ransomware

New Mimic Ransomware Abuses Everything APIs for its Encryption Process Ransomware 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. By: Nathaniel Morales, Earle Maui Earnshaw, Don Ovid Ladores, Nick Dai, Nathaniel Gregory Ragasa January 26, 2023 Read time:  ( words) Trend Micro researchers discovered a new ransomware…

Vice Society Ransomware Group Targets Manufacturing Companies Ransomware 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. By: Ieriz Nicolle Gonzalez, Paul Pajares, Arianne Dela Cruz, Warren Sto.Tomas January 24, 2023 Read time:  ( words) The Vice Society ransomware group made headlines in late 2022 and early 2023 during a spate of attacks against several targets, such as the one…

Agenda Ransomware Uses Rust to Target More Vital Industries Ransomware 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. By: Nathaniel Morales, Ivan Nicole Chavez, Nathaniel Gregory Ragasa, Don Ovid Ladores, Jeffrey Francis Bonaobra, Monte de Jesus December 16, 2022 Read time:  ( words) This year, ransomware-as-a-service…