🕵️ Akira

The items that name it 17

• Unwrapping Retail Peak Season Cyber Threats
  articleas classification.key entities2026-10-28
• Up a Creek Without a Command Line: Mapping an Akira Ransomware Attack | Huntress
  writeupas threat actors2026-10-06It is written here as Akira (ransomware).

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• The First 24 Hours: What Happens When Ransomware Lands
  writeupas threat actors2026-10-02

  Ransomware operator/group; CISA advisory (updated November 2025 with FBI, Europol's EC3, and partners in France, Germany, and Netherlands) documents VPN access without MFA as a primary access vector, exfiltration completed in just over two hours from initial access in some incidents, claimed proceed

• SETTRA RANSOMWARE
  writeupas threat actors2026-09-14

  Mentioned as another ransomware group that adopted a mythological/game character name.

• VEEAM UNDER FIRE: Understanding CVE-2026–44963 & Ransomware Group Exploit Claims
  writeupas threat actors2026-08-20

  Ransomware group with a track record of rapidly weaponizing Veeam vulnerabilities, often combining them with stolen VPN credentials or other initial access methods.

• Akira Hits Safe Mode: Ransomware Rebooting Around EDR
  writeupas threat actors2026-08-12

  Prolific ransomware operation, most active group observed by Huntress in 2025; affiliates use a consistent playbook of exposed VPN access, domain controller pivot, AD enumeration, data staging/exfiltration, and rapid encryption. In this incident, an affiliate rebooted a compromised host into Safe Mo

• INC RANSOMWARE: THREAT INTELLIGENCE
  writeupas threat actors2026-07-24

  Referenced for comparison as another RaaS group generating ready-to-deploy samples via affiliates

• Every Ransomware Attack Has a Backstory
  articleas threat actors2026-07-15
• Plain Text Passwords: The Risks of Storing Them
  writeupas classification.key entities2026-07-06
• How the RaaS Business Model Actually Works
  articleas threat actors2026-07-01
• Akira, LimeWire, and the Sour Taste of Data Exfiltration
  writeupas threat actors2026-06-12

  Ransomware family/affiliate operation deployed against the victim organization; operates under a ransomware-as-a-service (RaaS) affiliate model

• Inside the RaaS Ecosystem: Operators, Affiliates & Attack Tradecraft | Huntress
  writeupas threat actors2026-05-20

  Deployed after threat actors targeted SonicWall VPNs in 2025

• Decoding NightSpire: Ransomware IOCs Aren't Set in Stone
  writeupas threat actors2026-04-07

  Ransomware variant distributed via a RaaS affiliate model; file encryptor widely known to launch a PowerShell command as a child process to delete available Volume Shadow Copies (VSCs); cited as example of news headlines attributing attacks to 'the group' despite affiliate variation

• Data Exfiltration and Threat Actor Infrastructure Exposed
  writeupas threat actors2026-03-12

  Ransomware variant/family noted as also using the RestartManager API to encrypt locked files, similar to activity observed in the RestartManager event proliferation

• The Evolving Linux Threat Landscape
  articleas threat actors2026-03-03

  Ransomware (Akira v2) designed to abuse VMware ESXi

• Cross-Platform Unity in EDR
  articleas threat actors2026-01-13

  Windows ransomware variant that significantly abuses SMB to perform remote ransomware, making detection harder; tracked by Huntress for the past couple of years

• Hardening the Hypervisor | Huntress
  articleas threat actors2025-12-08