Meet NailaoLocker: a ransomware distributed in Europe by ShadowPad and PlugX backdoors

Marine Pichon and Alexis Bonnefoi of Orange Cyberdefense report: Last year, Orange Cyberdefense’s CERT investigated a series of incidents from an unknown threat actor leveraging both ShadowPad and PlugX. Tracked as Green Nailao (“Nailao” meaning “cheese” in Chinese – a topic our World Watch CTI team holds in high regard), the campaign impacted several European organizations, including in the healthcare vertical, during…

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Article Link: https://databreaches.net/2025/02/20/meet-nailaolocker-a-ransomware-distributed-in-europe-by-shadowpad-and-plugx-backdoors/