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Water Galura - G1050 (be8847e0-9512-45db-895e-f871ab6d3820)

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.(Citation: BushidoToken Qilin RaaS JUN 2024)(Citation: Sophos Qilin MSP APR 2025)

Cluster A Galaxy A Cluster B Galaxy B Level
Water Galura - G1050 (be8847e0-9512-45db-895e-f871ab6d3820) Intrusion Set Data Encrypted for Impact - T1486 (b80d107d-fa0d-4b60-9684-b0433e8bdba0) Attack Pattern 1
Financial Theft - T1657 (851e071f-208d-4c79-adc6-5974c85c78f3) Attack Pattern Water Galura - G1050 (be8847e0-9512-45db-895e-f871ab6d3820) Intrusion Set 1
Water Galura - G1050 (be8847e0-9512-45db-895e-f871ab6d3820) Intrusion Set Qilin - S1242 (e23d2777-b85d-44fc-861e-9149d399fbb9) Malware 1
Social Media Accounts - T1585.001 (b1ccd744-3f78-4a0e-9bb2-2002057f7928) Attack Pattern Water Galura - G1050 (be8847e0-9512-45db-895e-f871ab6d3820) Intrusion Set 1
Water Galura - G1050 (be8847e0-9512-45db-895e-f871ab6d3820) Intrusion Set Tor - S0183 (ed7d0cb1-87a6-43b4-9f46-ef1bc56d6c68) mitre-tool 1
System Shutdown/Reboot - T1529 (ff73aa03-0090-4464-83ac-f89e233c02bc) Attack Pattern Qilin - S1242 (e23d2777-b85d-44fc-861e-9149d399fbb9) Malware 2
Native API - T1106 (391d824f-0ef1-47a0-b0ee-c59a75e27670) Attack Pattern Qilin - S1242 (e23d2777-b85d-44fc-861e-9149d399fbb9) Malware 2
Mutual Exclusion - T1480.002 (49fca0d2-685d-41eb-8bd4-05451cc3a742) Attack Pattern Qilin - S1242 (e23d2777-b85d-44fc-861e-9149d399fbb9) Malware 2
Encrypted/Encoded File - T1027.013 (0d91b3c0-5e50-47c3-949a-2a796f04d144) Attack Pattern Qilin - S1242 (e23d2777-b85d-44fc-861e-9149d399fbb9) Malware 2
Clear Windows Event Logs - T1070.001 (6495ae23-3ab4-43c5-a94f-5638a2c31fd2) Attack Pattern Qilin - S1242 (e23d2777-b85d-44fc-861e-9149d399fbb9) Malware 2
Winlogon Helper DLL - T1547.004 (6836813e-8ec8-4375-b459-abb388cb1a35) Attack Pattern Qilin - S1242 (e23d2777-b85d-44fc-861e-9149d399fbb9) Malware 2
Qilin - S1242 (e23d2777-b85d-44fc-861e-9149d399fbb9) Malware Inhibit System Recovery - T1490 (f5d8eed6-48a9-4cdf-a3d7-d1ffa99c3d2a) Attack Pattern 2
System Service Discovery - T1007 (322bad5a-1c49-4d23-ab79-76d641794afa) Attack Pattern Qilin - S1242 (e23d2777-b85d-44fc-861e-9149d399fbb9) Malware 2
Qilin - S1242 (e23d2777-b85d-44fc-861e-9149d399fbb9) Malware LSASS Memory - T1003.001 (65f2d882-3f41-4d48-8a06-29af77ec9f90) Attack Pattern 2
Qilin - S1242 (e23d2777-b85d-44fc-861e-9149d399fbb9) Malware Service Stop - T1489 (20fb2507-d71c-455d-9b6d-6104461cf26b) Attack Pattern 2
Qilin - S1242 (e23d2777-b85d-44fc-861e-9149d399fbb9) Malware SMB/Windows Admin Shares - T1021.002 (4f9ca633-15c5-463c-9724-bdcd54fde541) Attack Pattern 2
Qilin - S1242 (e23d2777-b85d-44fc-861e-9149d399fbb9) Malware Registry Run Keys / Startup Folder - T1547.001 (9efb1ea7-c37b-4595-9640-b7680cd84279) Attack Pattern 2
