| SYMBOL | COMMON_NAME | aka. SYNONYMS |
Maze Ransomware encrypts files and makes them inaccessible while adding a custom extension containing part of the ID of the victim. The ransom note is placed inside a text file and an htm file. There are a few different extensions appended to files which are randomly generated.
Actors are known to exfiltrate the data from the network for further extortion. It spreads mainly using email spam and various exploit kits (Spelevo, Fallout).
The code of Maze ransomware is highly complicated and obfuscated, which helps to evade security solutions using signature-based detections.
| 2023-01-30 ⋅ Checkpoint ⋅ Following the Scent of TrickGate: 6-Year-Old Packer Used to Deploy the Most Wanted Malware Agent Tesla Azorult Buer Cerber Cobalt Strike Emotet Formbook HawkEye Keylogger Loki Password Stealer (PWS) Maze NetWire RC Remcos REvil TrickBot |
| 2022-05-09 ⋅ Microsoft ⋅ Ransomware-as-a-service: Understanding the cybercrime gig economy and how to protect yourself AnchorDNS BlackCat BlackMatter Conti DarkSide HelloKitty Hive LockBit REvil FAKEUPDATES Griffon ATOMSILO BazarBackdoor BlackCat BlackMatter Blister Cobalt Strike Conti DarkSide Emotet FiveHands Gozi HelloKitty Hive IcedID ISFB JSSLoader LockBit LockFile Maze NightSky Pandora Phobos Phoenix Locker PhotoLoader QakBot REvil Rook Ryuk SystemBC TrickBot WastedLocker BRONZE STARLIGHT |
| 2022-05-05 ⋅ Intel 471 ⋅ Cybercrime loves company: Conti cooperated with other ransomware gangs LockBit Maze RagnarLocker Ryuk |
| 2022-03-31 ⋅ Trellix ⋅ Conti Leaks: Examining the Panama Papers of Ransomware LockBit Amadey Buer Conti IcedID LockBit Mailto Maze PhotoLoader Ryuk TrickBot |
| 2022-03-23 ⋅ splunk ⋅ Gone in 52 Seconds…and 42 Minutes: A Comparative Analysis of Ransomware Encryption Speed Avaddon Babuk BlackMatter Conti DarkSide LockBit Maze Mespinoza REvil Ryuk |
| 2022-03-17 ⋅ Sophos ⋅ The Ransomware Threat Intelligence Center ATOMSILO Avaddon AvosLocker BlackKingdom Ransomware BlackMatter Conti Cring DarkSide dearcry Dharma Egregor Entropy Epsilon Red Gandcrab Karma LockBit LockFile Mailto Maze Nefilim RagnarLocker Ragnarok REvil RobinHood Ryuk SamSam Snatch WannaCryptor WastedLocker |
| 2022-02-23 ⋅ splunk ⋅ An Empirically Comparative Analysis of Ransomware Binaries Avaddon Babuk BlackMatter Conti DarkSide LockBit Maze Mespinoza REvil Ryuk |
| 2022-02-09 ⋅ Security Affairs ⋅ Master decryption keys for Maze, Egregor, and Sekhmet ransomware leaked online Egregor m0yv Maze Sekhmet |
| 2022-02-09 ⋅ Bleeping Computer ⋅ Ransomware dev releases Egregor, Maze master decryption keys Egregor Maze Sekhmet |
| 2021-11-03 ⋅ CERT-FR ⋅ Identification of a new cybercriminal group: Lockean DoppelPaymer Egregor Maze PwndLocker REvil |
