Let’s talk about the Russian hacker group which launches ransomware attacks against a number of US companies that target employees who are working from home in this pandemic time.
When we talk about the Ransomware these days the hike in these attacks is increased and the threat actor worked with such dedication that we all become aware or next maybe you.
Russian Hacker Evil Corp has worked and accessed at least 31 organization networks in order to cripple systems and demand millions of dollars in ransom.
The US Justice Department has indicated the two alleged leaders in December 2019.
As a report mentioned from BBC that last year the US authorities filed charges against Evil Corp which alleged leaders Maskim Yakubets and Igor Turashev which are accused of using malware and stealing millions of dollars from the group which includes schools and religious organizations in over 40 organizations.
Even the organization who is finding these goons also announced $5m rewards for the information to their arrest that was the largest amount ever offered for a cyber-criminal.
According to the Gallup Poll, around 62% of the threat comes with the Americans who were working from home and still supporting the company or family in this pandemic time.
The US election is ahead and just a month away that’s why the federal and local officials have been putting hard measures in place to protect the voter records as well as manage safe voting practices amid the pandemic.
Attack Analysis
A firm named Symantec Corporation which monitors the corporate and government networks has released a notice of threat warning on Thursday night as it was identified.
The attacks which the Symantec have described as a relatively new type of the ransomware which was called WastedLocker which the Evil crop attributed it.
Ransomware is the computer virus that threatens the victim if they won’t pay the amount then their files are deleted. The most important this (Wasted Locker ransomware) virus demands ransoms around $500,000 to $ 1m and then after they unlock the file it seizes.
The Symantec firm also mentioned the “Vast majority of targets are the major corporations which include many household names and the main they target the 500 companies.
They attacked almost all the companies which are US-based and expect one owned.
According to the Symantec firm, the Russian hacker has breached the network of these companies and was “laying the groundwork” for the future ransomware attack, and that would let them block access to data and demand millions of dollars.
The New York Times also mentioned, “ The Russian hacker is using VPN for taking advantage of employees and now using virtual private networks(VPNs) to access work systems”.
Even though they use VPNs to identify which company a user works for, they are used to infect the computer when they visit a public or commercial site. After that even after the user connects then the Russian hacker can attack.
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