Megazord — Malware Profile
Megazord is a Rust-based variant of Akira ransomware that has been in use since at least August 2023 to target Windows environments. Megazord has been attributed to the Akira group based on overlapping infrastructure though is possibly not exclusive to the group.
MITRE ATT&CK techniques (6)
- T1057 Process Discovery
- T1059.003 Windows Command Shell
- T1083 File and Directory Discovery
- T1486 Data Encrypted for Impact
- T1489 Service Stop
- T1654 Log Enumeration
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