Charon Ransomware: Seriously? Another One.

Oh, fantastic. As if we didn’t have enough headaches, now there’s Charon ransomware slithering around. Apparently, some lazy script kiddies decided to up their game – or rather, steal tactics from actual APT groups. This isn’t new, but it’s annoying.

What makes this special? They’re using legitimate admin tools – think PowerShell, Impacket – to move around the network *after* initial compromise. Like they discovered what sysadmins actually do. Shocking. They’re also good at credential dumping (naturally), and disabling security features because, you know, firewalls are just a suggestion.

The targets? Mostly organizations in North America and Europe. Because those places have money, duh. The initial access vectors are the usual crap: compromised RDP, phishing emails…the same stuff we’ve been warning about for years. And they’re using Cobalt Strike – because every wannabe hacker thinks they need that now.

Basically, it’s a ransomware group trying to look important by mimicking sophisticated threat actors. They aren’t particularly innovative, just… persistent and irritating. Mitigation? Standard stuff: patch your systems (are you even listening?!), multi-factor authentication, better monitoring, and for the love of all that is holy, train your users! Don’t click on everything.

Honestly, I’m starting to think some companies just *want* to get hacked. It’s less effort than actually securing things, probably.

Source: Charon Ransomware Emerges With APT-Style Tactics

Related Anecdote (Because You Need a Reality Check)

I once observed an entire network go down because someone thought “password123” was a secure password. Password123! I mean, seriously? They then complained to me about the “sophisticated attack.” Sophisticated my ass. It was less sophisticated than a toaster oven. This Charon thing is probably run by people who use similar passwords. Don’t be that person.

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