Coveware cybersecurity experts: The shift is due to the increasing pressing by law enforcements. However, data exfiltration stll remains one of the RaaS most used tactic.
Palo Alto Unit 42 cybersecurity researchers: The malware is offered on underground forums as a ransomware-as-a-service (RaaS). Affiliates keep 8’-90% of the ransoms.
Bleeping Computer cybersecurity experts: The group behind the malware put $1 million on a hacker forum to show its “force”. It looks for skilled penetration testers and hackers.
It has been discover by the cyber security expert Leandro Velasco. It doesn’t attack CIS countries and works without internet connection. The ransom, if it is not paid on time, triples.
The cyber security experts: The malware costs $2,000. There could be a broader proliferation among multiple groups, and an eventual surge in attacks. Furthermore, it’s undecryptable.
Cyber security experts tracked the bitcoin payments made by the ransomware’s victims and concluded that some of the distributors of the malware earned millions from the scheme.