A Deep Dive into the Evolution of Ransomware Part 3
This 3-part blog series takes an in-depth look at the evolution of ransomware business models, from the early stages to current trends. Read More HERE…
Trend Micro Research : Ransomware
A Deep Dive into the Evolution of Ransomware Part 2
This 3-part blog series takes an in-depth look at the evolution of ransomware business models, from the early stages to current trends. Read More HERE…
A Deep Dive into the Evolution of Ransomware Part 1
This 3-part blog series takes an in-depth look at the evolution of ransomware business models, from the early stages to current trends. Read More HERE…
Royal Ransomware expands attacks by targeting Linux ESXi servers
Ransomware actors have been observed to expand their targets by increasingly developing Linux-based versions. Royal ransomware is following in the same path, a new variant targeting Linux systems emerged and we will provide a technical analysis on this variant in this blog. Read More HERE…
New Mimic Ransomware Abuses Everything APIs for its Encryption Process
Trend Micro researchers discovered a new ransomware that abuses the APIs of a legitimate tool called Everything, a Windows filename search engine developed by Voidtools that offers quick searching and real-time updates for minimal resource usage. Read More HERE…
Vice Society Ransomware Group Targets Manufacturing Companies
In this blog entry, we’d like to highlight our findings on Vice Society, which includes an end-to-end infection diagram that we were able to create using Trend Micro internal telemetry. Read More HERE…
Conti Team One Splinter Group Resurfaces as Royal Ransomware with Callback Phishing Attacks
From September to December, we detected multiple attacks from the Royal ransomware group. In this blog entry, we discuss findings from our investigation of this ransomware and the tools that Royal ransomware actors used to carry out their attacks. Read More HERE…
Agenda Ransomware Uses Rust to Target More Vital Industries
This year, various ransomware-as-a-service groups have developed versions of their ransomware in Rust, including Agenda. Agenda’s Rust variant has targeted vital industries like its Go counterpart. In this blog, we will discuss how the Rust variant works. Read More HERE…
Ransomware Business Models: Future Pivots and Trends
Ransomware groups and their business models are expected to change from what and how we know it to date. In this blog entry, we summarize from some of our insights the triggers that spark the small changes in the short term (“evolutions”) and the bigger deviations (“revolutions”) they can redirect their criminal enterprises to in the long run. Read More HERE…
Cybersecurity Reflections from 26 Years at Trend
Trend Micro is one of the few cybersecurity vendors today that can protect your entire world, whether it is your home office and family, your drive to work, or your work environment. Read More HERE…