RansomwareFinancial
Beast
Beast is a ransomware group with a financial motive, tracked by Brandefense. It targets the Technology sector in 4 countries, including the United States and India.
Also known as
- GIGAKICK
- Techniques
- 0
- Exploited CVEs
- No CVE data
- First seen
- Jul 29, 2025
- Last seen
- Aug 25, 2026
- Record updated
Who They Target.
Sectors · 1
Countries · 4
About Beast.
Beast is a Ransomware-as-a-service (RaaS) product which provides functionality such as SMB scanning, file encryption, service and process starting and stopping, and geographic identification to avoid encryption in CIS countries.
Last updated Sep 22, 2026. Compiled by Brandefense technologies from structured threat intelligence and reviewed by Brandefense analysts. Techniques follow the MITRE ATT&CK framework.