The North Korean state-backed hacker group tracked as ScarCruft recently took the unusual step of infecting targets with ransomware alongside other malicious files, researchers said. ScarCruft, primarily known for cyber-espionage campaigns against high-profile individuals and government entities, used “newly observed” ransomware as part of the operation, analysts at South Korean cybersecurity firm S2W said in a report this week.
The researchers labeled the ransomware VCD after the extension it
