A hacking group claimed that it developed a new ransomware strain called “MilkanVictory” for the purpose of attacking scammers.Collectively known as “CyberWare,” the group announced their creation on Twitter in mid-May.This is a ransomware i made to send to scammers.MAY I ASK WHY YOU ARE MAKING THINGS ABOUT ANTI-SCAMMER RANSOMWRE— CyberWare (@LiteMods) May 16, 2020
In an email conversation with Bleeping Computer, CyberWare revealed that they were using phishing emails as delivery vectors for their Hidden Tear-based creation. Those messages arrived with what appeared to be PDF documents. In reality, those attachments turned out to be executable files harboring the ransomware.CyberWare went on to clarify that they weren’t leveraging MilkmanVictory to conduct traditional ransomware attacks against scammers. As quoted by Bleeping Computer.The victims are saying they give “loan”, but you first have to pay and then you get nothing…. I do not ask for money because scammers do not deserve money for scamming innocent people.All the victims received was a “ransom” note informing them that MilkmanVictory had destroyed their computers because its handlers knew that they were scammers.
A screenshot of MilkmanVictory’s “ransom” note. (Source: Bleeping Computer)In addition to conducting what amounts to wiper malware attacks, malicious actors were also using denial-of-service (DoS) attacks to disrupt their targets’ websites.This is not the first time that malicious actors have set their sights on digital attackers. In March 2020, for instance, Cybereason revealed that it had observed a campaign in which threat act ..
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