| 2021-10-26 ⋅ Identification of a new cyber criminal group: Lockean Cobalt Strike DoppelPaymer Egregor Maze PwndLocker QakBot REvil |
| 2021-09-06 ⋅ cocomelonc ⋅ AV engines evasion for C++ simple malware: part 2 Agent Tesla Amadey Anchor AnchorMTea Carbanak Carberp Cardinal RAT Felixroot Konni Loki Password Stealer (PWS) Maze |
| 2021-08-15 ⋅ Symantec ⋅ The Ransomware Threat Babuk BlackMatter DarkSide Avaddon Babuk BADHATCH BazarBackdoor BlackMatter Clop Cobalt Strike Conti DarkSide DoppelPaymer Egregor Emotet FiveHands FriedEx Hades IcedID LockBit Maze MegaCortex MimiKatz QakBot RagnarLocker REvil Ryuk TrickBot WastedLocker |
| 2021-08-10 ⋅ Bleeping Computer ⋅ Crytek confirms Egregor ransomware attack, customer data theft Egregor Maze |
| 2021-08-05 ⋅ KrebsOnSecurity ⋅ Ransomware Gangs and the Name Game Distraction DarkSide RansomEXX Babuk Cerber Conti DarkSide DoppelPaymer Egregor FriedEx Gandcrab Hermes Maze RansomEXX REvil Ryuk Sekhmet |
| 2021-07-09 ⋅ The Record ⋅ Ransomwhere project wants to create a database of past ransomware payments Egregor Mailto Maze REvil |
| 2021-07-01 ⋅ DomainTools ⋅ The Most Prolific Ransomware Families: A Defenders Guide REvil Conti Egregor Maze REvil |
| 2021-06-16 ⋅ Proofpoint ⋅ The First Step: Initial Access Leads to Ransomware BazarBackdoor Egregor IcedID Maze QakBot REvil Ryuk TrickBot WastedLocker |
| 2021-05-18 ⋅ Bleeping Computer ⋅ DarkSide ransomware made $90 million in just nine months DarkSide DarkSide Egregor Gandcrab Mailto Maze REvil Ryuk |
| 2021-05-18 ⋅ The Record ⋅ Darkside gang estimated to have made over $90 million from ransomware attacks DarkSide DarkSide Mailto Maze REvil Ryuk |
| 2021-05-10 ⋅ DarkTracer ⋅ Intelligence Report on Ransomware Gangs on the DarkWeb: List of victim organizations attacked by ransomware gangs released on the DarkWeb RansomEXX Avaddon Babuk Clop Conti Cuba DarkSide DoppelPaymer Egregor Hades LockBit Mailto Maze MedusaLocker Mespinoza Mount Locker Nefilim Nemty Pay2Key PwndLocker RagnarLocker Ragnarok RansomEXX REvil Sekhmet SunCrypt ThunderX |
| 2021-05-07 ⋅ Bleeping Computer ⋅ Data leak marketplaces aim to take over the extortion economy Babuk Maze |
| 2021-05-06 ⋅ Cyborg Security ⋅ Ransomware: Hunting for Inhibiting System Backup or Recovery Avaddon Conti DarkSide LockBit Mailto Maze Mespinoza Nemty PwndLocker RagnarLocker RansomEXX REvil Ryuk Snatch ThunderX |
| 2021-04-27 ⋅ CrowdStrike ⋅ Ransomware Preparedness: A Call to Action Dharma GlobeImposter Maze Phobos CIRCUS SPIDER TRAVELING SPIDER |
| 2021-04-07 ⋅ ANALYST1 ⋅ Ransom Mafia Analysis of the World's First Ransomware Cartel Conti Egregor LockBit Maze RagnarLocker Ryuk SunCrypt TA2101 VIKING SPIDER |
| 2021-04-07 ⋅ ANALYST1 ⋅ Ransom Mafia - Analysis of the World's First Ransomware Cartel Conti Egregor LockBit Maze RagnarLocker SunCrypt VIKING SPIDER |
