Zain weaponized Angler by equipping it with the Reveton ransomware payload.
Explicit Confidence 99% · Jack Rhysider EP 44 Details
“Zain decided to weaponize Angler with Reveton.”
Malware
malware:reveton
Also: FBI Virus, Police Virus
Ransomware that encrypts a user’s hard drive and demands payment for a decryption password.
Ransomware that encrypts a user’s hard drive and demands payment for a decryption password.
“Zain decided to weaponize Angler with Reveton.”
“Reveton is a powerful ransomware that will encrypt an entire user’s hard drive with a password.”
| Direction | Predicate | Other entity | Origin | EP |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| outgoing | DEVELOPED_BY | Russian crime group | Explicit | 44 |
| outgoing | USES | social engineering | Explicit | 44 |
| incoming | USES | Angler | Explicit | 44 |
| incoming | USES | Zain Qaiser | Explicit | 44 |
Zain weaponized Angler by equipping it with the Reveton ransomware payload.
Explicit Confidence 99% · Jack Rhysider EP 44 Details
“Zain decided to weaponize Angler with Reveton.”
Reveton DEVELOPED_BY Russian crime group
Jack says the group arrested during Operation Ransom was responsible for making Reveton.
Explicit Confidence 98% · Jack Rhysider EP 44 Details
“this was the group responsible for making the Reveton ransomware”
Zain Qaiser USES Reveton
Zain used Reveton as the ransomware payload in his operation.
Explicit Confidence 99% · Jack Rhysider EP 44 Details
“Zain decided to weaponize Angler with Reveton.”
“the Reveton ransomware that Zain equipped into Angler”
Reveton USES social engineering
Reveton used fear, embarrassment, and false police or FBI notices as a social-engineering tactic to pressure victims into paying.
Explicit Confidence 99% · Jack Rhysider EP 44 Details
“This is ransomware with a twist of social engineering. It’s a psychological trick, a scare tactic.”