Zawoo
Zawoo is a ransomware group with a financial motive, tracked by Brandefense. It targets 12 sectors, including Technology and Manufacturing, in 10 countries, including the United States and France. It uses 6 MITRE ATT&CK techniques.
- Zawoo Team
- Techniques
- 6
- Exploited CVEs
- No CVE data
- First seen
- Aug 29, 2026
- Last seen
- Aug 31, 2026
- Record updated
Who They Target.
About Zawoo.
ZaWoo Team is an emerging, financially motivated ransomware and data-extortion group reported as active by early August 2026. In a directly investigated intrusion, operators used valid VPN credentials, performed credential access and lateral movement, collected and archived data, impaired defensive tooling, and encrypted systems. Public malware analysis and incident-response reporting also associate the operation with the ZAWOOO ransomware family and with victim-specific Session and OnionMail negotiation channels. The group launched a data leak site on 30 August 2026 and initially published numerous victim claims concentrated in the DACH region. Leak-site listings are actor-reported claims and should not be treated as independently confirmed compromises unless corroborated by separate evidence.
Last updated Sep 29, 2026. Compiled by Brandefense technologies from structured threat intelligence and reviewed by Brandefense analysts. Techniques follow the MITRE ATT&CK framework.