MITRE ATT&CKgroup
G1050 Water Galura
- 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
References
- https://news.sophos.com/en-us/2025/04/01/sophos-mdr-tracks-ongoing-campaign-by-qilin-affiliates-targeting-screenconnect/ Sophos Qilin MSP APR 2025
- https://blog.bushidotoken.net/2024/06/tracking-adversaries-qilin-raas.html BushidoToken Qilin RaaS JUN 2024