Group Policy Modification - T1484.001 (5d2be8b9-d24c-4e98-83bf-2f5f79477163) Attack Pattern Qilin - S1242 (e23d2777-b85d-44fc-861e-9149d399fbb9) Malware 2
Scheduled Task - T1053.005 (005a06c6-14bf-4118-afa0-ebcd8aebb0c9) Attack Pattern Qilin - S1242 (e23d2777-b85d-44fc-861e-9149d399fbb9) Malware 2
Qilin - S1242 (e23d2777-b85d-44fc-861e-9149d399fbb9) Malware File Deletion - T1070.004 (d63a3fb8-9452-4e9d-a60a-54be68d5998c) Attack Pattern 2
System Network Configuration Discovery - T1016 (707399d6-ab3e-4963-9315-d9d3818cd6a0) Attack Pattern Qilin - S1242 (e23d2777-b85d-44fc-861e-9149d399fbb9) Malware 2
Local Storage Discovery - T1680 (f2514ae4-4e9b-4f26-a5ba-c4ae85fe93c3) Attack Pattern Qilin - S1242 (e23d2777-b85d-44fc-861e-9149d399fbb9) Malware 2
Qilin - S1242 (e23d2777-b85d-44fc-861e-9149d399fbb9) Malware Disable or Modify Tools - T1562.001 (ac08589e-ee59-4935-8667-d845e38fe579) Attack Pattern 2
Malicious Link - T1204.001 (ef67e13e-5598-4adc-bdb2-998225874fa9) Attack Pattern Qilin - S1242 (e23d2777-b85d-44fc-861e-9149d399fbb9) Malware 2
Qilin - S1242 (e23d2777-b85d-44fc-861e-9149d399fbb9) Malware Spearphishing Link - T1566.002 (2b742742-28c3-4e1b-bab7-8350d6300fa7) Attack Pattern 2
Qilin - S1242 (e23d2777-b85d-44fc-861e-9149d399fbb9) Malware Data Encrypted for Impact - T1486 (b80d107d-fa0d-4b60-9684-b0433e8bdba0) Attack Pattern 2
Remote System Discovery - T1018 (e358d692-23c0-4a31-9eb6-ecc13a8d7735) Attack Pattern Qilin - S1242 (e23d2777-b85d-44fc-861e-9149d399fbb9) Malware 2
File and Directory Discovery - T1083 (7bc57495-ea59-4380-be31-a64af124ef18) Attack Pattern Qilin - S1242 (e23d2777-b85d-44fc-861e-9149d399fbb9) Malware 2
Virtual Machine Discovery - T1673 (6bc7f9aa-b91f-4b23-84b8-5e756eba68eb) Attack Pattern Qilin - S1242 (e23d2777-b85d-44fc-861e-9149d399fbb9) Malware 2
Qilin - S1242 (e23d2777-b85d-44fc-861e-9149d399fbb9) Malware Safe Mode Boot - T1562.009 (28170e17-8384-415c-8486-2e6b294cb803) Attack Pattern 2
Qilin - S1242 (e23d2777-b85d-44fc-861e-9149d399fbb9) Malware Bypass User Account Control - T1548.002 (120d5519-3098-4e1c-9191-2aa61232f073) Attack Pattern 2
Qilin - S1242 (e23d2777-b85d-44fc-861e-9149d399fbb9) Malware Execution Guardrails - T1480 (853c4192-4311-43e1-bfbb-b11b14911852) Attack Pattern 2
Query Registry - T1012 (c32f7008-9fea-41f7-8366-5eb9b74bd896) Attack Pattern Qilin - S1242 (e23d2777-b85d-44fc-861e-9149d399fbb9) Malware 2
Qilin - S1242 (e23d2777-b85d-44fc-861e-9149d399fbb9) Malware Local Account - T1087.001 (25659dd6-ea12-45c4-97e6-381e3e4b593e) Attack Pattern 2
Spearphishing Attachment - T1566.001 (2e34237d-8574-43f6-aace-ae2915de8597) Attack Pattern Qilin - S1242 (e23d2777-b85d-44fc-861e-9149d399fbb9) Malware 2
Malicious File - T1204.002 (232b7f21-adf9-4b42-b936-b9d6f7df856e) Attack Pattern Qilin - S1242 (e23d2777-b85d-44fc-861e-9149d399fbb9) Malware 2
