One week ago, on 07 May 2021, members of the DarkSide ransomware affiliate program encrypted infrastructure belonging to the US oil and energy company Colonial Pipeline. The attack caused the company to take some of its systems offline and temporarily halt its pipeline operations. This ransomware operation has caused a massive blow to energy and […]
We’ve recently observed the emergence of a new ransomware operation named DarkSide. The nuance of the operation includes corporate-like methods and customized ransomware executables, which have made headlines. When it comes to analyzing new ransomware campaigns, one might ask, “how innovative is this threat compared to previous ones?” Well, DarkSide is no different from its […]