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Conti reforms into several smaller groups, are they now more dangerous than ever?
While this may seem like good news at first glance, the restructure into smaller cybercrime groups may make the members even more dangerous.
This, in large part, is due to smaller groups of tech terrorists allowing the global gang to do even more damage.
Villadiego's company, Lumu, has a history of dealing with Conti by detecting and eradicating malware used by the group, such as Emotet and Cobalt Strike, before a compromise has happened.
"Emotet started as a banking trojan and now it is used as a precursor malware as it enables ransomware groups to pave the road, spread through the organizations, and control as many assets as possible so they can increase the disruption that they cause. However, since Conti group is a Ransomware as a Service organization, they used to partner with Emotet developers to tailor the malware to each attack, which allowed them to focus on what was important for them-create disruption, exfiltrate information, and get money from their victims."
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