Royal Ransom (ELF)
Aliases: Royal, Royal_unix
- First seen
- 2022-09-01 00:00:00
- Malware type
- ransomware
- Family
- Malware family
- Last IoC activity
- 2026-07-12 11:52:00
- Profile updated
- 2026-07-07 14:22:23
Targeted industries: government-and-public-sector financial-services healthcare-and-pharmaceutical
Context
According to Trendmicro, Royal ransomware was first observed in September 2022, and the threat actors behind it are believed to be seasoned cybercriminals who used to be part of Conti Team One.
Detection coverage
- 3 YARA rules
Detection rules
- MALPEDIA_Win_Royal_Ransom_Auto (yara-rule)
- MALPEDIA_Win_Royal_Dns_Auto (yara-rule)
- SIGNATURE_BASE_MAL_EXE_Royalransomware (yara-rule)
Reports & references
- Cisco Talos — Talos Ir Q2 2023 Quarterly Recap (report)
- blog.sekoia.io — Exposing Fakebat Loader Distribution Methods And Adversary Infrastructure (report)
- bleepingcomputer.com — Law Enforcement Seizes Blacksuit Ransomware Leak Sites (report)
- redsense.com — Royal Blacksuit How Ransomware Rebrand Reshaped Them (report)
- malpedia.caad.fkie.fraunhofer.de — Elf.Royal Ransom (report)
- Palo Alto Unit 42 — Royal Ransomware (report)
- Trend Micro — Royal Ransomware Expands Attacks By Targeting Linux Esxi Servers (report)