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Everything you need to know about Evil Corp (the Largest Hacker Group)


Famous hacking group "Evil Corp"


In this article, we will talk about the most famous hacking group that you may have heard of before.  This group is popular.  We will explain its policy and the attacks it carried out.  We will also talk about the malware that it used in its attack on companies, governments, countries and organizations.  Right now we will talk about Evil Corp, which is the most famous hacking group that threatened America and frightened the world.

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Evil Corp is The most dangerous hacking group!!


Evil Corp is one of the most dangerous hacking groups ever.  Every day there are a lot of attacks targeting companies, organizations, some governments and countries like the United States.

There are many hacking groups, but Evil Corp is the most famous of them, and that made the United States of America bring charges against the Russian hacker Maksim Yakubets, who is one of the most famous hackers in the world and at the same time the leader of the Evil Corp group.

In 2019, the United States announced that it was willing to pay $ 5 million to anyone who provides information on hacker Maksim Yakubets (Russian hacker).

Hacking attacks by Evil Corp


Many of the attacks carried out by this group, and all of these attacks are dangerous, so this group was considered and classified among the most dangerous hacking groups.

• Cyber ​​attacks: Evil Corp has carried out many attacks on banks, institutions, organizations and companies all over the world.  The group earned millions of dollars as a lot of money was stolen through these attacks.

Evil Corp history of changes


Evil has been operating since 2009.  Its activity was limited to attacks through which money was obtained.  That is, it was only financially motivated.  Today, Evil Corp  has become very developed as it is still actively engaged in cybercrime.

Malware that Evil used in its attacks


The Evil crop group used various malware which targeted the victims.  Here the victims are organizations, banks and companies.  The group used dridex, Locky, and BitPaymer in their attacks.

What is Dridex malware?


It is a malicious that specializes in stealing bank credentials via a system that uses macros from Microsoft Word.  Thanks to this software, the Evil Corp group was able to steal millions of dollars, amounting to 100 million dollars, from financial institutions and major companies from all over the world.

What is locky Malware?


It is an encryption program used by the Evil Corp group in its attacks on companies, organizations and some countries.  This Malware targets networks with malicious attachments, which are classified as spam.


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What is BitPaymer ransomware?


The group used BitPaymer ransomware, which is one of the most dangerous programs.  Where hospitals are targeted by it.  BitPaymer used by Evil Corp to target hospitals in the UK in 2017. This program encrypts data until you pay to decrypt it.

Wasted Locker ransomware


Evil Corp is still targeting companies with malware, ransomware and viruses but this time it has used a new ransomware with new features called WastedLocker.  The victim was targeted with this ransomware and a ransom of up to $10 million was demanded.

In the year 2020, and in the month of December in particular, the ransomware (WastedLocker) was developed and its name changed.  This time this malware will infect the victim's device and here the malware script will start its work.

The goal of this new malware is to scan the system and encrypt its files.  If the victim wants to decrypt his files, he must visit the group's website on the dark web to negotiate with them.

Evil Corp Policy


Hacking group Evil Corp strives to develop itself to be able to carry out bigger attacks and get more money.  Every time you develop some malware that you use to target companies, institutions, organizations, hospitals and others. 

Every time there was a change in the policy of the group, when it was created, the goal was to do some simple attacks, but after many years it targeted small companies and then targeted financial institutions to get the largest amount of money.
 
Nowadays, the goals have been changed and the group is targeting big companies in order to get more money.

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