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December 5, 2022

WannaRen ransomware appeared on the threat landscape reemerged in 2022 as Life ransomware. The new variant switched from using a PowerShell downloader to using a batch file to download and execute WINWORD.exe. Victims are required to contact the threat actor within one week or stolen data will be published on the Internet.