Midas
Midas is a ransomware group with a financial motive, tracked by Brandefense. It targets the Diplomacy sector.
- Techniques
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- Exploited CVEs
- No CVE data
- First seen
- Oct 1, 2021
- Last seen
- Dec 31, 2022
- Record updated
Who They Target.
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About Midas.
This malware written in C# is a variant of the Thanos ransomware family and emerged in October 2021 and is obfuscated using SmartAssembly. In 2022, ThreatLabz analysed a report of Midas ransomware was slowly deployed over a two month period (ZScaler). This ransomware features also its own data leak site as part of its double extortion strategy.
Last updated Oct 1, 2026. Compiled by Brandefense technologies from structured threat intelligence and reviewed by Brandefense analysts. Techniques follow the MITRE ATT&CK framework.