New Chaos and Nokoyawa Ransomware Variants Found
Security analysts spotted two new ransomware variants for Nokoyawa and Chaos ransomware, in two separate reports. Chaos’ variant named Yashma includes two new improvements: the ability to stop execution on the basis of a victim’s location and stop different running processes linked with antivirus and backup software. The new Nokoyawa ransomware has maximized the number of files that can be encrypted.