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Malware tracker

RATs, ransomware & infostealers

Curated profiles for well-known, well-documented malware families, cross-referenced against every detection rule Sigma Watch tracks. Each profile links out to authoritative sources — MITRE ATT&CK, CISA advisories, and vendor threat-intel writeups — for eradication and remediation guidance, rather than us writing our own removal steps that could go stale or be wrong.

Ransomware 2 rules

ALPHV/BlackCat

aka ALPHV, BlackCat, Noberus, …

ALPHV/BlackCat was a Rust-based RaaS operation active from November 2021, notable for double extortion attacks including the February 2024 Change Healthcare bre…

Ransomware Needs review 10 rules

Agrius

aka AMERICIUM, Agonizing Serpens, Agrius, …

Auto-detected from the MITRE ATT&CK catalog on 2026-09-28 (G1030) - this entry has not been reviewed or curated yet. See the MITRE ATT&CK link below for what's …

Ransomware 2 rules

Akira

aka GOLD SAHARA, PUNK SPIDER, Howling Scorpius

Akira is a RaaS operation active since March 2023 that conducts double extortion using Windows, Linux, and VMware ESXi encryptors, frequently exploiting VPN/edg…

Ransomware Needs review no rules matched

Akira _v2

aka Akira _v2

Auto-detected from the MITRE ATT&CK catalog on 2026-09-28 (S1194) - this entry has not been reviewed or curated yet. See the MITRE ATT&CK link below for what's …

Ransomware Needs review no rules matched

Apostle

aka Apostle

Auto-detected from the MITRE ATT&CK catalog on 2026-09-28 (S1133) - this entry has not been reviewed or curated yet. See the MITRE ATT&CK link below for what's …

Ransomware Needs review 4 rules

Avaddon

aka Avaddon

Auto-detected from the MITRE ATT&CK catalog on 2026-09-28 (S0640) - this entry has not been reviewed or curated yet. See the MITRE ATT&CK link below for what's …

Ransomware Needs review no rules matched

AvosLocker

aka AvosLocker

Auto-detected from the MITRE ATT&CK catalog on 2026-09-28 (S1053) - this entry has not been reviewed or curated yet. See the MITRE ATT&CK link below for what's …

Ransomware Needs review no rules matched

Babuk

aka Babuk, Babyk, Vasa Locker

Auto-detected from the MITRE ATT&CK catalog on 2026-09-28 (S0638) - this entry has not been reviewed or curated yet. See the MITRE ATT&CK link below for what's …

Ransomware Needs review 1 rule

Bad Rabbit

aka Bad Rabbit, Win32/Diskcoder.D

Auto-detected from the MITRE ATT&CK catalog on 2026-09-28 (S0606) - this entry has not been reviewed or curated yet. See the MITRE ATT&CK link below for what's …

Ransomware Needs review 16 rules

Bazar

aka Bazaloader, Bazar, KEGTAP, …

Auto-detected from the MITRE ATT&CK catalog on 2026-09-28 (S0534) - this entry has not been reviewed or curated yet. See the MITRE ATT&CK link below for what's …

Ransomware Needs review no rules matched

BitPaymer

aka BitPaymer, FriedEx, wp_encrypt

Auto-detected from the MITRE ATT&CK catalog on 2026-09-28 (S0570) - this entry has not been reviewed or curated yet. See the MITRE ATT&CK link below for what's …

Ransomware Needs review no rules matched

Black Basta

aka Black Basta

Auto-detected from the MITRE ATT&CK catalog on 2026-09-28 (S1070) - this entry has not been reviewed or curated yet. See the MITRE ATT&CK link below for what's …

Ransomware Needs review 4 rules

BlackByte

aka BlackByte, Hecamede

Auto-detected from the MITRE ATT&CK catalog on 2026-09-28 (G1043) - this entry has not been reviewed or curated yet. See the MITRE ATT&CK link below for what's …

Ransomware Needs review no rules matched

BlackByte 2.0 Ransomware

aka BlackByte 2.0 Ransomware

Auto-detected from the MITRE ATT&CK catalog on 2026-09-28 (S1181) - this entry has not been reviewed or curated yet. See the MITRE ATT&CK link below for what's …

