Tracking Adversaries: Akira, another descendent of Conti

The dozens of cybercriminals that made up the Conti group continue to launch campaigns unabated. Previously in 2022, I blogged about how following the Conti Leaks, the operators of Conti continued on via multiple rebranded ransomware campaigns, such as Royal, BlackBasta, and Quantum, among others. 

Since my last two blogs on the Conti/TrickBot gang, multiple members of the Conti and TrickBot group have been officially sanctioned by the US and UK government in February 2023 and September 2023, …

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