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The notorious ransomware group Conti has continued its assaults on businesses despite the exposure of the group’s operations earlier this year.
Researchers from Secureworks state that the Conti ransomware gang, tracked as a Russia-based threat actor Gold Ulrick, is the second most prevalent group in the ransomware landscape, responsible for 19% of all assaults in the three months between October and December 2021.
Conti is one of the most prolific ransomware groups of the last year along with LockBit 2.0, PYSA, and Hive, and has blocked hospital, corporate, and government agency networks while demanding ransom for sharing the decryption key as part of their name-and-shame scheme.
After the ransomware gang sided with Russia in February to invade Ukraine, an anonymous pro-Ukraine hacktivist under the Twitter handle ContiLeaks released the malware source code, credentials, chat logs, and operational workflows.
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