Medusa Ransomware: What You Need To Know

What is the Medusa ransomware? Medusa is a ransomware-as-a-service (RaaS) platform that first came to prominence in 2023. The ransomware impacts organisations running Windows, predominantly exploiting vulnerable and unpatched systems and hijacking accounts through initial access brokers. Initial access brokers? Initial access brokers (IABs) specialise in gaining unauthorised access to the networks of organisations, and then sell that access to other cybercriminals – such as ransomware gangs like Medusa. So the ransomware attackers may not be the ones who initially hacked you? Correct. IABs may…