Internal Defacement - T1491.001 (8c41090b-aa47-4331-986b-8c9a51a91103) Attack Pattern Qilin - S1242 (e23d2777-b85d-44fc-861e-9149d399fbb9) Malware 2
Process Discovery - T1057 (8f4a33ec-8b1f-4b80-a2f6-642b2e479580) Attack Pattern Qilin - S1242 (e23d2777-b85d-44fc-861e-9149d399fbb9) Malware 2
Access Token Manipulation - T1134 (dcaa092b-7de9-4a21-977f-7fcb77e89c48) Attack Pattern Qilin - S1242 (e23d2777-b85d-44fc-861e-9149d399fbb9) Malware 2
Network Share Discovery - T1135 (3489cfc5-640f-4bb3-a103-9137b97de79f) Attack Pattern Qilin - S1242 (e23d2777-b85d-44fc-861e-9149d399fbb9) Malware 2
PowerShell - T1059.001 (970a3432-3237-47ad-bcca-7d8cbb217736) Attack Pattern Qilin - S1242 (e23d2777-b85d-44fc-861e-9149d399fbb9) Malware 2
Dynamic-link Library Injection - T1055.001 (f4599aa0-4f85-4a32-80ea-fc39dc965945) Attack Pattern Qilin - S1242 (e23d2777-b85d-44fc-861e-9149d399fbb9) Malware 2
Qilin - S1242 (e23d2777-b85d-44fc-861e-9149d399fbb9) Malware Exploit Public-Facing Application - T1190 (3f886f2a-874f-4333-b794-aa6075009b1c) Attack Pattern 2
File and Directory Permissions Modification - T1222 (65917ae0-b854-4139-83fe-bf2441cf0196) Attack Pattern Qilin - S1242 (e23d2777-b85d-44fc-861e-9149d399fbb9) Malware 2
Qilin - S1242 (e23d2777-b85d-44fc-861e-9149d399fbb9) Malware Modify Registry - T1112 (57340c81-c025-4189-8fa0-fc7ede51bae4) Attack Pattern 2
Social Media Accounts - T1585.001 (b1ccd744-3f78-4a0e-9bb2-2002057f7928) Attack Pattern Establish Accounts - T1585 (cdfc5f0a-9bb9-4352-b896-553cfa2d8fd8) Attack Pattern 2
Asymmetric Cryptography - T1573.002 (bf176076-b789-408e-8cba-7275e81c0ada) Attack Pattern Tor - S0183 (ed7d0cb1-87a6-43b4-9f46-ef1bc56d6c68) mitre-tool 2
Multi-hop Proxy - T1090.003 (a782ebe2-daba-42c7-bc82-e8e9d923162d) Attack Pattern Tor - S0183 (ed7d0cb1-87a6-43b4-9f46-ef1bc56d6c68) mitre-tool 2
Mutual Exclusion - T1480.002 (49fca0d2-685d-41eb-8bd4-05451cc3a742) Attack Pattern Execution Guardrails - T1480 (853c4192-4311-43e1-bfbb-b11b14911852) Attack Pattern 3
Obfuscated Files or Information - T1027 (b3d682b6-98f2-4fb0-aa3b-b4df007ca70a) Attack Pattern Encrypted/Encoded File - T1027.013 (0d91b3c0-5e50-47c3-949a-2a796f04d144) Attack Pattern 3
Clear Windows Event Logs - T1070.001 (6495ae23-3ab4-43c5-a94f-5638a2c31fd2) Attack Pattern Indicator Removal - T1070 (799ace7f-e227-4411-baa0-8868704f2a69) Attack Pattern 3
Winlogon Helper DLL - T1547.004 (6836813e-8ec8-4375-b459-abb388cb1a35) Attack Pattern Boot or Logon Autostart Execution - T1547 (1ecb2399-e8ba-4f6b-8ba7-5c27d49405cf) Attack Pattern 3
OS Credential Dumping - T1003 (0a3ead4e-6d47-4ccb-854c-a6a4f9d96b22) Attack Pattern LSASS Memory - T1003.001 (65f2d882-3f41-4d48-8a06-29af77ec9f90) Attack Pattern 3
Remote Services - T1021 (54a649ff-439a-41a4-9856-8d144a2551ba) Attack Pattern SMB/Windows Admin Shares - T1021.002 (4f9ca633-15c5-463c-9724-bdcd54fde541) Attack Pattern 3
