Bleeping Computer cybersecurity experts: Threat Actors, instead using ransomware, seems focused on breaching networks through alleged vulnerabilities to steal data.
Bleeping Computer cybersecurity experts: The toolkit is modular and can include an info-stealer, a coin miner, a clipper, a ransomware, a worm spreader, and soon, also a DDoS bot.
The cybersecurity researcher TheAnalyst discovered a mail pretending to fire the victim on December 24th. The xls attachments activates the malware infection chain.
Intezer cybersecurity experts spotted the new malware in August and dubbed it Vermilion Strike. It has been actively used in attacks targeting organizations.