Description
Scarab is a ransomware family that spread in 2017 through phishing emails and later through the Necurs botnet. It encrypted files with a strong algorithm and demanded payment, and leaked builder code later let other cyberattackers produce many modified variants.
Stats
- First seen
- May 2023
- Last seen
- October 2026
Alert name variants
| Alert Name |
|---|
| Document-HTML.Trojan.Scarab |
| Gen:Variant.Ransom.Scarab.3 |
| Gen:Variant.Ransom.Scarab.43 |
| Trojan.Ransom.Scarab.A |
| Win32.Ransomware.Scarab |