Urausy
- First seen
- 2012-12-01 00:00:00
- Malware type
- ransomware
- Family
- Malware family
- Profile updated
- 2026-07-07 14:34:14
Targeted industries: retail-and-hospitality financial-services government-and-public-sector
Targeted regions: country_code:us country_code:fr country_code:es
Context
Urausy is a ransomware family known for locking victim's screens and displaying fake law enforcement messages demanding payment. It has mainly targeted users in various countries through social engineering tactics.
Detection coverage
- 1 YARA rules
Detection rules
- MALPEDIA_Win_Urausy_Auto (yara-rule)
Reports & references
- malware.dontneedcoffee.com — Eyeglanceru (report)
- malpedia.caad.fkie.fraunhofer.de — Win.Urausy (report)