"Ukrainian Cyber Police Identify Suspected LockBit and Conti Member"

Police in Kyiv have recently identified a 28-year-old man suspected of working with big-name Russian ransomware groups to make their malware undetectable.  According to the Ukranian Cyber Police, the Kharkiv native collaborated with Conti and LockBit to deliver cryptor technology designed to obfuscate ransomware payloads so they remained undetectable to anti-malware tools.  The technology was used at the end of 2021 to infect the computer networks of a Dutch multinational in the Netherlands and Belgium for the Conti ransomware-as-a-service group.  Responding to a request from law enforcement in the Netherlands, officers searched a location in Kharkiv, seizing computer equipment, mobile phones, and handwritten notes.  They also searched a property in Kyiv.  Dutch officers believe the individual played a far bigger role in the ransomware groups than merely providing cryptor capabilities.

Infosecurity Magazine reports: "Ukrainian Cyber Police Identify Suspected LockBit and Conti Member"