Security News > 2023 > August > Spain warns of LockBit Locker ransomware phishing attacks
The National Police of Spain is warning of an ongoing 'LockBit Locker' ransomware campaign targeting architecture companies in the country through phishing emails.
BleepingComputer's analysis shows that the executed Python script will check if the user is an admin of the device, and if so, make modifications to the system for persistence and then executes the 'LockBit Locker' ransomware to encrypt files.
While the ransomware gang claims to be affiliated with the notorious LockBit ransomware operation, BleepingComputer believes this campaign is conducted by different threat actors using the leaked LockBit 3.0 ransomware builder.
Automated analysis by Intezer's scanning engine identifies the ransomware executable as being BlackMatter, a ransomware operation that shut down in 2021 and later rebranded as ALPHV/BlackCat.
LockBit ransomware builder leaked online by "Angry developer".
TSMC denies LockBit hack as ransomware gang demands $70 million.
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