Ransomware Hits Record 7,551 Victims as 61 New Groups Enter the Market

Ransomware hit 7,551 victims over the past year as 61 new groups entered the market, with the US accounting for 49.3% of all observed victims, according to a new Black Kite report. Meanwhile two Scattered Spider leaders received Britain’s harshest cybercrime sentences to date. Here’s what this structural shift in the ransomware landscape means for defenders.

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Chaos Ransomware Hides Command-and-Control Inside Victims’ Own Browsers

The Chaos ransomware group is running command-and-control through victims’ own browsers using a Rust implant that hides all traffic inside legitimate Cloudflare and Twilio infrastructure. Combined with Scattered Spider leaders receiving 66-month sentences and Qilin and The Gentlemen’s rivalry driving ransomware volume up 20% year over year, here’s this week’s ransomware landscape.

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