MITRE ATT&CKgroup

G1050 Water Galura

Published 2025-09-29 Modified 2026-07-31 Official page ↗
Domain
enterprise
Aliases
GOLD FEATHER
Version
1.0
Created
2025-09-29

Description

Water Galura are the operators of the Qilin Ransomware-as-a-Service (RaaS) who handle payload generation, ransom negotiations, and the publication of stolen data for Qilin affilates recruited on Russian cybercrime forums. Water Galura have been active since at least 2022 and use a double extortion model where they demand payment for providing decryption keys and for refraining from publishing the stolen data to their leak site.

Related

Uses · MITRE ATT&CK (5)

  • S1242 Qilin software (malware)
  • T1657 Financial Theft technique
  • T1585.001 Social Media Accounts sub-technique
  • T1486 Data Encrypted for Impact technique
  • S0183 Tor software (tool)

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