Beginning April 24, 2024 and continuing daily for about a week, Proofpoint observed high-volume campaigns with millions of messages facilitated by the Phorpiex botnet and delivering LockBit Black ransomware.
This is the first time Proofpoint researchers have observed samples of LockBit Black ransomware (aka LockBit 3.0) being delivered via Phorpiex in such high volumes. The LockBit Black sample from this campaign was likely built from the LockBit builder that was leaked during the summer of 2023. Messages were from “Jenny Green” with the email address of Jenny @gsd[.]com. The emails contained an attached ZIP file with an executable (.exe). This executable was observed downloading the LockBit Black payload from Phorpiex botnet infrastructure.
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Source: Proofpoint
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