Ransomware Needs review 3 rules

BlackByte Ransomware

aka BlackByte Ransomware

Auto-detected from the MITRE ATT&CK catalog on 2026-09-28 (S1180) - this entry has not been reviewed or curated yet. See the MITRE ATT&CK link below for what's …

Ransomware Needs review 12 rules

Bumblebee

aka Bumblebee

Auto-detected from the MITRE ATT&CK catalog on 2026-09-28 (S1039) - this entry has not been reviewed or curated yet. See the MITRE ATT&CK link below for what's …

Ransomware Needs review no rules matched

CHIMNEYSWEEP

aka CHIMNEYSWEEP

Auto-detected from the MITRE ATT&CK catalog on 2026-09-28 (S1149) - this entry has not been reviewed or curated yet. See the MITRE ATT&CK link below for what's …

Ransomware Needs review no rules matched

Cheerscrypt

aka Cheerscrypt

Auto-detected from the MITRE ATT&CK catalog on 2026-09-28 (S1096) - this entry has not been reviewed or curated yet. See the MITRE ATT&CK link below for what's …

Ransomware Needs review no rules matched

Cinnamon Tempest

aka BRONZE STARLIGHT, Cinnamon Tempest, DEV-0401, …

Auto-detected from the MITRE ATT&CK catalog on 2026-09-28 (G1021) - this entry has not been reviewed or curated yet. See the MITRE ATT&CK link below for what's …

Ransomware 15 rules

Cl0p

aka Clop, TA505, Lace Tempest, …

Cl0p (Clop) is an extortion group linked to the TA505/FIN11 threat cluster, known since 2019 for mass-exploiting file-transfer and enterprise-software vulnerabi…

Ransomware Needs review 14 rules

Conti

aka Conti

Auto-detected from the MITRE ATT&CK catalog on 2026-09-28 (S0575) - this entry has not been reviewed or curated yet. See the MITRE ATT&CK link below for what's …

Ransomware Needs review no rules matched

Cuba

aka Cuba

Auto-detected from the MITRE ATT&CK catalog on 2026-09-28 (S0625) - this entry has not been reviewed or curated yet. See the MITRE ATT&CK link below for what's …

Ransomware Needs review no rules matched

DCSrv

aka DCSrv

Auto-detected from the MITRE ATT&CK catalog on 2026-09-28 (S1033) - this entry has not been reviewed or curated yet. See the MITRE ATT&CK link below for what's …

Ransomware Needs review no rules matched

DEATHRANSOM

aka DEATHRANSOM

Auto-detected from the MITRE ATT&CK catalog on 2026-09-28 (S0616) - this entry has not been reviewed or curated yet. See the MITRE ATT&CK link below for what's …

Ransomware Needs review 19 rules

DarkGate

aka DarkGate

Auto-detected from the MITRE ATT&CK catalog on 2026-09-28 (S1111) - this entry has not been reviewed or curated yet. See the MITRE ATT&CK link below for what's …

Ransomware Needs review 22 rules

Diavol

aka Diavol

Auto-detected from the MITRE ATT&CK catalog on 2026-09-28 (S0659) - this entry has not been reviewed or curated yet. See the MITRE ATT&CK link below for what's …

Ransomware Needs review no rules matched

EKANS

aka EKANS, SNAKEHOSE

Auto-detected from the MITRE ATT&CK catalog on 2026-09-28 (S0605) - this entry has not been reviewed or curated yet. See the MITRE ATT&CK link below for what's …

Ransomware Needs review no rules matched

EXOTIC LILY

aka EXOTIC LILY

Auto-detected from the MITRE ATT&CK catalog on 2026-09-28 (G1011) - this entry has not been reviewed or curated yet. See the MITRE ATT&CK link below for what's …

Ransomware Needs review no rules matched

Egregor

aka Egregor

Auto-detected from the MITRE ATT&CK catalog on 2026-09-28 (S0554) - this entry has not been reviewed or curated yet. See the MITRE ATT&CK link below for what's …

Ransomware Needs review no rules matched

Embargo

aka Embargo

Auto-detected from the MITRE ATT&CK catalog on 2026-09-28 (S1247) - this entry has not been reviewed or curated yet. See the MITRE ATT&CK link below for what's …

