Ransomware-as-a-Service: The Growing Threat You Can’t Ignore

Ransomware attacks have become a significant and pervasive threat in the ever-evolving realm of cybersecurity. Among the various iterations of ransomware, one trend that has gained prominence is Ransomware-as-a-Service (RaaS). This alarming development has transformed the cybercrime landscape, enabling individuals with limited technical expertise to carry out devastating attacks. Traditional and double extortion ransomware attacks […]

Experts Expose Farnetwork’s Ransomware-as-a-Service Business Model

Cybersecurity researchers have unmasked a prolific threat actor known as farnetwork, who has been linked to five different ransomware-as-a-service (RaaS) programs over the past four years in various capacities. Singapore-headquartered Group-IB, which attempted to infiltrate a private RaaS program that uses the Nokoyawa ransomware strain, said it underwent a “job interview” process with the threat […]

New ‘MichaelKors’ Ransomware-as-a-Service Targeting Linux and VMware ESXi Systems

A new ransomware-as-service (RaaS) operation called MichaelKors has become the latest file-encrypting malware to target Linux and VMware ESXi systems as of April 2023. The development points to cybercriminal actors increasingly setting their eyes on the ESXi, cybersecurity firm CrowdStrike said in a report shared with The Hacker News. “This trend is especially noteworthy given […]

Ransomware-as-a-Service platforms available on the dark web

Information security experts at CSE CybSec ZLab malware Lab have conducted an analysis of the principal Ransomware-as-a-Service platforms available on the dark web. Whit the pass of time, the diffusion of darknets has created new illegal business models. Along with classic illegal goods such as drugs and payment card data, other services appeared in the […]

Free Saturn “Ransomware-as-a-Service” Allows Anyone To Become A Notorious Hacker

Last week, MalwareHunterTeam spotted a new ransomware named Saturn. As per a detailed report from Bleeping Computer, Saturn ransomware is being actively distributed at the moment, but the methods used for its distribution are unknown. Also, this ransomware is not decryptable at the moment. After infecting the machine, Saturn ransomware executes commands to disable Windows […]

Satan ransomware-as-a-service starts trading in the Dark Web

Users can expect to share 30 percent of their ill-gotten gains for signing up. A new kind of ransomware-as-a-service (RaaS) which offers users the chance to tailor their own code and ransom demands has been discovered in the Dark Web. Ransomware is an escalating problem for cybersecurity researchers and the general public alike. This particular […]

ORX Locker, the new Darknet Ransomware-as-a-service platform

Security experts at Sensecy have uncovered ORX-Locker, a Darknet Ransomware-as-a-service platform that could allow everyone to become a cyber criminal. It is becoming even easier to become a cyber-criminal thanks to the model of sale known as malware-as-a-service that offers off-the-shelf malware for rent or sale. Recently malware authors started to offer also Ransomware-as-a-Service (RaaS), […]