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	"plain_text": "Conti Ransomware source code leaked by Ukrainian researcher\r\nBy Lawrence Abrams\r\nPublished: 2022-03-01 · Archived: 2026-04-05 22:29:23 UTC\r\nA Ukrainian researcher continues to deal devastating blows to the Conti ransomware operation, leaking further internal\r\nconversations, as well as the source for their ransomware, administrative panels, and more.\r\nIt has been quite a damaging week for Conti after they sided with Russia on the invasion of Ukraine and upset Ukrainian\r\nadverts (affiliates) and a researcher who has been secretly snooping on their operation.\r\nConti siding with Russia on the invasion of Ukraine\r\nOn Sunday, a Ukrainian researcher using the Twitter handle @ContiLeaks leaked 393 JSON files containing over 60,000\r\ninternal messages taken from the Conti and Ryuk ransomware gang's private XMPP chat server.\r\nhttps://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/conti-ransomware-source-code-leaked-by-ukrainian-researcher/\r\nPage 1 of 4\n\n0:00\r\nhttps://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/conti-ransomware-source-code-leaked-by-ukrainian-researcher/\r\nPage 2 of 4\n\nVisit Advertiser websiteGO TO PAGE\r\nThese conversations were from January 21st, 2021, through February 27th, 2022, providing a treasure trove of information\r\non the cybercrime organization, such as bitcoin addresses, how the gang is organized as a business, evading law\r\nenforcement, how they conduct their attacks, and much more.\r\nOn Monday, the researcher kept leaking more damaging Conti data, including an additional 148 JSON files containing\r\n107,000 internal messages since June 2020, which is around when the Conti ransomware operation was first launched.\r\nFurther leaked internal conversations\r\nContiLeaks began releasing more data throughout the night, including the source code for the gang's administrative panel,\r\nthe BazarBackdoor API, screenshots of storage servers, and more.\r\nHowever, a part of the leak that got people excited was a password-protected archive containing the source code for the\r\nConti ransomware encryptor, decryptor, and builder.\r\nWhile the leaker did not share the password publicly, another researcher soon cracked it, allowing everyone access to the\r\nsource code for the Conti ransomware malware files.\r\nConti source code for encrypting a file\r\nhttps://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/conti-ransomware-source-code-leaked-by-ukrainian-researcher/\r\nPage 3 of 4\n\nIf you are a reverse engineer, the source code may not provide additional information. However, the source code provides\r\nenormous insight into how the malware works for those who can program in C, but not necessarily reverse engineer.\r\nWhile this is good for security research, the public availability of this code does have its drawbacks.\r\nAs we saw when the HiddenTear (for \"educational reasons\") and Babuk ransomware source code was released, threat actors\r\nquickly coopt the code to launch their own operations.\r\nWith code as tight and clean as the Conti ransomware operation, we should expect other threat actors to attempt to launch\r\ntheir own criminal operations using the leaked source code.\r\nWhat may be more helpful, though, is the BazarBackdoor APIs and TrickBot command and control server source code that\r\nwas released, as there is no way to access that info without having access to the threat actor's infrastructure.\r\nAs for Conti, we will have to wait and see if this \"data breach\" has much of an impact on their operation.\r\nThis has been a significant reputational blow for the group that may cause affiliates to move to another ransomware\r\noperation.\r\nBut, just like all businesses, and there is no denying Conti is run like a business, data breaches happen all the time.\r\nAutomated Pentesting Covers Only 1 of 6 Surfaces.\r\nAutomated pentesting proves the path exists. BAS proves whether your controls stop it. Most teams run one without the\r\nother.\r\nThis whitepaper maps six validation surfaces, shows where coverage ends, and provides practitioners with three diagnostic\r\nquestions for any tool evaluation.\r\nSource: https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/conti-ransomware-source-code-leaked-by-ukrainian-researcher/\r\nhttps://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/conti-ransomware-source-code-leaked-by-ukrainian-researcher/\r\nPage 4 of 4",
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