Boot or Logon Autostart Execution - T1547 (1ecb2399-e8ba-4f6b-8ba7-5c27d49405cf) Attack Pattern Registry Run Keys / Startup Folder - T1547.001 (9efb1ea7-c37b-4595-9640-b7680cd84279) Attack Pattern 3
Domain or Tenant Policy Modification - T1484 (ebb42bbe-62d7-47d7-a55f-3b08b61d792d) Attack Pattern Group Policy Modification - T1484.001 (5d2be8b9-d24c-4e98-83bf-2f5f79477163) Attack Pattern 3
Scheduled Task - T1053.005 (005a06c6-14bf-4118-afa0-ebcd8aebb0c9) Attack Pattern Scheduled Task/Job - T1053 (35dd844a-b219-4e2b-a6bb-efa9a75995a9) Attack Pattern 3
Indicator Removal - T1070 (799ace7f-e227-4411-baa0-8868704f2a69) Attack Pattern File Deletion - T1070.004 (d63a3fb8-9452-4e9d-a60a-54be68d5998c) Attack Pattern 3
Impair Defenses - T1562 (3d333250-30e4-4a82-9edc-756c68afc529) Attack Pattern Disable or Modify Tools - T1562.001 (ac08589e-ee59-4935-8667-d845e38fe579) Attack Pattern 3
User Execution - T1204 (8c32eb4d-805f-4fc5-bf60-c4d476c131b5) Attack Pattern Malicious Link - T1204.001 (ef67e13e-5598-4adc-bdb2-998225874fa9) Attack Pattern 3
Phishing - T1566 (a62a8db3-f23a-4d8f-afd6-9dbc77e7813b) Attack Pattern Spearphishing Link - T1566.002 (2b742742-28c3-4e1b-bab7-8350d6300fa7) Attack Pattern 3
Impair Defenses - T1562 (3d333250-30e4-4a82-9edc-756c68afc529) Attack Pattern Safe Mode Boot - T1562.009 (28170e17-8384-415c-8486-2e6b294cb803) Attack Pattern 3
Bypass User Account Control - T1548.002 (120d5519-3098-4e1c-9191-2aa61232f073) Attack Pattern Abuse Elevation Control Mechanism - T1548 (67720091-eee3-4d2d-ae16-8264567f6f5b) Attack Pattern 3
Account Discovery - T1087 (72b74d71-8169-42aa-92e0-e7b04b9f5a08) Attack Pattern Local Account - T1087.001 (25659dd6-ea12-45c4-97e6-381e3e4b593e) Attack Pattern 3
Spearphishing Attachment - T1566.001 (2e34237d-8574-43f6-aace-ae2915de8597) Attack Pattern Phishing - T1566 (a62a8db3-f23a-4d8f-afd6-9dbc77e7813b) Attack Pattern 3
Malicious File - T1204.002 (232b7f21-adf9-4b42-b936-b9d6f7df856e) Attack Pattern User Execution - T1204 (8c32eb4d-805f-4fc5-bf60-c4d476c131b5) Attack Pattern 3
Internal Defacement - T1491.001 (8c41090b-aa47-4331-986b-8c9a51a91103) Attack Pattern Defacement - T1491 (5909f20f-3c39-4795-be06-ef1ea40d350b) Attack Pattern 3
PowerShell - T1059.001 (970a3432-3237-47ad-bcca-7d8cbb217736) Attack Pattern Command and Scripting Interpreter - T1059 (7385dfaf-6886-4229-9ecd-6fd678040830) Attack Pattern 3
Process Injection - T1055 (43e7dc91-05b2-474c-b9ac-2ed4fe101f4d) Attack Pattern Dynamic-link Library Injection - T1055.001 (f4599aa0-4f85-4a32-80ea-fc39dc965945) Attack Pattern 3
Asymmetric Cryptography - T1573.002 (bf176076-b789-408e-8cba-7275e81c0ada) Attack Pattern Encrypted Channel - T1573 (b8902400-e6c5-4ba2-95aa-2d35b442b118) Attack Pattern 3
Multi-hop Proxy - T1090.003 (a782ebe2-daba-42c7-bc82-e8e9d923162d) Attack Pattern Proxy - T1090 (731f4f55-b6d0-41d1-a7a9-072a66389aea) Attack Pattern 3