Big Game Hunting TTPs Continue to Shift After DarkSide Pipeline Attack

CrowdStrike has been recognized as a leader in several cybersecurity domains, including incident response services and exposure management, according to the 2025 IDC MarketScape assessments. The company is actively expanding its capabilities by acquiring Onum to enhance data-driven security operations. Noteworthy developments in the eCrime ecosystem reveal a downward trend in big game hunting (BGH) activities following the Colonial Pipeline attack in 2021, though some adversaries like CARBON SPIDER continue operations under new guises, such as launching the BlackMatter ransomware. Despite law enforcement pressures and the closure of several ransomware-as-a-service programs, tactics and techniques evolve, with adversaries like PINCHY SPIDER and WIZARD SPIDER maintaining active encryption campaigns. CrowdStrike's intelligence team utilizes the eCrime Index (ECX) to monitor these dynamics, providing insights into shifts in the cyber threat landscape and suggesting that while some ransomware operations diminish, a complete cessation is unlikely.

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