A ransomware threat called 8Base that has been operating under the radar for over a year has been attributed to a “massive spike in activity” in May and June 2023.
“The group utilizes encryption paired with ‘name-and-shame’ techniques to compel their victims to pay their ransoms,” VMware Carbon Black researchers Deborah Snyder and Fae Carlisle said in a report shared with The Hacker News. “8Base
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