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Prestige Ransomware

Released: Oct 18, 2022


Medium Severity

Ransomware Type

Targeting organizations in Ukraine and Poland.

Researchers at Microsoft Threat Intelligence Center (MSTIC) have identified evidence of a novel ransomware campaign targeting organizations in the transportation and logistics industries in Ukraine and Poland. According to the report, the new ransomware labels itself with a ransom note of “Prestige ranusomeware”. Learn More »

Background

Prestige Ransomware has similar deployment techniques as previously used in recent destructive attacks leveraging AprilAxe (ArguePatch)/CaddyWiper or Foxblade (HermeticWiper).

Latest Development

Recent news and incidents related to cybersecurity threats encompassing various events such as data breaches, cyber-attacks, security incidents, and vulnerabilities discovered.


FortiGuard has Antivirus detection coverage on the malware as W32/Filecoder.OMM!tr.ransom. The ANN and Sandbox behavioural detection engine detects the malware as high risk.


October 14, 2022, Microsoft Security released a blog: https://www.microsoft.com/security/blog/2022/10/14/new-prestige-ransomware-impacts-organizations-in-ukraine-and-poland/

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