Security News > 2022 > November > Trigona ransomware spotted in increasing attacks worldwide
A previously unnamed ransomware has rebranded under the name 'Trigona,' launching a new Tor negotiation site where they accept Monero as ransom payments.
As Trigona is the name of a family of large stingless bees, the ransomware operation has adopted a logo showing a person in a cyber bee-like costume, shown below.
BleepingComputer analyzed a recent sample of Trigona and found it supports various command line arguments that determine whether local or network files are encrypted, if a Windows autorun key is added, and whether a test victim ID or campaign ID should be used.
When encrypting files, Trigona will encrypt all files on a device except those in specific folders, such as the Windows and Program Files folders.
The ransomware will rename encrypted files to use the.
The ransomware will also embed the encrypted decryption key, the campaign ID, and the victim ID in the encrypted files.
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