KillAV
Aliases: BURNTCIGAR
- First seen
- 2014-08-25 00:00:00
- Malware type
- wiper
- Family
- Malware family
- Last IoC activity
- 2026-07-22 01:55:25
- Profile updated
- 2026-07-07 13:49:14
Targeted industries: government-and-public-sector financial-services
Context
KillAV, also known as BURNTCIGAR, is a malware family designed to disable antivirus programs on infected systems. It has wiper functionality and has primarily targeted entities in the public and financial sectors.
Detection coverage
- 2 YARA rules
Detection rules
- DITEKSHEN_INDICATOR_TOOL_BURTNCIGAR (yara-rule)
- MALPEDIA_Win_Killav_Auto (yara-rule)
Reports & references
- aon.com — Yours Truly Signed Av Driver Weaponizing An Antivirus Driver (report)
- Mandiant — Unc2596 Cuba Ransomware (report)
- quorumcyber.com — Scattered Spider Threat Actor Profile (report)
- malpedia.caad.fkie.fraunhofer.de — Win.Killav (report)
- cyber.aon.com — Yours Truly Signed Av Driver Weaponizing An Antivirus Driver (report)
- news.sophos.com — Signed Driver Malware Moves Up The Software Trust Chain (report)