BlackCat turns to ‘Munchkin’ to advance hacker operations – October 23rd

The BlackCat ransomware group has employed the use of a new tool, called Munchkin, making the Ransomware-as-a-Service (Raas) operation more attractive to potential affiliates. This is because Munchkin allows for the use of remote systems to deploy encryptors on network devices.

After violating a device’s security, the threat actors are able to install something called a VirtualBox, which enhances their ability to propagate a malicious payload across victim networks.