The ransomware payload is designed for an easy and quicker payday over a deep, double-extortive infection.
Arctic Wolf’s incident response team has identified a new ransomware variant, referred to as Fog — targeting the education and recreation sectors in the US — presumably for easy infection and quicker payday.
Called a ransomware “variant” specifically to distinguish from a “group” or a “gang,” which generally comprises many affiliate parties, the new encryptor software appears to be using compromised VPN credentials to infect and encrypt victim systems.