Ransomware Needs review 18 rules

FIN7

aka Carbon Spider, ELBRUS, FIN7, …

Auto-detected from the MITRE ATT&CK catalog on 2026-09-28 (G0046) - this entry has not been reviewed or curated yet. See the MITRE ATT&CK link below for what's …

Ransomware Needs review 32 rules

FIN8

aka FIN8, Syssphinx

Auto-detected from the MITRE ATT&CK catalog on 2026-09-28 (G0061) - this entry has not been reviewed or curated yet. See the MITRE ATT&CK link below for what's …

Ransomware Needs review 1 rule

FIVEHANDS

aka FIVEHANDS

Auto-detected from the MITRE ATT&CK catalog on 2026-09-28 (S0618) - this entry has not been reviewed or curated yet. See the MITRE ATT&CK link below for what's …

Ransomware Needs review no rules matched

GOLD SOUTHFIELD

aka GOLD SOUTHFIELD, Pinchy Spider

Auto-detected from the MITRE ATT&CK catalog on 2026-09-28 (G0115) - this entry has not been reviewed or curated yet. See the MITRE ATT&CK link below for what's …

Ransomware Needs review no rules matched

GrimAgent

aka GrimAgent

Auto-detected from the MITRE ATT&CK catalog on 2026-09-28 (S0632) - this entry has not been reviewed or curated yet. See the MITRE ATT&CK link below for what's …

Ransomware Needs review no rules matched

HELLOKITTY

aka HELLOKITTY

Auto-detected from the MITRE ATT&CK catalog on 2026-09-28 (S0617) - this entry has not been reviewed or curated yet. See the MITRE ATT&CK link below for what's …

Ransomware Needs review no rules matched

HUI Loader

aka HUI Loader

Auto-detected from the MITRE ATT&CK catalog on 2026-09-28 (S1097) - this entry has not been reviewed or curated yet. See the MITRE ATT&CK link below for what's …

Ransomware Needs review no rules matched

INC Ransom

aka GOLD IONIC, INC Ransom

Auto-detected from the MITRE ATT&CK catalog on 2026-09-28 (G1032) - this entry has not been reviewed or curated yet. See the MITRE ATT&CK link below for what's …

Ransomware Needs review no rules matched

INC Ransomware

aka INC Ransomware

Auto-detected from the MITRE ATT&CK catalog on 2026-09-28 (S1139) - this entry has not been reviewed or curated yet. See the MITRE ATT&CK link below for what's …

Ransomware Needs review no rules matched

IPsec Helper

aka IPsec Helper

Auto-detected from the MITRE ATT&CK catalog on 2026-09-28 (S1132) - this entry has not been reviewed or curated yet. See the MITRE ATT&CK link below for what's …

Ransomware Needs review no rules matched

Indrik Spider

aka DEV-0243, Evil Corp, Indrik Spider, …

Auto-detected from the MITRE ATT&CK catalog on 2026-09-28 (G0119) - this entry has not been reviewed or curated yet. See the MITRE ATT&CK link below for what's …

Ransomware Needs review no rules matched

JCry

aka JCry

Auto-detected from the MITRE ATT&CK catalog on 2026-09-28 (S0389) - this entry has not been reviewed or curated yet. See the MITRE ATT&CK link below for what's …

Ransomware Needs review 3 rules

KillDisk

aka KillDisk, Win32/KillDisk.NBB, Win32/KillDisk.NBC, …

Auto-detected from the MITRE ATT&CK catalog on 2026-09-28 (S0607) - this entry has not been reviewed or curated yet. See the MITRE ATT&CK link below for what's …

Ransomware Needs review 1 rule

LAPSUS$

aka DEV-0537, LAPSUS$, Strawberry Tempest

Auto-detected from the MITRE ATT&CK catalog on 2026-09-28 (G1004) - this entry has not been reviewed or curated yet. See the MITRE ATT&CK link below for what's …

Ransomware 7 rules

LockBit

aka LockBit 3.0, LockBit Black, LockBit Red, …

LockBit is a Ransomware-as-a-Service (RaaS) operation active since 2019 that became the most prolific ransomware brand of 2022-2023, using double extortion (dat…

Ransomware Needs review no rules matched

LockBit 2.0

aka LockBit 2.0

Auto-detected from the MITRE ATT&CK catalog on 2026-09-28 (S1199) - this entry has not been reviewed or curated yet. See the MITRE ATT&CK link below for what's …

