Venus
Venus is a ransomware family referenced by F6 as one of the inspirations for the cryptographic scheme and operational approaches used in Bearlyfy/Labubu’s custom Windows ransomware GenieLocker. In reporting on Bearlyfy attacks against Russian companies, F6 stated that GenieLocker’s encryption scheme is inspired by the Venus and Trinity ransomware families. The provided content does not directly describe Venus’s own infection vector, targeting, operators, industries affected, or indicators of compromise beyond its identification as a ransomware family whose encryption design influenced GenieLocker.
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A ransomware family cited as inspiration for GenieLocker's encryption scheme.
Referenced as a ransomware family whose cryptographic scheme and approaches were borrowed by GenieLocker.
The version that knows your environment.
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CVEs this family uses for access and lateral movement.
YARA, Sigma, Snort, and vendor rules, auto-deployed to your SIEM.
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