Security experts claim to have discovered ten distinct ransomware families that have recently diverged from Babuk, a ransomware outbreak whose source code was exposed online in 2021.
Hackers have been using leaked source code from well-known ransomware firms like LockBit, Conti, and REvil for years, experts in the field have long warned. SentinelLabs claimed in research made public on Thursday that about a dozen organisations have created their own malware based on Babuk.
The Babuk Locker ransomware builder was made publicly available online in June 2021, making it simple for any would-be criminal organisation to enter the ransomware market with little to no development work.
Hackers are drawn to the Babuk Locker “builder” because it allows them to make unique variations of the Linux-based Babuk Locker ransomware that can be used to attack the common ESXi servers used by big organisations and corporations.
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