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Research: Egregor ransomware dismantled
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Sophos researchers have taken a close look at the egregor ransomware. Is the ransomware the secret heir to Maze? The report “Egregor ransomware: Maze's heir apparent,” relies on several incidents Egregor has been involved in since September. Among other things, Sophos researchers found: Different tactics, techniques and procedures (TTPs) for attacks by different authors, which show how much criminal RaaS customers can vary their attack approaches and thus make defense protection more difficult. B. the use of the ChaCha and RSA encryption algorithms connections between Egregor and Sekhmet (Egregor is a derivative of ...

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Ransomware 2.0: Sensitive Publications
Ransomware 2.0 cyber attack encryption

The attackers' new strategy: sensitive publications. Cyber ​​criminals are increasingly attacking selected companies and industries as part of targeted campaigns. Sensitive data is no longer just encrypted - instead, it is threatened that it will be published on the Internet. This is what Kaspersky Ransomware 2.0 says. Current ransomware attacks show that cyber criminals are changing their strategy: They are moving away from pure encryption to targeted attacks with the threat of disclosing confidential data if the required ransom is not paid. This is the conclusion the Kaspersky experts come to by analyzing the two ransomware families Ragnar Locker ...

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