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What is Bad Rabbit ransomware? Bad Rabbit is ransomware belonging to the Petya family of ransomware that hit over 200 organizations throughout Eastern Europe in October of 2017. Targets were primarily Russian media agencies however various corporate networks throughout Russia, Eastern Europe, and Japan were hit due to the method that ransomware used to spread through networks.

DarkSide and REvil might not be as done as we originally imagined, the new BlackMatter group has emerged claiming to be their successor. And it’s not all just words, they’ve developed a Linux version of their ransomware designed to Target VMWare’s ESXi VM platform.

This past week hasn’t seen quite as much activity as others, likely due to the new ransomware task force created in the US and the mysterious disappearance of REvil and other gangs.

Ransomware in the News If you’re a small or medium business using locally hosted cloud storage drives by a popular brand you need to disconnect them from the internet immediately. Due to a flaw hackers have been able to delete all the contents of the hard drives remotely. And now attackers are try to monetize it with ransomware.