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DARK SECRETS: This wiper malware takes data destruction to a whole new level | Rare Historical Photos

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Security researchers have observed a new version of BiBi Wiper, a destructive piece of malware that not only wipes all of the data from the disk, but now also deletes the disk partition table as well. As a result, data recovery takes far more time and effort. 

The malware is built for both Linux and Windows operating systems, with minor differences between them. Generally speaking, non-system files get corrupted with random data, and also get a randomly generated extension with the “BiBi” string.

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