⤷ Title: HelloKitty Successor Kraken Ransomware Hits Windows/ESXi, Benchmarks Victim Performance Before Encryption
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𐀪 Author: Ddos
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ⴵ Time: Mon, 17 Nov 2025 00:38:38 +0000
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⌗ Tags: #Cybercriminals #Benchmarking #Cloudflared #Cross_Platform #ESXi #HelloKitty #Kraken Ransomware #RaaS #SSHFS
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𐀪 Author: Ddos
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ⴵ Time: Mon, 17 Nov 2025 00:38:38 +0000
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⌗ Tags: #Cybercriminals #Benchmarking #Cloudflared #Cross_Platform #ESXi #HelloKitty #Kraken Ransomware #RaaS #SSHFS
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HelloKitty Successor Kraken Ransomware Hits Windows/ESXi, Benchmarks Victim Performance Before Encryption
Cisco Talos reports Kraken, a HelloKitty successor, is a cross-platform RaaS targeting Windows/ESXi. The malware uniquely benchmarks CPU/IO to optimize encryption speed and uses Cloudflared/SSHFS for persistence.