Ransomware Gangs Use LockBit's Fame to Intimidate Victims in Latest Attacks
Ransomware Gangs Use LockBit's Fame to Intimidate Victims in Latest Attacks
23 October 2024
Threat actors have been observed abusing Amazon S3 (Simple Storage Service) Transfer Acceleration feature as part of ransomware attacks designed to exfiltrate victim data and upload them to S3 buckets under their control.
"Attempts were made to disguise the Golang ransomware as the notorious LockBit ransomware," Trend Micro researchers Jaromir Horejsi and Nitesh Surana said. "However, such is