The AtomSilo ransomware emerged in September 2021, the group acts a little differently than other ransomware groups, the ransom amount is fixed, $1 million is charged for the release of the decryption key. If the company makes contact with the group in the first 48 hours that amount can drop by half. AtomSilo appears to be a variant of the

The Khonsari ransomware was the first group to exploit known Apache Log4j vulnerabilities (CVE-2021-44228 and CVE-2021-45046), the group has focused its attacks on Windows servers that have not had Log4j updated. The group’s first registration occurred in December 2021, which all indicates that the group was created to directly exploit Apache Log4j vulnerabilities, but this may be just the beginning, the

Quantum Ransomware is one of the newer malware in activity, there are already some reports of attacks done by it. A bit different from the other ransomware, it doesn’t just encrypt data, it also installs an AZORult which is a Trojan horse that aims to steal user’s passwords and credentials, this is an extra headache for the victim, but the

The Makop ransomware has grown through its affiliate programme, RaaS (Ransomware as a Service), a tactic that aims to find partners to carry out attacks by taking only a commission on the value of the ransomware. This tactic aims to expand the attacks by bringing fame to the group. The main target of this group has been South Korean companies,

Deeep ransomware works like other ransomware groups, it’s part of the Dharma family. It encrypts files stored on the attacked computer or hacked network, making them inaccessible. Deeep changes the extension of the encrypted files, adding “1.doc.id-9ECE4KF” and variations. The group uses RSA and AES encryption. After the files are encrypted, a document named “FILES ENCRYPTED.txt”, is pinned to the desktop. It contains