BlackBit Ransomware: A Threat from the Shadows of LokiLocker

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    TLP-GREEN

BlackBit ransomware is a sophisticated strain of the LokiLocker ransomware variant that works on the RaaS model according to research published by Cyble Research and Intelligence Lab (CRIL) This ransomware has several capabilities to establish persistence defense evasion and impair recovery.

Additionally it incorporates three distinct methods for presenting payment information to the victim.

The methods include dropping ransom notes displaying pop-ups when the victim tries to open encrypted files and presenting an HTA page via mshta.exe.

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    Warning

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    Active Threat

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    Malware

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    Ransomware

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    Phishing

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    Network/IOT

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