Trend™ Research has identified an active campaign spreading via WhatsApp through a ZIP file attachment. When executed, the malware establishes persistence and hijacks the compromised WhatsApp account to send copies of itself to the victim’s contacts.

BERT is a newly emerged ransomware group that pairs simple code with effective execution—carrying out attacks across Europe and Asia. In this entry, we examine the group’s tactics, how their variants have evolved, and the tools they use to get past defenses and speed up encryption across platforms.

Anubis is an emerging ransomware-as-a-service (RaaS) group that adds a destructive edge to the typical double-extortion model with its file-wiping feature. We explore its origins and examine the tactics behind its dual-threat approach.