What To Expect in a Ransomware Negotiation


We all know the risk of a ransomware attack. Headlines of the latest victims might haunt the dreams of chief information security officers (CISOs) and security operations centers (SOCs) due to the multi-extortion models used by modern ransomware groups.

We wanted to get a better understanding of what victims go through during the aftermath and recovery process of a ransomware attack to help others in case they find themselves in a similar situation. To do this, we analyzed victim support chats for five ransomware families: Conti, Lockbit 2.0, AvosLocker, Hive, and HelloKitty for Linux. Each of these ransomware groups uses unique victim identifiers to offer negotiation and “support” while the victim tries to recover their data.

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Source: Trend Micro