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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
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
Data Encrypted for Impact - T1486 (b80d107d-fa0d-4b60-9684-b0433e8bdba0) 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
Water Galura - G1050 (be8847e0-9512-45db-895e-f871ab6d3820) Intrusion Set Financial Theft - T1657 (851e071f-208d-4c79-adc6-5974c85c78f3) Attack Pattern 1
Social Media Accounts - T1585.001 (b1ccd744-3f78-4a0e-9bb2-2002057f7928) Attack Pattern Establish Accounts - T1585 (cdfc5f0a-9bb9-4352-b896-553cfa2d8fd8) Attack Pattern 2
Multi-hop Proxy - T1090.003 (a782ebe2-daba-42c7-bc82-e8e9d923162d) Attack Pattern Tor - S0183 (ed7d0cb1-87a6-43b4-9f46-ef1bc56d6c68) mitre-tool 2
Asymmetric Cryptography - T1573.002 (bf176076-b789-408e-8cba-7275e81c0ada) Attack Pattern Tor - S0183 (ed7d0cb1-87a6-43b4-9f46-ef1bc56d6c68) mitre-tool 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 Local Storage Discovery - T1680 (f2514ae4-4e9b-4f26-a5ba-c4ae85fe93c3) Attack Pattern 2
Qilin - S1242 (e23d2777-b85d-44fc-861e-9149d399fbb9) Malware File Deletion - T1070.004 (d63a3fb8-9452-4e9d-a60a-54be68d5998c) Attack Pattern 2
Service Stop - T1489 (20fb2507-d71c-455d-9b6d-6104461cf26b) Attack Pattern Qilin - S1242 (e23d2777-b85d-44fc-861e-9149d399fbb9) Malware 2
Data Encrypted for Impact - T1486 (b80d107d-fa0d-4b60-9684-b0433e8bdba0) Attack Pattern Qilin - S1242 (e23d2777-b85d-44fc-861e-9149d399fbb9) Malware 2
Qilin - S1242 (e23d2777-b85d-44fc-861e-9149d399fbb9) Malware File and Directory Discovery - T1083 (7bc57495-ea59-4380-be31-a64af124ef18) Attack Pattern 2
Qilin - S1242 (e23d2777-b85d-44fc-861e-9149d399fbb9) Malware File Transfer Protocols - T1071.002 (9a60a291-8960-4387-8a4a-2ab5c18bb50b) Attack Pattern 2
Remote System Discovery - T1018 (e358d692-23c0-4a31-9eb6-ecc13a8d7735) Attack Pattern Qilin - S1242 (e23d2777-b85d-44fc-861e-9149d399fbb9) Malware 2
Qilin - S1242 (e23d2777-b85d-44fc-861e-9149d399fbb9) Malware Bypass User Account Control - T1548.002 (120d5519-3098-4e1c-9191-2aa61232f073) 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 Disable or Modify Tools - T1685 (bbde9781-60aa-4b8a-a911-895b0c1b3872) Attack Pattern 2
Spearphishing Link - T1566.002 (2b742742-28c3-4e1b-bab7-8350d6300fa7) Attack Pattern Qilin - S1242 (e23d2777-b85d-44fc-861e-9149d399fbb9) Malware 2
Qilin - S1242 (e23d2777-b85d-44fc-861e-9149d399fbb9) Malware Virtual Machine Discovery - T1673 (6bc7f9aa-b91f-4b23-84b8-5e756eba68eb) Attack Pattern 2
Qilin - S1242 (e23d2777-b85d-44fc-861e-9149d399fbb9) Malware File and Directory Permissions Modification - T1222 (65917ae0-b854-4139-83fe-bf2441cf0196) Attack Pattern 2
Delay Execution - T1678 (a1df809c-7d0e-459f-8fe5-25474bab770b) Attack Pattern Qilin - S1242 (e23d2777-b85d-44fc-861e-9149d399fbb9) Malware 2
System Information Discovery - T1082 (354a7f88-63fb-41b5-a801-ce3b377b36f1) 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
Remote Desktop Software - T1219.002 (d4287702-e2f7-4946-bdfa-2c7f5aaa5032) 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 Local Account - T1087.001 (25659dd6-ea12-45c4-97e6-381e3e4b593e) Attack Pattern 2
Qilin - S1242 (e23d2777-b85d-44fc-861e-9149d399fbb9) Malware Network Share Discovery - T1135 (3489cfc5-640f-4bb3-a103-9137b97de79f) Attack Pattern 2
