NoEscape
NoEscape ransomware emerged in May of 2023 and functions as a Ransomware-as-a-Service(RaaS). CERT-In issued an alert for NoEscape ransomware which is believed to be a rebrand of Avaddon and has impacted around 10+ victims in October'23 alone. NetBackup Malware Scan results : Detected Attack Pattern : Encrypted files will have a random 10-character extension appended to the filename, which is unique for each attack.AKIRA
The Indian Computer Emergency Response Team (CERT-In) issued an advisory reporting new ransomware Akira, which appears to be based on the original version of the Ryuk crypto-locking malware code. The ransomware group claims to have hit at least 63 organizations since its launch – mostly in the US Attack Pattern: The ransomware is designed to encrypt data on infected computers and manipulate filenames by appending the ".akira" extension. Tip for Akira:Keep an eye out for failed backups with ‘error 9132’.Rhysida
The Rhysida ransomware gang – which is part of Rhysida malware family is a relatively new operation which has yet to accumulate victims at scale although in June 2023 there was a successful attack on one South America country Army. Attack Pattern: Encrypts files and renames those to .rhysida. After encryption is finished, leaves a ransom note titled “CriticalBreachDetected.pdf”.
