Evil Ant

Malware type
ransomware
Profile updated
2026-07-07 14:40:07

Targeted industries: financial-services healthcare-and-pharmaceutical technology-and-telecommunications

Context

Evil Ant is a type of ransomware written in Python. It is known for encrypting files and demanding a ransom for the decryption key.

Reports & references

  • malpedia.caad.fkie.fraunhofer.de — Py.Evil Ant (report)
  • labs.k7computing.com — Python Ciphering Delving Into Evil Ants Ransomwares Tactics (report)

External references