Cybersecurity report
Hive Ransomware's Offspring: Hunters International Takes the Stage
Bitdefender, November 9, 2023. The Hive-to-Hunters-International link: that on 20 October 2023 researchers first detected substantial code similarity between Hunters International and Hive ransomware samples (at least a 60% match), and that Hunters International disputed being a Hive rebrand, claiming instead to be an independent group that acquired Hive's source code and infrastructure..
- Source type
- Cybersecurity report
- Published
- November 9, 2023
- Research grade
- T2
- Used in entries
- 1
Bibliographic record
- Publisher
- Bitdefender
- Published
- November 9, 2023
- Source type
- Cybersecurity report
- Research grade
- Source grade T2
- Language
- English
- Official record
- Not an official publication
- What it supports
- The Hive-to-Hunters-International link: that on 20 October 2023 researchers first detected substantial code similarity between Hunters International and Hive ransomware samples (at least a 60% match), and that Hunters International disputed being a Hive rebrand, claiming instead to be an independent group that acquired Hive's source code and infrastructure.
- Dataset id
- src_bitdefender_hunters_international_2023
Research notes
- Byline: Martin Zugec.
- Bitdefender's own assessment is that the acquisition claim is believable, given Hunters International's emphasis on exfiltration over encryption.
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Hunters InternationalTechnical evidence
Relationship not established, Hive ransomware infiltration and seizure