Security News > 2022 > April > REvil resurrected? Ransomware crew appears to be back. Keyword: Appears

The notorious REvil ransomware gang appears to have returned from the bowels of the dark web, three months after the arrest of 14 of its suspected members, with its old website forwarding to a new operation that lists both previous and fresh victims.

Still, not all security researchers remain convinced that REvil is back.

His security shop "Has not identified any new REvil samples nor identified any evidence that the new REvil DLS is operated by the original members of Pinchy Spider or their affiliates," Meyers said.

Russia's security agency said it made the REvil arrests and subsequent infrastructure takedown at the behest of the United States, which had been pressuring the Kremlin to crack down on ransomware gangs that had been given effectively safe harbor in the country.

"For many in the cyber community, the reemergence of REvil amid the Russia-Ukraine conflict - and after the alleged arrest and disbanding of the group in January - raises questions of Russian state sponsorship," said Justin Fier, VP of tactical risk and response at cyber-defense firm Darktrace.

While Fier said the resurgence itself is "Definitely not surprising," as ransomware gangs in general and REvil in particular have gone dark and come back online in the past, there's still "Little verifiable information available on REvil's return."

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