Malicious Mamona Ransomware Note and Encrypted File Extension

PremiumReviewedSigma · High · v1
Product
windows
Category
file_event
Author
HuntRule
Published
2026-07-28
Updated
2026-08-28

ATT&CK techniques

Impact
  1. Recon

  2. Resource Dev

  3. Initial Access

  4. Execution

  5. Persistence

  6. Priv Esc

  7. Defense Evasion

  8. Cred Access

  9. Discovery

  10. Lateral Movement

  11. Collection

  12. C2

  13. Exfiltration

What it detects

This rule detects creation of the Mamona ransomware note README.HAes.txt or files bearing the .HAes encrypted extension. These artifacts are written recursively across directories once Mamona completes its offline encryption.

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