| 2021-03-17 ⋅ Palo Alto Networks Unit 42 ⋅ Ransomware Threat Report 2021 RansomEXX Dharma DoppelPaymer Gandcrab Mailto Maze Phobos RansomEXX REvil Ryuk WastedLocker |
| 2021-03-02 ⋅ CERT-FR ⋅ The Egregor Ransomware Egregor Maze Sekhmet |
| 2021-03 ⋅ Group-IB ⋅ Ransomware Uncovered 2020/2021 RansomEXX BazarBackdoor Buer Clop Conti DoppelPaymer Dridex Egregor IcedID Maze PwndLocker QakBot RansomEXX REvil Ryuk SDBbot TrickBot Zloader |
| 2021-02-28 ⋅ PWC UK ⋅ Cyber Threats 2020: A Year in Retrospect elf.wellmess FlowerPower PowGoop 8.t Dropper Agent.BTZ Agent Tesla Appleseed Ave Maria Bankshot BazarBackdoor BLINDINGCAN Chinoxy Conti Cotx RAT Crimson RAT DUSTMAN Emotet FriedEx FunnyDream Hakbit Mailto Maze METALJACK Nefilim Oblique RAT Pay2Key PlugX QakBot REvil Ryuk StoneDrill StrongPity SUNBURST SUPERNOVA TrickBot TurlaRPC Turla SilentMoon WastedLocker WellMess Winnti ZeroCleare APT10 APT23 APT27 APT31 APT41 BlackTech BRONZE EDGEWOOD Inception Framework MUSTANG PANDA Red Charon Red Nue Sea Turtle Tonto Team |
| 2021-02-25 ⋅ FireEye ⋅ So Unchill: Melting UNC2198 ICEDID to Ransomware Operations MOUSEISLAND Cobalt Strike Egregor IcedID Maze SystemBC |
| 2021-02-23 ⋅ CrowdStrike ⋅ 2021 Global Threat Report RansomEXX Amadey Anchor Avaddon BazarBackdoor Clop Cobalt Strike Conti Cutwail DanaBot DarkSide DoppelPaymer Dridex Egregor Emotet Hakbit IcedID JSOutProx KerrDown LockBit Mailto Maze MedusaLocker Mespinoza Mount Locker NedDnLoader Nemty Pay2Key PlugX Pushdo PwndLocker PyXie QakBot Quasar RAT RagnarLocker Ragnarok RansomEXX REvil Ryuk Sekhmet ShadowPad SmokeLoader Snake SUNBURST SunCrypt TEARDROP TrickBot WastedLocker Winnti Zloader KNOCKOUT SPIDER OUTLAW SPIDER RIDDLE SPIDER SOLAR SPIDER VIKING SPIDER |
| 2021-02-11 ⋅ CTI LEAGUE ⋅ CTIL Darknet Report – 2021 Conti Mailto Maze REvil Ryuk |
| 2021-02-04 ⋅ Chainanalysis ⋅ Blockchain Analysis Shows Connections Between Four of 2020’s Biggest Ransomware Strains DoppelPaymer Egregor Maze SunCrypt |
| 2021 ⋅ Talos ⋅ Evicting Maze Cobalt Strike Maze |
| 2021 ⋅ Secureworks ⋅ Threat Profile: GOLD VILLAGE Maze TA2101 |
| 2020-12-16 ⋅ Accenture ⋅ Tracking and combatting an evolving danger: Ransomware extortion DarkSide Egregor Maze Nefilim RagnarLocker REvil Ryuk SunCrypt |
| 2020-12-14 ⋅ Medium Killbit ⋅ Applying the Diamond Model to Cognizant (MSP) vs. Maze Ransomware Maze |
| 2020-12-10 ⋅ US-CERT ⋅ Alert (AA20-345A): Cyber Actors Target K-12 Distance Learning Education to Cause Disruptions and Steal Data PerlBot Shlayer Agent Tesla Cerber Dridex Ghost RAT Kovter Maze MedusaLocker Nanocore RAT Nefilim REvil Ryuk Zeus |
| 2020-12-09 ⋅ Cisco ⋅ Quarterly Report: Incident Response trends from Fall 2020 Cobalt Strike IcedID Maze RansomEXX Ryuk |