Ransomware Needs review 1 rule

LockerGoga

aka LockerGoga

Auto-detected from the MITRE ATT&CK catalog on 2026-09-28 (S0372) - this entry has not been reviewed or curated yet. See the MITRE ATT&CK link below for what's …

Ransomware Needs review 15 rules

Maze

aka Maze

Auto-detected from the MITRE ATT&CK catalog on 2026-09-28 (S0449) - this entry has not been reviewed or curated yet. See the MITRE ATT&CK link below for what's …

Ransomware Needs review no rules matched

Medusa Group

aka Medusa Group

Auto-detected from the MITRE ATT&CK catalog on 2026-09-28 (G1051) - this entry has not been reviewed or curated yet. See the MITRE ATT&CK link below for what's …

Ransomware Needs review no rules matched

Medusa Ransomware

aka Medusa Ransomware

Auto-detected from the MITRE ATT&CK catalog on 2026-09-28 (S1244) - this entry has not been reviewed or curated yet. See the MITRE ATT&CK link below for what's …

Ransomware Needs review no rules matched

MegaCortex

aka MegaCortex

Auto-detected from the MITRE ATT&CK catalog on 2026-09-28 (S0576) - this entry has not been reviewed or curated yet. See the MITRE ATT&CK link below for what's …

Ransomware Needs review no rules matched

Megazord

aka Megazord

Auto-detected from the MITRE ATT&CK catalog on 2026-09-28 (S1191) - this entry has not been reviewed or curated yet. See the MITRE ATT&CK link below for what's …

Ransomware Needs review no rules matched

Moneybird

aka Moneybird

Auto-detected from the MITRE ATT&CK catalog on 2026-09-28 (S1137) - this entry has not been reviewed or curated yet. See the MITRE ATT&CK link below for what's …

Ransomware Needs review no rules matched

Mustard Tempest

aka DEV-0206, GOLD PRELUDE, Mustard Tempest, …

Auto-detected from the MITRE ATT&CK catalog on 2026-09-28 (G1020) - this entry has not been reviewed or curated yet. See the MITRE ATT&CK link below for what's …

Ransomware Needs review no rules matched

Netwalker

aka Netwalker

Auto-detected from the MITRE ATT&CK catalog on 2026-09-28 (S0457) - this entry has not been reviewed or curated yet. See the MITRE ATT&CK link below for what's …

Ransomware Needs review 4 rules

NotPetya

aka Diskcoder.C, ExPetr, GoldenEye, …

Auto-detected from the MITRE ATT&CK catalog on 2026-09-28 (S0368) - this entry has not been reviewed or curated yet. See the MITRE ATT&CK link below for what's …

Ransomware Needs review 2 rules

Pay2Key

aka Pay2Key

Auto-detected from the MITRE ATT&CK catalog on 2026-09-28 (S0556) - this entry has not been reviewed or curated yet. See the MITRE ATT&CK link below for what's …

Ransomware Needs review 10 rules

Pikabot

aka Pikabot

Auto-detected from the MITRE ATT&CK catalog on 2026-09-28 (S1145) - this entry has not been reviewed or curated yet. See the MITRE ATT&CK link below for what's …

Ransomware 10 rules

Play

aka Playcrypt, PlayCrypt Ransomware, Play Ransomware Group

Play (deploying the Playcrypt encryptor) is a closed, non-advertised ransomware operation active since June 2022 that uses double extortion and intermittent enc…

Ransomware Needs review 3 rules

Prestige

aka Prestige

Auto-detected from the MITRE ATT&CK catalog on 2026-09-28 (S1058) - this entry has not been reviewed or curated yet. See the MITRE ATT&CK link below for what's …

Ransomware Needs review no rules matched

ProLock

aka ProLock

Auto-detected from the MITRE ATT&CK catalog on 2026-09-28 (S0654) - this entry has not been reviewed or curated yet. See the MITRE ATT&CK link below for what's …

Ransomware Needs review 1 rule

Pysa

aka Mespinoza, Pysa

Auto-detected from the MITRE ATT&CK catalog on 2026-09-28 (S0583) - this entry has not been reviewed or curated yet. See the MITRE ATT&CK link below for what's …

