Analysis Encryption File names Government 
Security Affairs
MARCH 26, 2021
The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) issued an alert to warn that the Mamba ransomware is abusing the DiskCryptor open source tool to encrypt entire drives. Mamba ransomware is one of the first malware that encrypted hard drives rather than files that was detected in public attacks.
Security Affairs
OCTOBER 18, 2022
Symantec pointed out that the attacks against government organizations in Hong Kong remained undetected for a year in some cases. ” reads the analysis published by Symantec. Spyder Loader loads AES-encrypted blobs to create the wlbsctrl.dll which acts as a next-stage loader that executes the content.
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Security Affairs
JUNE 3, 2023
According to government experts, the Royal ransomware attacks targeted numerous critical infrastructure sectors including, manufacturing, communications, healthcare and public healthcare (HPH), and education. ReadMe file name: README.BlackSuit.txt. ” reads the analysis published by TrendMicro.
Security Affairs
FEBRUARY 8, 2023
Upon execution, the downloader will check against a blacklist of malware analysis tools by checking for running processes’ specific names (i.e. “Graphiron uses AES encryption with hardcoded keys. It creates temporary files with the “ lock” and “ trash” extensions.
Security Affairs
APRIL 14, 2020
PaloAlto Networks experts warn of malicious Coronavirus themed phishing campaigns targeting government and medical organizations. Recently organizations in healthcare, research, and government facilities have been hit by Coronavirus-themed attacks that deployed multiple malware families, including ransomware and information stealers (i.e.
Security Affairs
AUGUST 20, 2018
During the analysis time, only really few Antivirus (6 out of 60) were able to “detect” the sample. In this stage the JavaScript is loading an encrypted content from the original JAR, using a KEY decrypts such a content and finally loads it (Dynamic Class Loader) on memory in order to fire it up as a new Java code.
eSecurity Planet
APRIL 6, 2023
Ransomware is a type of malicious program, or malware, that encrypts files, documents and images on a computer or server so that users cannot access the data. These keys are available to the attacker, and the encryption can only be decrypted using a private key. How Does Ransomware Work?
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