FIN11 Cybercrime Gang Shifts Tactics to Double-Extortion Ransomware

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The FIN11 financial crime gang is shifting its tactics from phishing and credential-theft to ransomware, researchers said.

According to FireEye Mandiant researchers, FIN11 is notable for its “sheer volume of activity,” known to run up to five disparate wide-scale email phishing campaigns per week. “At this point, it would be difficult to name a client that FIN11 hasn’t targeted,” Mandiant researchers noted, in a posting on Tuesday.
 

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