The ransomware family’s abuse of Polygon smart contracts echoes techniques recently seen in Ethereum-based attacks.
DeadLock, a ransomware group that first emerged in July 2025, has made news again, and this time it is for abusing Polygon ...
Cybersecurity researchers are becoming interested in a newly discovered ransomware strain called DeadLock that abuses Polygon smart contracts to silently service its infrastructure and bypass ...
Group-IB researchers said the most unusual aspect of DeadLock lies in its use of Polygon smart contracts to manage ...