LockBit 2.0 Ransomware Becomes LockFile Ransomware with a Never-Before-Seen Encryption Method

Threat actors are constantly improving their attack mechanisms to gain an advantage over cybersecurity defenses. Sometimes this involves new malware; other times this means making iterative adjustments to previously successful malware to exploit new vulnerabilities or use new attack techniques to evade and breach underprepared network environments.

We have seen ransomware evolve in this way previously, perhaps most famously with Petya and NotPetya.

Ransomware is one of the top threats to businesses, with DarkSide, WastedLocker, and many others leaving their mark on the international bu…