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Malekteam ransomware

3 victims listed on the Malekteam leak site across 1 countries. Most recent disclosure .

Victims
3
0% of all tracked
Countries
1
Most: Israel
Sectors
2
Most: Business Services
First seen
Jan 2024
In this database

ThreatAI analysis

Compiled from the ransomware.live profile for Malekteam and from this database. Figures and technique mappings are quoted from the source data, not inferred.

Who Malekteam is

Malek Team is an Iranian-linked threat actor that emerged on October 8, 2023 (the day after the Hamas attack on Israel), believed to be tied to Iranian military intelligence, primarily targeting Israeli organizations using data exfiltration and extortion, with notable attacks on Ziv Medical Center and Ono Academic College.

Recorded activity

Disclosures attributed to Malekteam in this database run from January 2024 to April 2024, totalling 3 victims — 0% of everything tracked here. Malekteam has listed victims in 1 countries in this database, most often Israel. The sectors appearing most in its listings are Business Services, Healthcare.

YARA detection rules

malekteam.yar 
/*
malekteam ransomware
*/

rule malekteam_Ransomnote
{
    meta:
        author = "ransomware.live"
        family = "ransomware.malekteam"
        description = "Detects malekteam ransomware ransom note or artifact"
        date = "2026-05-04"
        severity = 7
        score = 70

    strings:
        $name1 = "malekteam" ascii nocase
        $name2 = "MALEKTEAM" ascii
        $onion  = "malekteam.onion" ascii nocase

    condition:
        any of them
}

Community-contributed rules for Malekteam, reproduced as published. Test them against your own corpus before relying on them: rule quality and false-positive behaviour vary by author.

Threat actor analysis

Malekteam has disclosed 3 victims on its leak site, 0% of all ransomware listings tracked in this database. Its earliest disclosure here dates to January 2024.

The group has listed organisations in 1 countries, most often in Israel (3 victims).

By industry, its listings concentrate in Business Services, Healthcare — sectors that hold sensitive data or cannot tolerate long outages, both of which raise the pressure to pay.

Like most current ransomware operations, Malekteam is likely to use double extortion: data is stolen before files are encrypted, and organisations that refuse to pay are named on the leak site with the stolen data as leverage.

Generated from public leak-site disclosures aggregated via the ransomware.live API and updated automatically.

Malekteam victims 3

Organization Disclosed
Doctorim
ILIsrael
emalon.co.il
ILIsrael
Beit Handesai
ILIsrael

Frequently asked questions

What is Malekteam ransomware?

Malekteam is a ransomware threat group that has claimed 3 victims since its first known activity in January 2024. The group operates by infiltrating target networks, exfiltrating data, encrypting files, and threatening to publish stolen data on a dark web leak site if the ransom is not paid.

How many victims has Malekteam attacked?

Malekteam has claimed 3 victims in our database, representing 0% of all tracked ransomware attacks. The most targeted countries are Israel.

Which countries does Malekteam target?

Malekteam has attacked organizations in 1 countries. The top targeted countries are: Israel.

Which industries does Malekteam target?

Malekteam most frequently targets the Business Services, Healthcare sectors based on victim disclosures in our database.

Is Malekteam still active?

Malekteam's most recent victim disclosure in our database was on April 5, 2024. Ransomware groups frequently rebrand or go dormant; monitor this page and our ransomware map for the latest activity.