| 2020-12-08 ⋅ Sophos ⋅ Egregor ransomware: Maze’s heir apparent Egregor Maze |
| 2020-12-07 ⋅ Minerva Labs ⋅ Egregor Ransomware - An In-Depth Analysis Egregor Maze Sekhmet |
| 2020-12-01 ⋅ Trend Micro ⋅ The Impact of Modern Ransomware on Manufacturing Networks Maze Petya REvil |
| 2020-11-18 ⋅ KELA ⋅ Zooming into Darknet Threats Targeting Japanese Organizations Conti DoppelPaymer Egregor LockBit Maze REvil Snake |
| 2020-11-16 ⋅ Intel 471 ⋅ Ransomware-as-a-service: The pandemic within a pandemic Avaddon Clop Conti DoppelPaymer Egregor Hakbit Mailto Maze Mespinoza RagnarLocker REvil Ryuk SunCrypt ThunderX |
| 2020-11-11 ⋅ Kaspersky Labs ⋅ Targeted ransomware: it’s not just about encrypting your data! Part 1 - “Old and New Friends” Egregor Maze RagnarLocker |
| 2020-11-06 ⋅ Telsy ⋅ Malware Analysis Report: Trying not to walk in the dark woods. A way out of the Maze Maze |
| 2020-10-29 ⋅ Bleeping Computer ⋅ Maze ransomware is shutting down its cybercrime operation Egregor Maze |
| 2020-10-28 ⋅ Bitdefender ⋅ A Decade of WMI Abuse – an Overview of Techniques in Modern Malware sLoad Emotet Maze |
| 2020-10-26 ⋅ Checkpoint ⋅ Exploit Developer Spotlight: The Story of PlayBit Dyre Maze PyLocky Ramnit REvil |
| 2020-10-23 ⋅ Hornetsecurity ⋅ Leakware-Ransomware-Hybrid Attacks Avaddon Clop Conti DarkSide DoppelPaymer Mailto Maze Mespinoza Nefilim RagnarLocker REvil Sekhmet SunCrypt |
| 2020-10-21 ⋅ Kaspersky Labs ⋅ Life of Maze ransomware Maze |
| 2020-10-06 ⋅ CrowdStrike ⋅ Double Trouble: Ransomware with Data Leak Extortion, Part 2 Maze MedusaLocker REvil VIKING SPIDER |
| 2020-10-01 ⋅ KELA ⋅ To Attack or Not to Attack: Targeting the Healthcare Sector in the Underground Ecosystem Conti DoppelPaymer Mailto Maze REvil Ryuk SunCrypt |
| 2020-09-29 ⋅ Microsoft ⋅ Microsoft Digital Defense Report Emotet IcedID Mailto Maze QakBot REvil RobinHood TrickBot |
| 2020-09-25 ⋅ CrowdStrike ⋅ Double Trouble: Ransomware with Data Leak Extortion, Part 1 DoppelPaymer FriedEx LockBit Maze MedusaLocker RagnarLocker REvil RobinHood SamSam WastedLocker MIMIC SPIDER PIZZO SPIDER TA2101 VIKING SPIDER |
| 2020-09-25 ⋅ StateScoop ⋅ Baltimore ransomware attack was early attempt at data extortion, new report shows Maze RobinHood OUTLAW SPIDER |
| 2020-09-24 ⋅ CrowdStrike ⋅ Double Trouble: Ransomware with Data Leak Extortion, Part 1 DoppelPaymer Gandcrab LockBit Maze MedusaLocker RagnarLocker SamSam OUTLAW SPIDER OVERLORD SPIDER |
| 2020-09-22 ⋅ Sophos SecOps ⋅ MTR Casebook: Blocking a $15 million Maze ransomware attack Maze |
| 2020-09-17 ⋅ Bleeping Computer ⋅ Maze ransomware now encrypts via virtual machines to evade detection Maze |
| 2020-09-17 ⋅ SophosLabs Uncut ⋅ Maze attackers adopt Ragnar Locker virtual machine technique Maze |