Qilin - S1242 (e23d2777-b85d-44fc-861e-9149d399fbb9) Malware Exploit Public-Facing Application - T1190 (3f886f2a-874f-4333-b794-aa6075009b1c) Attack Pattern 2
Malicious File - T1204.002 (232b7f21-adf9-4b42-b936-b9d6f7df856e) Attack Pattern Qilin - S1242 (e23d2777-b85d-44fc-861e-9149d399fbb9) Malware 2
Clear Windows Event Logs - T1685.005 (75b9a4d2-d4e2-4ca1-9aab-1badd9e05fd0) 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
Registry Run Keys / Startup Folder - T1547.001 (9efb1ea7-c37b-4595-9640-b7680cd84279) Attack Pattern Qilin - S1242 (e23d2777-b85d-44fc-861e-9149d399fbb9) Malware 2
Qilin - S1242 (e23d2777-b85d-44fc-861e-9149d399fbb9) Malware Execution Guardrails - T1480 (853c4192-4311-43e1-bfbb-b11b14911852) Attack Pattern 2
Qilin - S1242 (e23d2777-b85d-44fc-861e-9149d399fbb9) Malware Query Registry - T1012 (c32f7008-9fea-41f7-8366-5eb9b74bd896) Attack Pattern 2
Spearphishing Attachment - T1566.001 (2e34237d-8574-43f6-aace-ae2915de8597) Attack Pattern Qilin - S1242 (e23d2777-b85d-44fc-861e-9149d399fbb9) Malware 2
Match Legitimate Resource Name or Location - T1036.005 (1c4e5d32-1fe9-4116-9d9d-59e3925bd6a2) 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
Windows Management Instrumentation - T1047 (01a5a209-b94c-450b-b7f9-946497d91055) Attack Pattern Qilin - S1242 (e23d2777-b85d-44fc-861e-9149d399fbb9) Malware 2
SSH - T1021.004 (2db31dcd-54da-405d-acef-b9129b816ed6) Attack Pattern Qilin - S1242 (e23d2777-b85d-44fc-861e-9149d399fbb9) Malware 2
Qilin - S1242 (e23d2777-b85d-44fc-861e-9149d399fbb9) Malware Masquerade Task or Service - T1036.004 (7bdca9d5-d500-4d7d-8c52-5fd47baf4c0c) Attack Pattern 2
Windows Command Shell - T1059.003 (d1fcf083-a721-4223-aedf-bf8960798d62) 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
Winlogon Helper DLL - T1547.004 (6836813e-8ec8-4375-b459-abb388cb1a35) 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
System Service Discovery - T1007 (322bad5a-1c49-4d23-ab79-76d641794afa) Attack Pattern Qilin - S1242 (e23d2777-b85d-44fc-861e-9149d399fbb9) Malware 2
Inhibit System Recovery - T1490 (f5d8eed6-48a9-4cdf-a3d7-d1ffa99c3d2a) Attack Pattern Qilin - S1242 (e23d2777-b85d-44fc-861e-9149d399fbb9) Malware 2
Qilin - S1242 (e23d2777-b85d-44fc-861e-9149d399fbb9) Malware SMB/Windows Admin Shares - T1021.002 (4f9ca633-15c5-463c-9724-bdcd54fde541) Attack Pattern 2
PowerShell - T1059.001 (970a3432-3237-47ad-bcca-7d8cbb217736) 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
Group Policy Modification - T1484.001 (5d2be8b9-d24c-4e98-83bf-2f5f79477163) 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
System Network Configuration Discovery - T1016 (707399d6-ab3e-4963-9315-d9d3818cd6a0) Attack Pattern Qilin - S1242 (e23d2777-b85d-44fc-861e-9149d399fbb9) Malware 2
Qilin - S1242 (e23d2777-b85d-44fc-861e-9149d399fbb9) Malware Domain Groups - T1069.002 (2aed01ad-3df3-4410-a8cb-11ea4ded587c) Attack Pattern 2
System Shutdown/Reboot - T1529 (ff73aa03-0090-4464-83ac-f89e233c02bc) Attack Pattern Qilin - S1242 (e23d2777-b85d-44fc-861e-9149d399fbb9) Malware 2
LSASS Memory - T1003.001 (65f2d882-3f41-4d48-8a06-29af77ec9f90) Attack Pattern Qilin - S1242 (e23d2777-b85d-44fc-861e-9149d399fbb9) Malware 2
