Article: BlackMatter Ransomware Attacks Threaten Healthcare, HC3 Says<\/p>\n
Author: Jill McKeon<\/p>\n
Published: Sept 09, 2021<\/p>\n
Probably the most interesting article I’ve read all week! BlackMatter is a ransomware group that provides RaaS – Ransomware as a Service that has one motivation – $$.<\/p>\n
BlackMatter has roots in Eastern Europe and have targeted victims North\/South America and Asia with a focus on real estate, IT, F&B, architecture, education and finance sectors. Though it claims to “not target hospitals, critical infrastructure facilities, nonprofit companies, government, the defense industry, or the oil and gas industry” it is imperative to know that it’s connection to DarkSide and REvil\/Sodinokibi is making that claim doubtful. (Darkside was the threat actor in the the Colonial Pipeline hack.)<\/p>\n
The BlackMatter group makes it a business to sell credentials, VPN logins\u00a0 and webshells to ransomware groups.<\/p>\n
Highly recommend you read the article. It is insightful into how bold these cybercriminals are. No longer even a secret. Now it’s a service.<\/p>\n
Source: https:\/\/healthitsecurity.com\/news\/blackmatter-ransomware-attacks-threaten-healthcare-hc3-says<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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