GwisinLocker is a new piece of mutiplatform ransomware with a twist. It is a linux variant of ransomware targeting Linux machines and ESXi directly. While it does end up encrypting Windows VMs, it does not target the Windows OS specifically to exploit it;. This particular ransomware strain is very interesting, because it is targeting victims …
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If you are new to the world of disaster recovery (and let’s face it, many people are), it can be a bit overwhelming. Let’s face it, disaster recovery isn’t the favorite of most people, mostly because it has tended to take a lot of time and effort for something you may not even use. The rise …
When we think about VMware products, many tend to immediately think of the flagship product VMware vSphere. VMware vSphere quickly becomes a critical part of your infrastructure once you begin to use it. What many don’t consider when they hear the term VMware is the numerous products that essentially ride on top of VMware vSphere …
Today I want to take a closer look at a specific ransomware variant – Hello Kitty ransomware. This one is interesting to me because it was one of the first ransomware strains I really looked at and researched, when the Linux variant began to target ESXi in Summer 2021. You can see some of my …
When it comes to a ransomware attack, there are many different things organizations need to prepare for. Unfortunately it is one of those things where we never quite know how an attack will unfold before it happens. The best thing we can do is stay educated on the ransomware attacks out there, and use the …
One of my favorite things to do in the morning is to Google “ransomware”. One of these days I’m going to record it, but today I’ll talk about one of my major observations – a major breach by LockBit ransomware. What is LockBit Ransomware? I covered LockBit back in February, since it grabbed my attention …