Analysts at SophosLabs, the threat research unit of the leading cybersecurity firm, Sophos, have investigated a series of ransomware attacks attributed to the threat group behind malware they have named WantToCry, not to be confused with the notorious and persistent Wannacry malware, which first emerged in 2017. This new operation relies on abusing the Server Message Block protocol for initial network access rather than deploying traditional malware on victim systems.
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