Avaddon
MITRE ATT&CK: S0640 View on attack.mitre.org
Aliases: Avaddon
- First seen
- 2020-06-01 00:00:00
- Malware type
- ransomware
- Family
- Malware family
- Operating systems
- windows
- Related IoCs
- 18 (15 malicious)
- Last IoC activity
- 2026-10-17 14:33:40
- Profile updated
- 2026-07-07 12:58:07
Targeted industries: financial-services healthcare-and-pharmaceutical professional-services retail-and-hospitality technology-and-telecommunications
Context
Avaddon is ransomware written in C++ that has been offered as Ransomware-as-a-Service (RaaS) since at least June 2020.
Recent IoC activity
15 malicious indicators in Maltiverse are attributed to Avaddon (S0640). The 15 most recently updated:
Detection coverage
- 2 YARA rules
- 596 Sigma rules
Malware & tools used
- System Language Discovery (attack-pattern)
- Deobfuscate/Decode Files or Information (attack-pattern)
- Service Stop (attack-pattern)
- JavaScript (attack-pattern)
- File and Directory Discovery (attack-pattern)
- Disable or Modify Tools (attack-pattern)
- Native API (attack-pattern)
- Process Discovery (attack-pattern)
- Inhibit System Recovery (attack-pattern)
- Bypass User Account Control (attack-pattern)
- Network Share Discovery (attack-pattern)
- Windows Management Instrumentation (attack-pattern)
- Data Encrypted for Impact (attack-pattern)
- Modify Registry (attack-pattern)
- Obfuscated Files or Information (attack-pattern)
- Registry Run Keys / Startup Folder (attack-pattern)
- System Network Configuration Discovery (attack-pattern)
Detection rules
- MALPEDIA_Win_Avaddon_Auto (yara-rule)
- DITEKSHEN_MALWARE_Win_Avaddon (yara-rule)
Reports & references
- CrowdStrike — Report2021Gtr (report)
- zdnet.com — The Malware That Usually Installs Ransomware And You Need To Remove Right Away (report)
- medium.com — W4 Jan En Story Of The Week Ransomware On The Darkweb 7595544363B1 (report)
- Mandiant — Chasing Avaddon Ransomware (report)
- Broadcom/Symantec — The Ransomware Threat September 2021 (report)
- therecord.media — Darkside Ransomware Gang Says It Lost Control Of Its Servers Money A Day After Biden Threat (report)
- news.sophos.com — The Ransomware Threat Intelligence Center (report)
- public.intel471.com — Ransomware As A Service 2020 Ryuk Maze Revil Egregor Doppelpaymer (report)
- vulnerability.ch — Ransomware And Date Leak Site Publication Time Analysis (report)
- coveware.com — Ransomware Attack Vectors Shift As New Software Vulnerability Exploits Abound (report)
- cronup.com — De Ataque Con Malware A Incidente De Ransomware (report)
- docs.google.com — 1Mi8Z2Tbhmqq5X8Wf Ozv3Dvjz5Sjos 3 (report)
- ke-la.com — How Ransomware Gangs Find New Monetization Schemes And Evolve In Marketing (report)
- cyborgsecurity.com — Hunting Ransomware Inhibiting System Backup Or Recovery (report)
- hornetsecurity.com — Leakware Ransomware Hybrid Attacks (report)
- pwc.co.uk — What Is Behind Ransomware Attacks Increase (report)
- splunk.com — Gone In 52 Seconds And 42 Minutes A Comparative Analysis Of Ransomware Encryption Speed (report)
- splunk.com — An Empirically Comparative Analysis Of Ransomware Binaries (report)
- CrowdStrike — Big Game Hunting On The Rise Again According To Ecrime Index (report)
- CrowdStrike — How Big Game Hunting Ttps Shifted After Darkside Pipeline Attack (report)
- heimdalsecurity.com — Avaddon Ransomware (report)
- atos.net — Avaddon Ransomware Analysis (report)
- acronis.com — Avaddon Ransomware (report)
- cyber.gov.au — 2021 003%20Ongoing%20Campaign%20Using%20Avaddon%20Ransomware%20 %2020210508 (report)
- arxiv.org — 2102.04796 (report)