Cicada Ransomware – What You Need To Know

What is the Cicada ransomware? Cicada (also known as Cicada3301) is sophisticated ransomware written in Rust that has claimed more than 20 victims since its discovery in June 2024. Why is the ransomware called Cicada? The criminals behind Cicada appear to have named it after the mysterious Cicada 3301 puzzles posted on the internet between 2012 and 2014, seemingly to recruit highly intelligent individuals. Of course, there is no reason to believe that the ransomware is in any fashion related to the enigmatic puzzles that appeared a decade before it – other than through the name. Fair enough…