AcidRain - S1125 (04cecafd-cb5f-4daf-aa1f-73899116c4a2)
AcidRain is an ELF binary targeting modems and routers using MIPS architecture.(Citation: AcidRain JAGS 2022) AcidRain is associated with the ViaSat KA-SAT communication outage that took place during the initial phases of the 2022 full-scale invasion of Ukraine. Analysis indicates overlap with another network device-targeting malware, VPNFilter, associated with Sandworm Team.(Citation: AcidRain JAGS 2022) US and European government sources linked AcidRain to Russian government entities, while Ukrainian government sources linked AcidRain specifically to Sandworm Team.(Citation: AcidRain State Department 2022)(Citation: Vincens AcidPour 2024)