Ransomware Needs review 35 rules

QakBot

aka Pinkslipbot, QBot, QakBot, …

Auto-detected from the MITRE ATT&CK catalog on 2026-09-28 (S0650) - this entry has not been reviewed or curated yet. See the MITRE ATT&CK link below for what's …

Ransomware Needs review no rules matched

Qilin

aka Agenda, Qilin

Auto-detected from the MITRE ATT&CK catalog on 2026-09-28 (S1242) - this entry has not been reviewed or curated yet. See the MITRE ATT&CK link below for what's …

Ransomware Needs review 15 rules

REvil

aka REvil, Sodin, Sodinokibi

Auto-detected from the MITRE ATT&CK catalog on 2026-09-28 (S0496) - this entry has not been reviewed or curated yet. See the MITRE ATT&CK link below for what's …

Ransomware Needs review no rules matched

ROADSWEEP

aka ROADSWEEP

Auto-detected from the MITRE ATT&CK catalog on 2026-09-28 (S1150) - this entry has not been reviewed or curated yet. See the MITRE ATT&CK link below for what's …

Ransomware Needs review no rules matched

Ragnar Locker

aka Ragnar Locker

Auto-detected from the MITRE ATT&CK catalog on 2026-09-28 (S0481) - this entry has not been reviewed or curated yet. See the MITRE ATT&CK link below for what's …

Ransomware 4 rules

RansomHub

aka Cyclops, Knight, RansomHub RaaS

RansomHub was a RaaS operation that emerged in February 2024, built on source code derived from the Knight ransomware (itself a rebrand of Cyclops), and rapidly…

Ransomware Needs review 7 rules

Raspberry Robin

aka Raspberry Robin

Auto-detected from the MITRE ATT&CK catalog on 2026-09-28 (S1130) - this entry has not been reviewed or curated yet. See the MITRE ATT&CK link below for what's …

Ransomware Needs review 9 rules

Rclone

aka Rclone

Auto-detected from the MITRE ATT&CK catalog on 2026-09-28 (S1040) - this entry has not been reviewed or curated yet. See the MITRE ATT&CK link below for what's …

Ransomware Needs review no rules matched

RobbinHood

aka RobbinHood

Auto-detected from the MITRE ATT&CK catalog on 2026-09-28 (S0400) - this entry has not been reviewed or curated yet. See the MITRE ATT&CK link below for what's …

Ransomware Needs review 13 rules

Royal

aka Royal

Auto-detected from the MITRE ATT&CK catalog on 2026-09-28 (S1073) - this entry has not been reviewed or curated yet. See the MITRE ATT&CK link below for what's …

Ransomware Needs review 20 rules

Rubeus

aka Rubeus

Auto-detected from the MITRE ATT&CK catalog on 2026-09-28 (S1071) - this entry has not been reviewed or curated yet. See the MITRE ATT&CK link below for what's …

Ransomware Needs review 6 rules

Ryuk

aka Ryuk

Auto-detected from the MITRE ATT&CK catalog on 2026-09-28 (S0446) - this entry has not been reviewed or curated yet. See the MITRE ATT&CK link below for what's …

Ransomware Needs review 2 rules

SMOKEDHAM

aka SMOKEDHAM

Auto-detected from the MITRE ATT&CK catalog on 2026-09-28 (S0649) - this entry has not been reviewed or curated yet. See the MITRE ATT&CK link below for what's …

Ransomware Needs review 3 rules

SamSam

aka SamSam, Samas

Auto-detected from the MITRE ATT&CK catalog on 2026-09-28 (S0370) - this entry has not been reviewed or curated yet. See the MITRE ATT&CK link below for what's …

Ransomware Needs review no rules matched

Scattered Spider

aka Octo Tempest, Roasted 0ktapus, Scattered Spider, …

Auto-detected from the MITRE ATT&CK catalog on 2026-09-28 (G1015) - this entry has not been reviewed or curated yet. See the MITRE ATT&CK link below for what's …

Ransomware Needs review no rules matched

Seth-Locker

aka Seth-Locker

Auto-detected from the MITRE ATT&CK catalog on 2026-09-28 (S0639) - this entry has not been reviewed or curated yet. See the MITRE ATT&CK link below for what's …

