LazyWiper

S9039

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About this malware

LazyWiper is a destructive malware observed targeting a manufacturing sector company during the 2025 Poland Wiper Attacks. LazyWiper is a native Windows PowerShell script that is believed to have been generated by a large language model (LLM). LazyWiper overwrites files on the system using the C# function `WriteRandomBytes()` and can target multiple specific file types by their extensions.

Techniques used8

Procedure examples8

TechniqueProcedure example
T1059.001
PowerShell

LazyWiper has used PowerShell to enable data destruction on targeted systems.

T1082
System Information Discovery

LazyWiper has used `[System.Net.Dns]::GetHostName()` and `$env:COMPUTERNAME` to enumerate the hostname of a system and determine if it is a domain controller.

T1083
File and Directory Discovery

LazyWiper can specifically target multiple files by extension including: .rar, .tar.gz, .zip, .7z, .json, .bcp, .bak, .gho, .erf, .edb, .onepkg, .pst, and .ldiff.

T1480
Execution Guardrails

LazyWiper can halt execution if `[System.Net.Dns]::GetHostName()` or `$env:COMPUTERNAME` contains `“pe-dc”`.

T1485
Data Destruction

LazyWiper has overwritten files with pseudorandom 32‑byte sequences written at 16‑byte intervals making the file unrecoverable.

T1588.007
Artificial Intelligence

LazyWiper is believed to have been generated by a large language model (LLM) due to the non-sensical comments in the code.

T1679
Selective Exclusion

LazyWiper can enumerate the hostname of the system to determine if it is a domain controller and exclude it from being wiped if so.

T1685
Disable or Modify Tools

LazyWiper can disable Microsoft Windows Defender Real-Time Monitoring with the `Set-MpPreference` cmdlet.

Groups that use it0

None recorded.

Campaigns1

References1

  1. CERT Polska Open source
    CERT Polska. (2026, January 30). Energy Sector Incident Report – 29 December. Retrieved April 22, 2026.

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