HardBit ransomware tells corporate victims to share their cyber insurance details

A ransomware outfit is advising its victims to secretly tell them how much insurance they have, so their extortion demands will be met. As security researchers at Varonis describe, a new strain of the HardBit ransomware has taken the unusual step of asking targeted companies to spill the beans of whether they have cyber insurance (and the terms of that insurance) anonymously. According to a part of a message in the ransomware note dropped on computers after an attack, sharing insurance details benefits both the victim and the attackers. …since the sneaky insurance agent purposely negotiates…