Security News > 2021 > May > US and Australia warn of escalating Avaddon ransomware attacks
The Federal Bureau of Investigation and the Australian Cyber Security Centre are warning of an ongoing Avaddon ransomware campaign targeting organizations from an extensive array of sectors in the US and worldwide.
"The Australian Cyber Security Centre is aware of an ongoing ransomware campaign utilizing the Avaddon Ransomware malware [.] actively targeting Australian organisations in a variety of sectors," the ACSC added [PDF].
As the FBI said, no evidence has been found of DDoS attacks following Avaddon ransomware attacks.
The Avaddon ransomware gang first announced in January 2021 that they will launch DDoS attacks to take down victims' sites or networks until they reach out and begin negotiating to pay the ransom.
Avaddon ransomware samples were first detected in February 2019, and it began recruiting affiliates in June 2020 after it launched a massive spam campaign targeting users worldwide.
This strategy has become commonplace for almost all active ransomware operations, with victims commonly notifying their customers or employees of possible data breaches following ransomware attacks.
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