In face of so many new ransomware brands, and still remaining RaaS operations such as Medusa, Qilin, and DragonForce, prioritizing is not an easy task to accomplish. However, despite the amount of groups conducting attacks for extortion, the TTPs do not change that much; unless we are talking about Cl0p, Akira and other groups that pose a high risk.
Therefore, to prevent your company from falling prey to opportunists looking for such low-hanging companies to attack, Group-IB’s Threat Intelligence Team decided to write a very straightforward report on TTPs of The Gentlemen; whose TTPs overlap with techniques of other financially motivated threat actors conducting intrusions for extortion. The information shared in this blog comes from intrusion analysis and underground private sources monitored by Group-IB’s Threat Intelligence Team. Thus, the information has a high confidence level.
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Source: Group IB
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