Like whitebox servers, rent-a-crew crime 'affiliates' have commoditized ransomware

Which is why taking down chiefs and infra behind big name brand operations isn't working

Interview There's a handful of cybercriminal gangs that Jason Baker, a ransomware negotiator with GuidePoint Security, regularly gets called in to respond to these days, and a year ago only one of these crews - Akira - was on threat hunters' radars and infecting organizations with the same ferocity as it is today....