Mimic Ransomware
- First seen
- 2023-01-01 00:00:00
- Malware type
- ransomware
- Profile updated
- 2026-07-07 15:11:51
Targeted industries: financial-services healthcare-and-pharmaceutical technology-and-telecommunications
Targeted regions: country_code:us country_code:ru
Context
According to PCrisk, Mimic is a ransomware-type program. Malware within this classification is designed to encrypt data and demand ransoms for decryption. Evidence suggests that Mimic is based on the leaked CONTI ransomware builder. Mimic campaigns have been observed targeting English and Russian speaking users.
Reports & references
- malpedia.caad.fkie.fraunhofer.de — Win.Mimic (report)
- thedfirreport.com — Another Confluence Bites The Dust Falling To Elpaco Team Ransomware (report)
- securonix.com — Securonix Threat Research Security Advisory New Returgence Attack Campaign Turkish Hackers Target Mssql Servers To Deliver Domain Wide Mimic Ransomware (report)
- Trend Micro — New Mimic Ransomware Abuses Everything Apis For Its Encryption P (report)