The BlackCat ransomware operation, also known as ALPHV has confirmed their former involvement in the notorious BlackMatter/Darkside ransomware operations.
BlackCat/ALPHV, launched in November 2021, is a new feature-rich ransomware operation developed, somewhat unusually, in the Rust programming language.
The ransomware executable is highly customizable, with different encryption methods and options allowing for attacks on a wide range of corporate environments.
The gang calls themselves ALPHV, but security researcher MalwareHunterTeam dubbed the ransomware “BlackCat” after the calling card image of a black cat left on every victim’s Tor payment page.
The ransomware operation has been referred to as BlackCat by the media and security researchers ever since.
