by Fortify Security Team | Sep 28, 2024 | Cyberthreat Research, Security Advisories
Since May 2021, the FBI has observed and responded to multiple Maui ransomware incidents at Healthcare and Public Health (HPH) Sector organizations. North Korean state-sponsored cyber actors used Maui ransomware in these incidents to encrypt servers responsible for...
by Fortify Security Team | Sep 28, 2024 | Cyberthreat Research
Observed as recently as May 2022, MedusaLocker actors predominantly rely on vulnerabilities in Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP) to access victims’ networks. The MedusaLocker actors encrypt the victim’s data and leave a ransom note with communication instructions in every...
by Fortify Security Team | Sep 28, 2024 | Cyberthreat Research
As of March 2022, BlackCat/ALPHV ransomware as a service (RaaS) had compromised at least 60 entities worldwide and is the first ransomware group to do so successfully using RUST, considered to be a more secure programming language that offers improved performance and...
by Fortify Security Team | Sep 28, 2024 | Cyberthreat Research
The FBI first identified Ranzy Locker ransomware in late 2020 when the variant began to target victims in the United States. Unknown cyber criminals using Ranzy Locker ransomware had compromised more than 30 US businesses as of July 2021. The victims include the...
by Fortify Security Team | Sep 28, 2024 | Cyberthreat Research
While Conti is considered a ransomware-as-a-service (RaaS) model ransomware variant, there is variation in its structure that differentiates it from a typical affiliate model. It is likely that Conti developers pay the deployer’s of the ransomware a wage rather...