| 2020-09-01 ⋅ Cisco Talos ⋅ Quarterly Report: Incident Response trends in Summer 2020 Cobalt Strike LockBit Mailto Maze Ryuk |
| 2020-08-25 ⋅ KELA ⋅ How Ransomware Gangs Find New Monetization Schemes and Evolve in Marketing Avaddon Clop DarkSide DoppelPaymer Mailto Maze MedusaLocker Mespinoza Nefilim RagnarLocker REvil Sekhmet |
| 2020-08-20 ⋅ sensecy ⋅ Global Ransomware Attacks in 2020: The Top 4 Vulnerabilities Clop Maze REvil Ryuk |
| 2020-08-13 ⋅ SentinelOne ⋅ Case Study: Catching a Human-Operated Maze Ransomware Attack In Action Maze |
| 2020-08-04 ⋅ ZDNet ⋅ Ransomware gang publishes tens of GBs of internal data from LG and Xerox Maze |
| 2020-08 ⋅ Temple University ⋅ Critical Infrastructure Ransomware Attacks CryptoLocker Cryptowall DoppelPaymer FriedEx Mailto Maze REvil Ryuk SamSam WannaCryptor |
| 2020-07-29 ⋅ ESET Research ⋅ THREAT REPORT Q2 2020 DEFENSOR ID HiddenAd Bundlore Pirrit Agent.BTZ Cerber ClipBanker CROSSWALK Cryptowall CTB Locker DanaBot Dharma Formbook Gandcrab Grandoreiro Houdini ISFB LockBit Locky Mailto Maze Microcin Nemty NjRAT Phobos PlugX Pony REvil Socelars STOP Tinba TrickBot WannaCryptor |
| 2020-07-22 ⋅ SentinelOne ⋅ Enter the Maze: Demystifying an Affiliate Involved in Maze (SNOW) ISFB Maze TrickBot Zloader |
| 2020-07-15 ⋅ Mandiant ⋅ Financially Motivated Actors Are Expanding Access Into OT: Analysis of Kill Lists That Include OT Processes Used With Seven Malware Families Clop DoppelPaymer LockerGoga Maze MegaCortex Nefilim Snake |
| 2020-06-18 ⋅ Quick Heal ⋅ Maze ransomware continues to be a threat to the consumers Maze |
| 2020-06-17 ⋅ Cognizant ⋅ Notice of Data Breach Maze |
| 2020-06-16 ⋅ BleepingComputer ⋅ Chipmaker MaxLinear reports data breach after Maze Ransomware attack Maze |
| 2020-06-04 ⋅ Sophos Naked Security ⋅ Nuclear missile contractor hacked in Maze ransomware attack Maze |
| 2020-05-21 ⋅ BrightTALK (FireEye) ⋅ Navigating MAZE: Analysis of a Rising Ransomware Threat Maze |
| 2020-05-12 ⋅ SophosLabs Uncut ⋅ Maze ransomware: extorting victims for 1 year and counting Maze |
| 2020-05-07 ⋅ FireEye Inc ⋅ Navigating the MAZE: Tactics, Techniques and Procedures Associated With MAZE Ransomware Incidents Maze |
| 2020-05-07 ⋅ REDTEAM.PL ⋅ Sodinokibi / REvil ransomware Maze MimiKatz REvil |
| 2020-05-04 ⋅ Blueliv ⋅ Escape from the Maze Maze |
| 2020-05-01 ⋅ CrowdStrike ⋅ The Many Paths Through Maze Maze |
| 2020-04-28 ⋅ Microsoft ⋅ Ransomware groups continue to target healthcare, critical services; here’s how to reduce risk LockBit Mailto Maze MedusaLocker Paradise RagnarLocker REvil RobinHood |
| 2020-04-18 ⋅ Cognizant ⋅ Cognizant Security Incident Update Maze |
| 2020-04-18 ⋅ Bleeping Computer ⋅ IT services giant Cognizant suffers Maze Ransomware cyber attack Maze |
| 2020-03-26 ⋅ McAfee ⋅ Ransomware Maze Maze |
