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New Linux Ransomware BlackSuit is similar to Royal ransomware

Security Affairs

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. similarities in jumps based on BinDiff, a comparison tool for binary files.”

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ToxicEye RAT exploits Telegram communications to steal data from victims

Security Affairs

Upon opening the attachment, ToxicEye installs itself on the victim’s device and performs some operations in background such as: stealing data deleting or transferring files killing processes on the PC hijacking the PC’s microphone and camera to record audio and video encrypting files for ransom purposes.

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Shade Ransomware gang shut down operations and releases 750K decryption keys

Security Affairs

Unlike other ransomware strains that don’t encrypt victims in Russia and other CIS countries, Shade also targets computers in Russia and Ukraine. Moth of the victims belongs to high-tech, wholesale and education sectors. The ransomware also drops on the Desktop 10 text files, named README1.txt txt through README10.txt,

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What is Ransomware? Everything You Should Know

eSecurity Planet

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?