Lockbit Linux ESXi Ransomware uses a combination of Advanced Encryption Standard (AES) and elliptic curve cryptography (ECC) algorithms for data encryption. This variant could have a big impact on victim organizations because of how ESXi, VMware’s hypervisor helps in managing servers.

AvosLocker is the latest ransomware gang that has added support for encrypting Linux systems to its recent malware variants, specifically targeting VMware ESXi virtual machines.

DeadBolt Ransomware encrypts user data on networked QNAP NAS devices using the AES-128 algorithm and then demands a ransom of 0.03 BTC (~$1100) to get the files back. At the same time, the original html page of the NAS devices is replaced with one prepared by ransomware.

TellYouThePass ransomware was an old dormant ransomware supposed to be dead. But Log4j's Log4Shell vulnerability, resurrect it and it jumps into action once again. It targets mostly Chinese speaking population.

Apache Log4j is a Java-based logging utility. The Log4j vulnerability also know as Log4Shell is tracked as CVE-2021-44228. It was disclosed last week by LunaSec researchers.