Scientists Connect CACTUS Ransomware Strategies to Previous Black Basta Partners

Individuals behind the Black Basta and CACTUS ransomware groups have been discovered to depend on the identical BackConnect (BC) component to sustain ongoing authority over compromised systems.

Individuals behind the Black Basta and CACTUS ransomware groups have been discovered to depend on the identical BackConnect (BC) component to sustain ongoing authority over compromised systems. This indicates that partners who were formerly linked with Black Basta might have shifted to CACTUS.
“After breaching the system, it provides attackers with a broad array of remote governance capacities, enabling them to carry out”

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