Beware: Termite Ransomware Bores into Your Files with Babuk’s Bite!
New Babuk variant or just a catchy rebrand? Termite ransomware, with its blue bug logo, buzzes into action. It delays shutdowns, targets services, and deletes files like a digital termite feast. Victims are left with an encrypted mess and a ransom note, pondering how a pest got into their hard drive.
Hot Take:
Just when we thought Babuk had crawled back under its cyber rock, it seems to have re-emerged with a new alias and a fresh coat of digital paint. Meet Termite, the ransomware variant that’s here to chew through your files faster than you can say ‘pest control’!
Key Points:
- Termite ransomware is suspected to be a rebranded version of the infamous Babuk ransomware.
- Termite employs tactics like delaying shutdown to maximize encryption time.
- It specifically targets Microsoft’s VMMS and Veeam’s systems to hinder recovery efforts.
- The ransomware generates a ransom note titled “How To Restore Your Files.txt”.
- Files are encrypted and given a “.termite” extension, making them as appetizing as wood to a termite.
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