forbiks
Aliases: Forbix
- First seen
- 2021-05-15 00:00:00
- Malware type
- ransomware, trojan
- Family
- Malware family
- Related IoCs
- 1 (1 malicious)
- Last IoC activity
- 2026-10-13 21:49:05
- Profile updated
- 2026-07-07 14:41:15
Targeted industries: financial-services technology-and-telecommunications
Targeted regions: country_code:us country_code:gb country_code:ca
Context
Forbiks, also known as Forbix, is a ransomware family that targets financial and technology sectors primarily in the US, UK, and Canada. It encrypts victims' data and demands a ransom for decryption, making financial gain its main objective.
Reports & references
- Broadcom/Symantec — Earthlink Writeup.Jsp (report)
- persianov.net — Windows Worms Forbix Worm Analysis (report)
- malpedia.caad.fkie.fraunhofer.de — Vbs.Forbiks (report)