ProLock
Essential information
- Confidence
- 100/100
- Is family
- Yes
- Published
- 30/09/2021 21:47
- Modified
- 27/03/2026 01:03
- Revoked
- No
- Author / Source
- The MITRE Corporation
- Related entities
- 7 attack patterns (mitre)
Description
[ProLock](https://attack.mitre.org/software/S0654) is a ransomware strain that has been used in Big Game Hunting (BGH) operations since at least 2020, often obtaining initial access with [QakBot](https://attack.mitre.org/software/S0650). [ProLock](https://attack.mitre.org/software/S0654) is the successor to PwndLocker ransomware which was found to contain a bug allowing decryption without ransom payment in 2019.(Citation: Group IB Ransomware September 2020)
Marking (TLP)
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