Continuous Distribution of LockBit 2.0 Ransomware Disguised as Resumes Posted By kwonxx , February 15, 2023 The ASEC analysis team has identified that Lockbit 2.0 is being distributed in a MalPE format instead of the NSIS format which the team had introduced it with previously. The MalPE format is a type of packing method that disrupts the analysis of the actual malware. It then decrypts and executies its PE files through an internal shell code. We have recently discovered during our monitoring of ransomware that the distribution of LockBit has risen since January. As it was…
