FreeWorld Ransomware Targets MSSQL Servers Facing Siege

Threat Level

Attack Report

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Summary

Adversaries are capitalizing on inadequately protected Microsoft SQL (MS SQL) servers in an operation known as DB#JAMMER, deploying both Cobalt Strike and a ransomware strain named FreeWorld, which appears to be a more recent iteration of the Mimic ransomware.

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