Research is awesome, this time a Ransomware Network that has U.S. ties

I’ve done some reading, and this article is quite interesting. Its titled Researchers uncover potential ransomware network with U.S. connections and it comes from our good friends over at Cyber Scoop.

This article is quite interesting because you think of Ransomware operators coming out of other places which may include Russia, China, Bulgaria, or even the Koreas.

We know that China has been doing their own thing with the Internet, nd we know by the news that Russia and Ukraine have been going back and forth since 2014. But we also know that Russia has been involved in some U.S. metaling as well, so when I read this article, I started wondering what might be going on.

The first paragraph of this article states:

Typically, when it comes to ransomware, researcher and cybersecurity companies scramble after attacks to understand the origin of the malware that infected systems and locked crucial data.

The second paragraph, which is heavily linked, indicates that a research company named Censys did something completely different. They decided to flip the switch and uncovered a network that is capable of attacking people using a command and control network. I’ve linked to the company if people would like to check it out.

With more digging, other things were uncovered including a Russian host that had Acunetix, a web vulnerability tester and even a command and control tool named DeimosC2.

There’s plenty more, and I’m happy that the company shared the research. We need more companies like this so we can be aware of what’s going on in this industry.

Again, the article is titled Researchers uncover potential ransomware network with U.S. connections and I hope you enjoy what it has to offer.

8:58 PM 7/24/2022 Edited to fix a broken link.