Ragnar Locker

MITRE ATT&CK: S0481 View on attack.mitre.org

Aliases: RagnarLocker, Ragnar Locker

First seen
2019-12-01 00:00:00
Malware type
ransomware
Family
Malware family
Operating systems
windows
Related IoCs
12 (11 malicious)
Last IoC activity
2026-08-12 13:18:40
Profile updated
2026-07-07 15:43:32

Targeted industries: energy-and-utilities government-and-public-sector manufacturing transportation-and-logistics

Targeted regions: country_code:us country_code:gb country_code:fr country_code:de

Context

Ragnar Locker is a ransomware that has been in use since at least December 2019.

Recent IoC activity

11 malicious indicators in Maltiverse are attributed to Ragnar Locker (S0481). The 11 most recently updated:

TypeIndicatorUpdatedSources
file sample bf4fb693e09c987a63a32ea809b2e928a0f0761339cadcb53ed909e7692e3242 2026-08-12 1
IP address 121.148.236.5 2026-08-10 6
file sample f668f74d8808f5658153ff3e6aee8653b6324ada70a4aa2034dfa20d96875836 2026-07-06 1
file sample 1602d04000a8c7221ed0d97d79f3157303e209d4640d31b8566dd52c2b09d033.bin 2026-04-30 2
file sample e_win.exe 2026-04-13 1
file sample ragnar_locker_Omniga.de_ 2025-10-31 1
file sample sasas.bin 2025-10-30 3
file sample ragnar_locker_GST_AutoLeather 2025-10-24 1
file sample 9706a97ffa43a0258571def8912dc2b8bf1ee207676052ad1b9c16ca9953fc2c.exe 2025-08-31 2
URL http://121.148.236.5/log 2025-02-12 1
URL http://mykgoj7uvqtgl367.onion/log 2025-02-12 1

Detection coverage

  • 3 YARA rules
  • 368 Sigma rules

Malware & tools used

  • Data Encrypted for Impact (attack-pattern)
  • Inhibit System Recovery (attack-pattern)
  • Disable or Modify Tools (attack-pattern)
  • Service Execution (attack-pattern)
  • Windows Command Shell (attack-pattern)
  • Run Virtual Instance (attack-pattern)
  • Service Stop (attack-pattern)
  • System Location Discovery (attack-pattern)
  • Regsvr32 (attack-pattern)
  • Windows Service (attack-pattern)
  • Msiexec (attack-pattern)
  • Rundll32 (attack-pattern)
  • Peripheral Device Discovery (attack-pattern)

Used by threat actors

  • FIN8 (threat-actor)

Detection rules

  • TRELLIX_ARC_Netwalker (yara-rule)
  • SIGNATURE_BASE_MAL_Ransom_Ragnarlocker_July_2020_1 (yara-rule)
  • MALPEDIA_Win_Ragnarlocker_Auto (yara-rule)

Related threat objects

Reports & references

  • CrowdStrike — Double Trouble Ransomware Data Leak Extortion Part 1 (report)
  • analyst1.com — Ransom Mafia Analysis Of The World%E2%80%99S First Ransomware Cartel (report)
  • CrowdStrike — Report2021Gtr (report)
  • analyst1.com — Ransom Mafia Analysis Of The Worlds First Ransomware Cartel (report)
  • accenture.com — Moving Left Ransomware Boom (report)
  • docs.google.com — 1Mi8Z2Tbhmqq5X8Wf Ozv3Dvjz5Sjos 3 (report)
  • ics-cert.kaspersky.com — Kaspersky H1 2020 Ics Report En (report)
  • ke-la.com — How Ransomware Gangs Find New Monetization Schemes And Evolve In Marketing (report)
  • news.sophos.com — The Ransomware Threat Intelligence Center (report)
  • public.intel471.com — Ransomware As A Service 2020 Ryuk Maze Revil Egregor Doppelpaymer (report)
  • Broadcom/Symantec — The Ransomware Threat September 2021 (report)
  • accenture.com — Evolving Danger Ransomware Extortion (report)
  • cyborgsecurity.com — Hunting Ransomware Inhibiting System Backup Or Recovery (report)
  • hornetsecurity.com — Leakware Ransomware Hybrid Attacks (report)
  • Microsoft — Ransomware Groups Continue To Target Healthcare Critical Services Heres How To Reduce Risk (report)
  • intel471.com — Conti Ransomware Cooperation Maze Lockbit Ragnar Locker (report)
  • Kaspersky — 99255 (report)
  • Kaspersky — 106824 (report)
  • bleepingcomputer.com — Ragnar Locker Ransomware Targets Msp Enterprise Support Tools (report)
  • news.sophos.com — Ragnar Locker Ransomware Deploys Virtual Machine To Dodge Security (report)
  • cybersecurity-insiders.com — Ransomware Attack Makes Cwt Pay 4 5 Million In Bitcoins To Hackers (report)
  • bleepingcomputer.com — Ransomware Gang Threatens To Leak Data If Victim Contacts Fbi Police (report)
  • twitter.com — 1475568201673105409 (report)
  • trellix.com — Analysis And Protections For Ragnarlocker Ransomware (report)
  • reversing.fun — Unpacking Ragnarlocker Via Emulation (report)

External references