| 2020-03-26 ⋅ TechCrunch ⋅ Cyber insurer Chubb had data stolen in Maze ransomware attack Maze |
| 2020-03-25 ⋅ Bitdefender ⋅ A Technical Look into Maze Ransomware Maze |
| 2020-03-24 ⋅ Bleeping Computer ⋅ Three More Ransomware Families Create Sites to Leak Stolen Data Clop DoppelPaymer Maze Nefilim Nemty REvil |
| 2020-03-12 ⋅ Cyberbit ⋅ Lost in the Maze Maze |
| 2020-03-04 ⋅ CrowdStrike ⋅ 2020 CrowdStrike Global Threat Report MESSAGETAP More_eggs 8.t Dropper Anchor BabyShark BadNews Clop Cobalt Strike CobInt Cobra Carbon System Cutwail DanaBot Dharma DoppelDridex DoppelPaymer Dridex Emotet FlawedAmmyy FriedEx Gandcrab Get2 IcedID ISFB KerrDown LightNeuron LockerGoga Maze MECHANICAL Necurs Nokki Outlook Backdoor Phobos Predator The Thief QakBot REvil RobinHood Ryuk SDBbot Skipper SmokeLoader TerraRecon TerraStealer TerraTV TinyLoader TrickBot Vidar Winnti ANTHROPOID SPIDER APT23 APT31 APT39 APT40 BlackTech BuhTrap Charming Kitten CLOCKWORK SPIDER DOPPEL SPIDER FIN7 Gamaredon Group GOBLIN PANDA MONTY SPIDER MUSTANG PANDA NARWHAL SPIDER NOCTURNAL SPIDER PINCHY SPIDER SALTY SPIDER SCULLY SPIDER SMOKY SPIDER Thrip VENOM SPIDER VICEROY TIGER |
| 2020-03-03 ⋅ Bleeping Computer ⋅ Ransomware Attackers Use Your Cloud Backups Against You DoppelPaymer Maze |
| 2020-02-20 ⋅ McAfee ⋅ CSI: Evidence Indicators for Targeted Ransomware Attacks – Part II Cobalt Strike LockerGoga Maze MegaCortex |
| 2020-01-30 ⋅ ZATAZ ⋅ Cyber attaque Ă l’encontre des serveurs de Bouygues Construction Maze |
| 2020-01-29 ⋅ ANSSI ⋅ État de la menace rançongiciel Clop Dharma FriedEx Gandcrab LockerGoga Maze MegaCortex REvil RobinHood Ryuk SamSam |
| 2020-01-22 ⋅ Deloitte ⋅ Project Lurus Maze |
| 2020 ⋅ Secureworks ⋅ GOLD VILLAGE Maze |
| 2020 ⋅ Blackberry ⋅ State of Ransomware Maze MedusaLocker Nefilim Phobos REvil Ryuk STOP |
| 2019-12-24 ⋅ Bleeping Computer ⋅ Maze Ransomware Releases Files Stolen from City of Pensacola Maze |
| 2019-12-18 ⋅ Github (albertzsigovits) ⋅ Maze ransomware Maze |
| 2019-12-17 ⋅ Cisco ⋅ Incident Response lessons from recent Maze ransomware attacks Maze |
| 2019-12-16 ⋅ KrebsOnSecurity ⋅ Ransomware Gangs Now Outing Victim Businesses That Don’t Pay Up Maze |
| 2019-12-11 ⋅ Bleeping Computer ⋅ Maze Ransomware Behind Pensacola Cyberattack, $1M Ransom Demand Maze |
| 2019-11-21 ⋅ Bleeping Computer ⋅ Allied Universal Breached by Maze Ransomware, Stolen Data Leaked Maze |
| 2019-11-14 ⋅ Proofpoint ⋅ TA2101 plays government imposter to distribute malware to German, Italian, and US organizations Maze TA2101 |
| 2019-11-08 ⋅ Twitter (@certbund) ⋅ Tweet on Spam Mails containing MAZE Maze |
| 2019-10-18 ⋅ Bleeping Computer ⋅ Maze Ransomware Now Delivered by Spelevo Exploit Kit Maze |
| 2019-05-13 ⋅ ChaCha Ransomware Maze |
| 2019 ⋅ CrowdStrike ⋅ Twisted Spider Maze TA2101 |