or Modify Tools
- T1685.005 Clear Windows Event Logs