Security News > 2025 > February > BlackLock ransomware onslaught: What to expect and how to fight it

BlackLock is on track to become the most active ransomware-as-a-service (RaaS) outfit in 2025, according to ReliaQuest. Its success is primarily due to their unusually active presence and good reputation on the ransomware-focused Russian-language forum RAMP, and their aggressive recruiting of traffers (individuals that steer victims to harmful content/software), initial access brokers (IABs), and affiliates. What is BlackLock? BlackLock (aka El Dorado or Eldorado) cropped up in early 2024. It uses custom-built ransomware that can … More → The post BlackLock ransomware onslaught: What to expect and how to fight it appeared first on Help Net Security.

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