If you like following brand wars and ‘passing off’ in ‘normal’ business, you’ll love reading about Evil Corp and their attempt to ‘pass off’ their ransomware as Babuk…:
[…] After finding the sample, BleepingComputer thought Babuk was lying about their intentions to move away from ransomware and rebranded to a new name.
However, after analyzing the new ransomware, both Fabian Wosar of Emsisoft and Michael Gillespie of ID Ransomware confirmed that the ransomware is a rebranding of Evil Corp’s previous ransomware operations.
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