Ransom mafia: analysis of the world’s first ransomware cartel.
The Cartel is a collective of criminal gangs who, at times, work together in ransom operations. This criminal entity poses a new list of challenges for cybersecurity:
- Profit-sharing allows these gangs to secure massive amounts of financing for mutual support
- Shared tactics and resources make attacks more complex and more dangerous
- New functionality to automate components of their attacks
- Further optimization allows for a significant increase in volume of operations
Discover how the Cartel came to be, which gangs make up this complex criminal network, and why their intimidation techniques are so effective.
