Ransomware Roundup: 05.08.23

This briefing outlines a surge in automated, multi-stage ransomware campaigns that exploit weak credentials and unpatched services to gain access, escalate privileges, move laterally, exfiltrate data, and deploy ransomware. It describes several active operators (Trigona, Cl0p, Rorschach, Vice Society, AvosLocker, Alphv/BlackCat, Royal), real-world impacts on universities and municipal services, and highlights automation and advanced evasion techniques that increase scale and severity of attacks.