Description
SamScissors is a data wiper that cyberattackers used against the Bahrain petroleum company Bapco in 2020, following an intrusion that researchers linked to Iranian state sponsored actors. The malware overwrote files on infected systems to destroy data and disrupt operations rather than to demand ransom.
Stats
- First seen
- April 2023
- Last seen
- September 2026
Alert name variants
| Alert Name |
|---|
| MacOS.Trojan.SamScissors |
| Win64.Trojan.SamScissors |