FIN8 cybercrime group using updated backdoor amid shift to ransomware

The FIN8 cybercrime group is using an updated backdoor in its cyberattacks, which increasingly involve ransomware. Symantec’s Threat Hunter Team said it observed the group deploying a variant of the Sardonic backdoor before delivering ransomware known as Black Cat or AlphV. The Sardonic backdoor was examined by researchers at Bitdefender two years ago and experts

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