New Egregor Ransomware Could Be the Next Big Malware Threat

New Egregor Ransomware Could Be the Next Big Malware Threat

According to security experts, a new ransomware group is rapidly escalating threat activity, with double extortion attacks on scores of victims.

The ransomware group has been active since September 2020, when it compromised 15 victims, and in November, it hit more than  51 organizations.

Like other groups operating today, the actors behind Egregor ransomware maintain a dark web site where they post data stolen from victims to force a ransom payment.

The Egregor group is infamous for attacking Barnes & Noble and video game developers Ubisoft and Crytek back in October.

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