International law enforcement efforts have intensified against Evil Corp, a Russia-based cybercrime syndicate allegedly responsible for widespread financial theft and ransomware attacks.

The U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC), the UK’s Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office (FCDO), and Australia’s Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT) jointly imposed sanctions on key members of the group last week. Simultaneously, the U.S. Department of Justice unsealed an indictment charging an Evil Corp member with deploying BitPaymer ransomware against victims in the United States.

Evil Corp is known for developing and distributing the Dridex malware, which has infected computers worldwide and harvested login credentials, leading to over $100 million stolen from hundreds of banks and financial institutions across more than 40 countries. The group’s activities are deeply rooted in Russia’s cybercrime landscape and have alleged connections to Russian state entities.

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Author: Adrian Zmudzinski