Botnet operators have dropped banking Trojans in favor of supporting and running crypto-locking malware attacks, experts say. Ransomware gangs have been increasingly adopting affiliate programs, they say. Group-IB: 14 of the biggest gangs collectively shook down victims for at least $1 billion in ransom payments from the second half of 2019 through the first half of 2020. The next most-active operations were Ryuk, NetWalker Doppelmer and NetWalker, it says, meaning only a fraction of attacks ever publicly come to light.”]
Source: https://www.cuinfosecurity.com/botnet-operators-ditch-banking-trojans-for-ransomware-a-15455