Health IT Security October 16, 2023
A suspected successor of Avaddon ransomware, NoEscape ransomware uses multi-extortion tactics to target multiple industries, including healthcare, HC3 warned.
The Health Sector Cybersecurity Coordination Center (HC3) issued an analyst note regarding NoEscape ransomware, a new threat to healthcare and other industries. Although just two healthcare victims have been claimed by the group so far, NoEscape’s willingness to target healthcare is worrisome for the sector.
NoEscape only emerged in May 2023 but has already made a name for itself by using aggressive tactics to extort victims. NoEscape is believed to be a successor of Avaddon, a ransomware group that was shut down in 2021.
“Unlike many of its contemporaries, however, the unknown developers of this ransomware claim that in lieu of...