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New Ransomware Attacks of 2020
New Ransomware Attacks of 2020

October 5, 2020

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Check out DSCI’s latest threat advisory which includes new ransomware attacks targeting large organizations and Windows users to launch the malicious malware programs: Nefilim, Spade, Pysa and FastWind ransomware.

New Ransomware: FastWind, Pysa, Spade, Nefilim

FastWind is a ransomware, which belongs to the GlobeImposter malware family. It is designed to encrypt the victim’s files, modify their filenames, and generate a ransom note. Thisransomware mainly targeted Windows usersin August 2020. A user cannot open the files which were saved on their computers after the virus infected the user’s computer. Therefore, the attackers demand a high ransom to unlock their files.

The Pysa Ransomware is the latest variant of Mespinoza ransomware. It was found to be active around Oct. 2019 and then in early-2020, it was targeting the networks of the local government authorities in France. Pysa gang installed a version of the PowerShell Empire penetration-testing tool which stopped many antivirus products and uninstalled Windows Defender.

The Spade Ransomware is a malicious program, was spotted in Aug. 2020. It is designed to encrypt data to demand ransoms for the decryption tools/software. The ransomware was spreading to infect mainly Windows-based system users.

Nefilim classified as ransomware, is a malicious program which was spotted in March 2020, when the ransomware had launched a site called “Corporate Leaks.” In July 2020, the Nefilim ransomware operators breached The Dussmann Group and own the company’s important data. The cybercriminals have published the data leak part 1 of the company which was around 15.7 GB. In total, 16,805 company’s data files had leaked.

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