HELLOKITTY
Essential information
- Confidence
- 100/100
- Is family
- Yes
- Published
- 03/06/2021 22:07
- Modified
- 27/03/2026 01:05
- Revoked
- No
- Author / Source
- The MITRE Corporation
- Related entities
- 33 attack patterns (mitre), 1 intrusion sets (apt), 9 sectors, 7 countries, 19 indicators, 2 vulnerabilities (cve)
Description
[HELLOKITTY](https://attack.mitre.org/software/S0617) is a ransomware written in C++ that shares similar code structure and functionality with [DEATHRANSOM](https://attack.mitre.org/software/S0616) and [FIVEHANDS](https://attack.mitre.org/software/S0618). [HELLOKITTY](https://attack.mitre.org/software/S0617) has been used since at least 2020, targets have included a Polish video game developer and a Brazilian electric power company.(Citation: FireEye FiveHands April 2021)
Marking (TLP)
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