Tag: file encryption

HC3 warns of NoEscape ransomware group targeting healthcare sector, linked to defunct Avaddon group

HC3 warns of NoEscape ransomware group targeting healthcare sector, linked to defunct Avaddon group

The U.S. Department of Health & Human Services’ Health Sector Cybersecurity Coordination Center (HC3) unit published an analyst note covering NoEscape ransomware, a relatively new hacker and ransomware group to the cybercriminal community. The note provided an overview of the…

Industrial Spy ransomware uses double extortion attacks that combine data theft with file encryption

Industrial Spy ransomware uses double extortion attacks that combine data theft with file encryption

Researchers from Zscaler released details of the Industrial Spy ransomware group that after their initial promotional campaigns introduced their own ransomware to create double extortion attacks that combine data theft with file encryption. The threat group appears to have also…