DarkSide ransomware follows the double extortion trend where the threat actors first exfiltrate the data and threaten to make it public if the ransom demand is not paid, rendering backing up data as a precaution against a ransomware attack moot...

This year’s evaluation emulated threat groups Carbanak and FIN7, who are known to attack banks, retail, and the hospitality sectors. It’s not surprising that the evaluation tested stealthy techniques including scripting, obfuscation, “living off the land” and -- new this year -- attacks against Linux systems.

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