What is the Cactus ransomware? Cactus is a ransomware-as-a-service (RaaS) group that encrypts victim’s data and demands a ransom for a decryption key. Hundreds of organisations have found themselves the victim of Cactus since it was first discovered in March 2023, with their stolen data published on the dark web as an “incentive” to give in to the extortionists’ demands. So far, so sadly normal. What makes Cactus different? Cactus made a name for itself by exploiting vulnerabilities in VPN appliances to gain access to corporate networks and encrypting its own code in an attempt to avoid…
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