Collaborate Disseminate
By Deeba Ahmed
According to Group-IB’s report, OldGremlin Ransomware Gang poses as reputed firms to infiltrate networks via phishing emails.
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The cybercriminal group has plagued firms with ransomware, sent via spear phishing emails with COVID-19 lures, since March. Continue reading OldGremlin Ransomware Group Bedevils Russian Orgs
Medical labs, banks, manufacturers and software developers in Russia are the prime targets for a new ransomware gang that began operating with custom tools as early as March of this year, according to researchers at the security vendor Group-IB. The attackers insert their hacking tools into networks via malware downloaded through spearphishing emails, then encrypt files and hold them ransom for about $50,000, Group IB says. The group, dubbed OldGremlin, has only targeted Russian companies so far, Group-IB says. It’s rare for a Russian-speaking ransomware group to aim at targets inside Russia but there are precedents, according to Group-IB senior digital forensics analyst Oleg Skulkin, who identified the hacking groups Silence and Cobalt as previous perpetrators. “What distinguishes OldGremlin from other Russian-speaking threat actors is their fearlessness to work in Russia,” Skulkin said. “This indicates that the attackers are either fine-tuning their techniques benefiting from home advantage before going global … or […]
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