First Python-based ransomware attack revealed
Team Nautilus, Aqua Security's research unit specializing in the cloud-native technology stack, has discovered a new attack vector that cybercriminals can use to target companies running ransomware. For the first time, the team uncovered a Python-based ransomware attack targeting the open source software Jupyter Notebook, popular with data professionals. Attackers first gain access through misconfigured environments and then run a ransomware script that encrypts every file in a specified path on the server and then deletes itself after execution to obfuscate the attack. Because Jupyter Notebook is used to analyze…