4 malware families

Wazawaka

Also known asWazawaka

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MITRE ATT&CK

Tradecraft

10 distinct techniques observed across reporting, grouped by tactic. Hover any cell for the evidence excerpt; click through for MITRE's full description.

9 of 15 tactics16 techniques×N= number of intelligence reports citing this technique

MITRE ATT&CK

TA0042

Resource Development

2 techniques

T1583

Acquire Infrastructure

T1586

Compromise Accounts

TA0001

Initial Access

3 techniques

T1078

Valid Accounts

T1190

Exploit Public-Facing Application

T1566

Phishing

TA0003

Persistence

1 technique

T1078

Valid Accounts

TA0004

Privilege Escalation

1 technique

T1078

Valid Accounts

TA0005

Stealth

1 technique

T1078

Valid Accounts

TA0006

Credential Access

1 technique

T1056

Input Capture

T1056.001

Keylogging

TA0009

Collection

1 technique

T1056

Input Capture

T1056.001

Keylogging

TA0010

Exfiltration

1 technique

T1041

Exfiltration Over C2 Channel

TA0040

Impact

3 techniques

T1486

Data Encrypted for Impact

T1498

Network Denial of Service

T1657

Financial Theft

ARSENAL

Associated malware families

4 malware families attributed to this actor across reporting.

FamilyContextEvidenceLast seen

DarksideWazawaka also said he’d teamed up with DarkSide, the ransomware affiliate group responsible for the six-day outage at Colonial Pipeline last year that caused nationwide fuel shortages and price spikes.2May 26, 2026

LockBitAccording to their posts on Exploit, Wazawaka has worked with at least two different ransomware affiliate programs, including LockBit. Wazawaka said LockBit had paid him roughly $500,000 in commissions for the six months leading up to September 2020.2May 26, 2026

BabukOn Dec. 31, 2020, they announced the creation of the Babuk ransomware affiliate program... On January 1, 2021, a new user “Babuk” registered on the crime forum Verified... “We run an affiliate program,” Babuk explained in their introductory post on Verified.1May 26, 2026

NetwalkerIn a January 2021 thread on Exploit regarding the arrest of an affiliate for the NetWalker ransomware program and its subsequent demise, Wazawaka seems already resigned those limitations.1May 26, 2026

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Tradecraft mapping10

Every observed MITRE ATT&CK technique, grouped by tactic.

Malware arsenal4

Families this actor is known to deploy, with IOCs and behavior.

Exploited CVEs

CVEs this actor has used in known campaigns.

Detection signatures

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Observables

Domains, IPs, and hashes tied to this actor, refreshed continuously.