The Black Basta ransomware has affected over 500 victims, with a sophisticated social engineering campaign linked to it. A botnet sent millions of emails in the LockBit Black ransomware campaign, while the Phorpiex botnet delivered the ransomware through phishing emails. Enterprises faced a bombardment of spam emails and phone calls in an ongoing campaign. The tactics of the ransomware-as-a-service operator Black Basta involve social engineering. Ransomware remains a significant threat despite other scams.