"Cicada3301 Ransomware Targets Critical Sectors in US and UK"

Since its discovery in June 2024, the "Cicada3301" ransomware group has targeted critical sectors in the US and UK. In three months, the group has exposed data stolen from 30 companies on their leak sites. Group-IB recently revealed that Cicada3301's ransomware is written in Rust, thus enabling it to run on Windows, Linux, ESXi, and less common architectures such as PowerPC. The Cicada3301 ransomware uses advanced encryption techniques involving ChaCha20 and RSA encryption with configurable modes, welcoming different levels of encryption. This article continues to discuss key findings regarding the Cicada3301 ransomware group.

Infosecurity Magazine reports "Cicada3301 Ransomware Targets Critical Sectors in US and UK"

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