Nevada Ransomware Being Distributed in Korea Posted By ASEC_SK , March 23, 2023 AhnLab Security Emergency response Center (ASEC) discovered cases of the Nevada ransomware being distributed during the team’s internal monitoring. Nevada is a malware written using Rust as its basis and its tendency of adding the “.NEVADA” extension to the files it infects is its defining trait. After encrypting directories, it generates ransom notes with the filename “README.txt” in each directory. These notes contain a Tor browser link for ransom payments. 1. Main Features of Nevada Ransomware As shown in the…
