You can take some protective measures to avoid falling victim
Email users need to be careful, as the FBI and the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) in the United States are warning of a dangerous ransomware scheme
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Those who have Gmail and Outlook accounts should be on the lookout as last week a notice was published in which government officials warned that a ransomware-as-a-service software called Medusa, which has been launching attacks since 2021, has recently affected hundreds of people, AP details.
Medusa uses phishing campaigns as its main method to steal victims’ credentials, according to CISA.
These are the recommendations of authorities and experts to protect against ransomware:
In their advisory, authorities detailed that Medusa’s developers and affiliates, known as “Medusa actors,” use a double extortion model: “they encrypt victims’ data and threaten to publish the extracted data if a ransom is not paid.”
Medusa operates a data-leak website that lists victims alongside countdown clocks to the disclosure of information. “Ransom demands are posted on the site, with direct hyperlinks to cryptocurrency wallets affiliated with Medusa,” the information adds.
“At this stage, Medusa simultaneously announces the sale of the data to interested parties before the countdown ends. Victims can pay $10,000 in cryptocurrency to add a day to the countdown.”
CISA adds that more than 300 victims in sectors such as medicine, education, law, insurance, technology and manufacturing have been attacked since February by Medusa’s developers and affiliates.
