BrandPost: BlackMatter Ransomware Quickly Fills Void Left by Darkside, REvil

BrandPost: BlackMatter Ransomware Quickly Fills Void Left by Darkside, REvil

In late July, a new Ransomware as a Service (RaaS), called BlackMatter, appeared on the scene. After the apparent retirement of previously devastating ransomware-as-a-service (RaaS) groups like Darkside and REvil, BlackMatter claims to fill the void left by these two services – adopting the best tools and techniques from each of them, as well as from the still-active LockBit 2.0.

“BlackMatter took all the good features from REvil and Lockbit 2.0 and Darkside,” says Mark Loman, Director, Engineering, for Next-Gen Technologies at Sophos. 

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