MetaEncryptor Rebranded: LostTrust Ransomware Looms as a Fresh Cyber Threat

According to the latest reports, LostTrust is thought to be the rebranding of MetaEncryptor, which is using almost identical data leak sites and encryption methods as MetaEncryptor had used in the past. There was a cyber attack by the LostTrust group in March 2023, however, the site was not widely known until September, when the group began employing a data leak site to inform people about their attacks. 

Several suspicious sites listed at metaencryptor.com have been identified as being related to LostTrust ransomware due to the similarity of the data leak websites and Windows encryption programs. The cybersecurity researcher Stefano Favarato has discovered that two ransomware gangs are using the same template and bios on their websites, with the gangs touting the experience of their members having worked in network security for 15 years or more, and each trio promoting itself as network security specialists as well. 

MalwareHunterTeam points out that both LostTrust and MetaEncryptor were using the SFile2 ransomware encryptor as the basis to encrypt their files, and only slight differences were found between their ransom notes, notes names, embedded public keys, and stored encrypted file extensions. 

In August 2022, MetaEncryptor was launched, and throu

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