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Infosec · bleepingcomputer.com · Thursday, 16 July 2026

Spirals ransomware hits network and encrypts everything in under a day

Symantec uncovered Spirals, a Rust‑based ransomware that compromised an IT services firm in South Asia and finished data theft and encryption in under 24 hours. The group leveraged an exposed IIS server, deployed web shells, disabled security tools, and used bitsadmin.exe to encrypt files, threatening public data release.

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