{"id":2012,"date":"2022-07-05T13:44:45","date_gmt":"2022-07-05T13:44:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/securendsolution.com\/?p=2012"},"modified":"2022-11-18T21:28:23","modified_gmt":"2022-11-18T21:28:23","slug":"what-is-black-basta-ransomware","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/securendsolution.com\/2012\/","title":{"rendered":"What is Black Basta Ransomware?"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"2012\" class=\"elementor elementor-2012\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-50d956a8 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"50d956a8\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;gradient&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-background-overlay\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-77218589\" data-id=\"77218589\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-578b837e elementor-widget elementor-widget-jkit_post_title\" data-id=\"578b837e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"jkit_post_title.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<div  class=\"jeg-elementor-kit jkit-post-title jeg_module___6628256ce373f\" ><h2 class=\"post-title style-color \">What is Black Basta Ransomware?<\/h2><\/div>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3457d601 elementor-widget__width-auto elementor-view-default elementor-widget elementor-widget-icon\" data-id=\"3457d601\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"icon.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-icon-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-icon\">\n\t\t\t<i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"jki jki-calendar-1-light\"><\/i>\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5d4eb1e5 elementor-widget__width-auto elementor-widget elementor-widget-jkit_post_date\" data-id=\"5d4eb1e5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"jkit_post_date.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<div  class=\"jeg-elementor-kit jkit-post-date jeg_module__1_6628256ce5000\" ><p class=\"post-date \">July 5, 2022<\/p><\/div>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-2b6c3054 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"2b6c3054\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-background-overlay\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-2a49ef4f\" data-id=\"2a49ef4f\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2249a8d elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"2249a8d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.21.0 - 18-04-2024 *\/\n.elementor-heading-title{padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title[class*=elementor-size-]>a{color:inherit;font-size:inherit;line-height:inherit}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-small{font-size:15px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-medium{font-size:19px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-large{font-size:29px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-xl{font-size:39px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-xxl{font-size:59px}<\/style><h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Black Basta Ransomware<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-282c1288 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"282c1288\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.21.0 - 18-04-2024 *\/\n.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-stacked .elementor-drop-cap{background-color:#69727d;color:#fff}.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-framed .elementor-drop-cap{color:#69727d;border:3px solid;background-color:transparent}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap{margin-top:8px}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap-letter{width:1em;height:1em}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap{float:left;text-align:center;line-height:1;font-size:50px}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap-letter{display:inline-block}<\/style>\t\t\t\t<p>In the recent months there has been a new threat in the ransomware and cyber security world.\u00a0 A new group named Black Basta has emerged in strides, contributing to known attacks since April. Recently they were able to overtake a network by leveraging an old trojan to jump laterally across networks.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5b8696d8 elementor-widget elementor-widget-jkit_post_featured_image\" data-id=\"5b8696d8\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"jkit_post_featured_image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<div  class=\"jeg-elementor-kit jkit-post-featured-image jeg_module__2_6628256ceaa4d\" ><div class=\"post-featured-image \"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1772\" height=\"998\" src=\"https:\/\/securendsolution.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/MicrosoftTeams-image-1.png\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/securendsolution.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/MicrosoftTeams-image-1.png 1772w, https:\/\/securendsolution.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/MicrosoftTeams-image-1-300x169.png 300w, https:\/\/securendsolution.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/MicrosoftTeams-image-1-1024x577.png 1024w, https:\/\/securendsolution.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/MicrosoftTeams-image-1-768x433.png 768w, https:\/\/securendsolution.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/MicrosoftTeams-image-1-1536x865.png 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1772px) 100vw, 1772px\" \/><\/div><\/div>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-21bd5d5 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"21bd5d5\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;gradient&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-no\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-6191f98f\" data-id=\"6191f98f\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6d5a6501 elementor-widget__width-auto elementor-view-default elementor-widget elementor-widget-icon\" data-id=\"6d5a6501\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"icon.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-icon-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-icon\">\n\t\t\t<i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"jki jki-quote-light\"><\/i>\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4f66faf5 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"4f66faf5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>\u00a0&#8220;One of Qbot\u2019s new tricks is particularly nasty, as once a machine is infected, it activates a special \u2018email collector module\u2019 which extracts all email threads from the victim&#8217;s Outlook client, and uploads it to a hardcoded remote server,&#8221; Check Point researchers mentioned in a report.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3c6dbdf elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"3c6dbdf\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Their ransomware uses a variant of the Qbot trojan &#8211; discovered in 2008 and is now referred to as the \u201cSwiss Army Knife\u201d that is used for distributing malware.\u00a0 Qbot, also known as Qakbot, started out being used to target banking credentials of unsuspecting victims via Email Trojan. Now it is being used again after a decade of dormancy, being distributed by another trojan, Emotet.<\/p><p>Reports of the group taking credit for a current campaign, encrypting VMware virtual machines. Thought to only attack Windows based systems, newfound components in this encryption binary entails they wish to spread to Unix systems as well. The algorithm uses multithreading to stay under the radar and to make encryption faster. 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