Though Narilam, affecting the databases of multiple
companies including KSA’s Saudi Aramco and Qatar’s RasGas in GCC region, was discovered during
the year 2009- the impacts of its fresh attacks leave Middle East in quandary. Virus
detectors have recently pulled out evidences showcasing its swift increase
targeting various accounting related databases of corporate in Middle East.
In the most recent
reports, this precarious worm had contaminated Microsoft SQL systems by altering
and eliminating all the sensitive data entailing tables of the victimized.
Virus Detectors confirms its non-connectivity with other disparaging malwares inflicting
Middle East like Flame, Stuxnet, Duqu, and Gauss. Its origin is deemed to be
smaller.
This destructiveworm not only steals the data from the targeted computer systems. It is accordingly
coded to fiddle with or sabotage corporate databases. Till this time, Narilam
has targeted databases particularly in Iran that is utilized for accounting and
Customer Management purposes. Computers Systems that are operating on Windows
Vista, XP, Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 have been adversely infected. However,
it has also been detected that Narilam has likely attacked small and medium
business houses for sabotaging critical data of competitors.
Instance of Narilam
attacks are manifold and USA and UK are no more an exception in the last few
months.
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