The cybercrime group, blackcat, specialized in “ransomware” was dismantled. It was thanks to a joint operation between the FBI and the Spanish National Police.
He FBIin conjunction with the Spanish National Police and other authorities around the world, managed to intervene in the group of cybercriminals Blackcatspecialized in the creation of ransomware. During the last year and a halfthe group distributed the second variant of this malicious software more prolific to global level.
Specifically, the FBI provided “hundreds of victims of this cybercrime from all over the world” a tool of decryption, so they could finally free their systems and devices without the need to pay a ransom to criminals. Among those affected were from government entities, companies and educational and health centers, up to private users.
Ransomware: one of the most common types of cybercrime
He ransomware is a malware class which represents a risk for the millions of Internet users in the world. Its name explains how it works, since it begins with the term “ransom”an English word that means rescue. In short, it is a extortion software what are you looking for prevent user use your device until you have paid a ransom.
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The preferred targets for these attacks are usually companies and organizations with a large number of employees and with much financial capability. The mechanics of ransomware consist of infect servers of the organization with a highly spreadable virus and difficult to detect, which plays across the entire network until reaching a critical point, where the software encrypts all information of the databasespreventing access to users until they pay the ransom demanded by cybercriminals.
What a Blackcat attack is like
The cybercriminal group offers its software as servicethat is to say, create and update ransomware and maintain the infrastructure that allows its launch, while other affiliated groups are in charge of identify and attack victims. Once the attack is made, the money is distributed between both parties.
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Blackcat is responsible for the attack on more than thousand victims in everyone with software variant ALPHV/Blackcat, which in the last year and a half has managed to become the second most prolific ranswomware variant globally. According to the FBI statement, thanks to its attacks the group obtained “hundreds of millions of dollars in ransoms.”
Source: Ambito
