APT-Style Evasion Techniques Spotted in “Kofer” Ransomware Campaign

From Security Week:

APT-Style Evasion Techniques Spotted in “Kofer” Ransomware Campaign

Researchers have come across a massive ransomware campaign in which attackers continuously generate new variants of the same malware in an effort to evade detection.

Over the past two weeks, Israel-based security firm Cybereason has identified a large number of different ransomware samples that appear to be created by the same group using an automated algorithm to “mix and match” different components of the threat.