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Cybersecurity Researchers Detail Activities of ToyMaker, an Initial Access Broker

Cybersecurity Researchers Detail Activities of ToyMaker, an Initial Access Broker

CybersecurityRansomwareInitialAccessBrokerToyMakerLAGTOYHOLERUNCACTUSDoubleExtortionThreatActorVulnerableSystems

Cybersecurity researchers have detailed the activities of an initial access broker (IAB) named ToyMaker, which has been observed providing access to double extortion ransomware groups like CACTUS. ToyMaker is assessed with medium confidence as a financially motivated threat actor, scanning vulnerable systems and deploying custom malware called LAGTOY (aka HOLERUN).