Unmasking Ransomware Using Stylometric Analysis: Shadow, 8BASE, Rancoz

The report analyzes ransom notes for three emerging ransomware families (Shadow, 8BASE, Rancoz) from a Zscaler ThreatLabz collection, finds strong textual and template similarities linking them to leaked LockBit3.0 and Babuk builders, notes .onion links indicating extortion infrastructure, and recommends continued monitoring as low-skill actors leverage leaked tooling to conduct ransomware and data-leak operations.