Ransomware Needs review 2 rules

SocGholish

aka FakeUpdates, SocGholish

Auto-detected from the MITRE ATT&CK catalog on 2026-09-28 (S1124) - this entry has not been reviewed or curated yet. See the MITRE ATT&CK link below for what's …

Ransomware Needs review 1 rule

SombRAT

aka SombRAT

Auto-detected from the MITRE ATT&CK catalog on 2026-09-28 (S0615) - this entry has not been reviewed or curated yet. See the MITRE ATT&CK link below for what's …

Ransomware Needs review 4 rules

StealBit

aka StealBit

Auto-detected from the MITRE ATT&CK catalog on 2026-09-28 (S1200) - this entry has not been reviewed or curated yet. See the MITRE ATT&CK link below for what's …

Ransomware Needs review 1 rule

Storm-0501

aka Storm-0501

Auto-detected from the MITRE ATT&CK catalog on 2026-09-28 (G1053) - this entry has not been reviewed or curated yet. See the MITRE ATT&CK link below for what's …

Ransomware Needs review no rules matched

Storm-1811

aka Storm-1811

Auto-detected from the MITRE ATT&CK catalog on 2026-09-28 (G1046) - this entry has not been reviewed or curated yet. See the MITRE ATT&CK link below for what's …

Ransomware Needs review no rules matched

SynAck

aka SynAck

Auto-detected from the MITRE ATT&CK catalog on 2026-09-28 (S0242) - this entry has not been reviewed or curated yet. See the MITRE ATT&CK link below for what's …

Ransomware Needs review 24 rules

SystemBC

aka Coroxy, SystemBC

Auto-detected from the MITRE ATT&CK catalog on 2026-09-28 (S9001) - this entry has not been reviewed or curated yet. See the MITRE ATT&CK link below for what's …

Ransomware Needs review 8 rules

TeamPCP

aka DeadCatx3, PCPCat, SHADOW-WATER-058, …

Auto-detected from the MITRE ATT&CK catalog on 2026-09-28 (G1056) - this entry has not been reviewed or curated yet. See the MITRE ATT&CK link below for what's …

Ransomware Needs review 2 rules

ThiefQuest

aka EvilQuest, MacRansom.K, ThiefQuest

Auto-detected from the MITRE ATT&CK catalog on 2026-09-28 (S0595) - this entry has not been reviewed or curated yet. See the MITRE ATT&CK link below for what's …

Ransomware Needs review 45 rules

TrickBot

aka TSPY_TRICKLOAD, Totbrick, TrickBot

Auto-detected from the MITRE ATT&CK catalog on 2026-09-28 (S0266) - this entry has not been reviewed or curated yet. See the MITRE ATT&CK link below for what's …

Ransomware Needs review 30 rules

WannaCry

aka WCry, WanaCry, WanaCrypt, …

Auto-detected from the MITRE ATT&CK catalog on 2026-09-28 (S0366) - this entry has not been reviewed or curated yet. See the MITRE ATT&CK link below for what's …

Ransomware Needs review no rules matched

WastedLocker

aka WastedLocker

Auto-detected from the MITRE ATT&CK catalog on 2026-09-28 (S0612) - this entry has not been reviewed or curated yet. See the MITRE ATT&CK link below for what's …

Ransomware Needs review no rules matched

Water Galura

aka GOLD FEATHER, Water Galura

Auto-detected from the MITRE ATT&CK catalog on 2026-09-28 (G1050) - this entry has not been reviewed or curated yet. See the MITRE ATT&CK link below for what's …

Ransomware Needs review 1 rule

WhisperGate

aka WhisperGate

Auto-detected from the MITRE ATT&CK catalog on 2026-09-28 (S0689) - this entry has not been reviewed or curated yet. See the MITRE ATT&CK link below for what's …

Ransomware Needs review 1 rule

Wizard Spider

aka DEV-0193, DEV-0237, FIN12, …

Auto-detected from the MITRE ATT&CK catalog on 2026-09-28 (G0102) - this entry has not been reviewed or curated yet. See the MITRE ATT&CK link below for what's …

Ransomware Needs review 6 rules

Xbash

aka Xbash

Auto-detected from the MITRE ATT&CK catalog on 2026-09-28 (S0341) - this entry has not been reviewed or curated yet. See the MITRE ATT&CK link below for what's …