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Chimera

ATP Sandbox Adv. HeuristicsAV

Chimera is a ransomware that encrypts files on infected systems and appends a .crypt extension to each encrypted file. It spreads through fake job applications, business offers, and infected email attachments.

First seen
August 2023
Last seen
October 2026
Alert Name
ByteCode-MSIL.Ransomware.Chimera
Gen:Variant.Ransom.Chimera.6
Win32.Ransomware.Chimera