Ransomware - Warlock

Warlock (Active)
Description

The Warlock ransomware and operator(s) are believed to be attributed to Storm-2603, a China-based threat actor who is also known to have deployed LockBit ransomware. There's also a crossover between victims with Black Basta. Both are RaaS and have a long list of known and unknown affiliates. Having said that, this is possibly an affiliate (likely a cybergroup) of both of those groups. The Alliance & Association would technically be Encryptor Sharing, but this is realistically more of an "Old Affiliate" that created their own ransomware encryptor and operation.

Research shows the group leveraged the ToolShell exploit chain.

This entry is under construction. However, we have included some details below.

Ransomware Type
Crypto-Ransomware
Data Broker
Country of Origin
China
First Seen
Threat Actors
Type
Actor
Cybergroup
Storm-2603
Alliances & Associations
Type
Alliance/Association
Encryptor Sharing
Black Basta
Encryptor Sharing
LockBit
Extortion Types
Data Auctions
Direct Extortion
Double Extortion
Free Data Leaks
Communication
Medio
Identificador
Tox
Tox
Tox
File Extension
<file name>.<file extension>.x2anylock
Ransom Note Name
How to decrypt my data.txt
Ransom Note Image
Samples (SHA-256)
da8de7257c6897d2220cdf9d4755b15aeb38715807e3665716d2ee761c266fdb
Industry Sector País Extortion Date Amount (USD)
Conglomerate Mauritius
Electronics Germany
Chemical Portugal
Professional Services Vietnam
Manufacturing Germany
Banking & Finance India
Conglomerate United States
Government Portugal
Government Croatia
Banking & Finance China
Food & Beverage Canada
Engineering Services United States
Unknown Unknown
Aerospace & Aviation Poland
Education United States
Unknown Unknown
Unknown Unknown
Architectural Services United States
Construction & Home Improvement United States
Unknown Unknown
Unknown Unknown
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