Hackers Deploy MortalKombat Ransomware and Laplas Clipper Malware

There’s a new financially motivated campaign utilizing MortalKombat ransomware and the Laplas clipper. While the former is a variant of the Xortist commodity ransomware, the latter is a cryptocurrency hijacker that monitors the Windows clipboard for crypto addresses. The campaign’s focus remained on the U.S., with a handful of victims spread across the U.K, Turkey, and the Philippines.