Onyx Ransomware Destroys Large Files Instead of Locking Them

Ransomware just keeps getting worse, it seems. Cybersecurity researchers last week revealed that a new ransomware gang called Onyx is simply destroying larger files rather than encrypting them. As the MalwareHunterTeam noted in a Twitter thread, “as the ransomware they are using is a trash skidware, it’s destroying a part of the victims’ files.” The […]

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