HermeticWiper can compress 32-bit and 64-bit driver files with the Lempel-Ziv algorithm.678
tool
HermeticWiper S0697
- Type
- malware
- Platform
- Windows
- Created
- 25 March 2022
- Last modified
- 21 October 2025
HermeticWiper is a data wiper that has been used since at least early 2022, primarily against Ukraine with additional activity observed in Latvia and Lithuania. Some sectors targeted include government, financial, defense, aviation, and IT services.[1][2][3][4][5]
26
TechniquesTop 11%
7
Tactics68th pct
0
Threat groupsNone recorded
0
CampaignsNone recorded
Enterprise ATT&CK only. Any Mobile or ICS rows on the same ATT&CK page are not carried.
MITRE reference S0697
HermeticWiper has used the name postgressql.exe to mask a malicious payload.9
HermeticWiper has the ability to use scheduled tasks for execution.10
HermeticWiper can use cmd.exe /Q/c move CSIDL_SYSTEM_DRIVE\temp\sys.tmp1 CSIDL_WINDOWS\policydefinitions\postgresql.exe 1> \\127.0.0.1\ADMIN$\_1636727589.6007507 2>&1 to deploy on an infected system.11
HermeticWiper can disable pop-up information about folders and desktop items and delete Registry keys to hide malicious services.1213
HermeticWiper has the ability to overwrite its own file with random bites.1415
Standing S0697
Reach is how much of ATT&CK this tool touches. Coverage is how well defended each thing it does is, as a median per technique rather than a total — a total would just restate the reach. Each figure is ranked against all 825 ATT&CK software entries only where that population actually spreads. Where most of the population shares one value, a percentile would rank the tie instead of the entity, so the raw value is shown and no rank is claimed.
Reach
Techniques26Top 11%
89th percentile · 89% of 825 ATT&CK software entries have this many Enterprise techniques or fewer.
Tactics768th pct
68th percentile · 68% of 825 ATT&CK software entries have this many tactics spanned or fewer.
Threat groups061% tie · 22 values
61% of the population shares a single value across only 22 distinct values, so a percentile here would rank the tie, not the entity.
Campaigns085% tie · 8 values
85% of the population shares a single value across only 8 distinct values, so a percentile here would rank the tie, not the entity.
Coverage
Rules / technique27.5med69th pct
69th percentile · 69% of 825 ATT&CK software entries have this many detection rules per technique or fewer.
Tests / technique5.5med
Detection coverage S0697
1049 distinct rules cover the 26 techniques recorded for this tool. The 1133 technique-to-rule mappings resolve to 1049 distinct rules, because one rule can cover several techniques. 642 Sigma · 407 Splunk.
24 covered by at least one rule2 with no coverage1049 distinct rules in total
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