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MedusaLocker v3 Ransomware Explained

By ManojKumar Kshirsagar

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Howler Cell investigated the new v3 variant of MedusaLocker, the well-known ransomware family active since late 2019. This ransomware is also known as the BabyLockerKZ variant.

Industry Impact

Healthcare, Finance, Government, and Manufacturing sectors are impacted. Regardless of past victimology, any industry or company is at risk of this threat.

Systems & Operations Impact

The group or groups that deploy MedusaLocker have been known to conduct brute-force attacks against open or exposed RDP (Remote Desktop Protocol) to gain an initial foothold in their victims' environments.

Rapidly encrypts local and network data using AES-256, deletes backups, hal…

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