Qilin - S1242 (e23d2777-b85d-44fc-861e-9149d399fbb9) Malware Domain Account - T1087.002 (21875073-b0ee-49e3-9077-1e2a885359af) Attack Pattern 2
Qilin - S1242 (e23d2777-b85d-44fc-861e-9149d399fbb9) Malware Lateral Tool Transfer - T1570 (bf90d72c-c00b-45e3-b3aa-68560560d4c5) Attack Pattern 2
Safe Mode Boot - T1688 (c7660f19-f8c5-4ae3-a5e5-24381c270376) Attack Pattern Qilin - S1242 (e23d2777-b85d-44fc-861e-9149d399fbb9) Malware 2
Multi-hop Proxy - T1090.003 (a782ebe2-daba-42c7-bc82-e8e9d923162d) Attack Pattern Proxy - T1090 (731f4f55-b6d0-41d1-a7a9-072a66389aea) Attack Pattern 3
Encrypted Channel - T1573 (b8902400-e6c5-4ba2-95aa-2d35b442b118) Attack Pattern Asymmetric Cryptography - T1573.002 (bf176076-b789-408e-8cba-7275e81c0ada) 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
Application Layer Protocol - T1071 (355be19c-ffc9-46d5-8d50-d6a036c675b6) Attack Pattern File Transfer Protocols - T1071.002 (9a60a291-8960-4387-8a4a-2ab5c18bb50b) Attack Pattern 3
Abuse Elevation Control Mechanism - T1548 (67720091-eee3-4d2d-ae16-8264567f6f5b) Attack Pattern Bypass User Account Control - T1548.002 (120d5519-3098-4e1c-9191-2aa61232f073) 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
Spearphishing Link - T1566.002 (2b742742-28c3-4e1b-bab7-8350d6300fa7) Attack Pattern Phishing - T1566 (a62a8db3-f23a-4d8f-afd6-9dbc77e7813b) Attack Pattern 3
Remote Desktop Software - T1219.002 (d4287702-e2f7-4946-bdfa-2c7f5aaa5032) Attack Pattern Remote Access Tools - T1219 (4061e78c-1284-44b4-9116-73e4ac3912f7) Attack Pattern 3
Dynamic-link Library Injection - T1055.001 (f4599aa0-4f85-4a32-80ea-fc39dc965945) Attack Pattern Process Injection - T1055 (43e7dc91-05b2-474c-b9ac-2ed4fe101f4d) 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
Malicious File - T1204.002 (232b7f21-adf9-4b42-b936-b9d6f7df856e) Attack Pattern User Execution - T1204 (8c32eb4d-805f-4fc5-bf60-c4d476c131b5) Attack Pattern 3
Clear Windows Event Logs - T1685.005 (75b9a4d2-d4e2-4ca1-9aab-1badd9e05fd0) Attack Pattern Disable or Modify Tools - T1685 (bbde9781-60aa-4b8a-a911-895b0c1b3872) Attack Pattern 3
Defacement - T1491 (5909f20f-3c39-4795-be06-ef1ea40d350b) Attack Pattern Internal Defacement - T1491.001 (8c41090b-aa47-4331-986b-8c9a51a91103) 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
Spearphishing Attachment - T1566.001 (2e34237d-8574-43f6-aace-ae2915de8597) Attack Pattern Phishing - T1566 (a62a8db3-f23a-4d8f-afd6-9dbc77e7813b) Attack Pattern 3
Match Legitimate Resource Name or Location - T1036.005 (1c4e5d32-1fe9-4116-9d9d-59e3925bd6a2) Attack Pattern Masquerading - T1036 (42e8de7b-37b2-4258-905a-6897815e58e0) Attack Pattern 3
Remote Services - T1021 (54a649ff-439a-41a4-9856-8d144a2551ba) Attack Pattern SSH - T1021.004 (2db31dcd-54da-405d-acef-b9129b816ed6) Attack Pattern 3
Masquerade Task or Service - T1036.004 (7bdca9d5-d500-4d7d-8c52-5fd47baf4c0c) Attack Pattern Masquerading - T1036 (42e8de7b-37b2-4258-905a-6897815e58e0) Attack Pattern 3
Command and Scripting Interpreter - T1059 (7385dfaf-6886-4229-9ecd-6fd678040830) Attack Pattern Windows Command Shell - T1059.003 (d1fcf083-a721-4223-aedf-bf8960798d62) Attack Pattern 3
Mutual Exclusion - T1480.002 (49fca0d2-685d-41eb-8bd4-05451cc3a742) Attack Pattern Execution Guardrails - T1480 (853c4192-4311-43e1-bfbb-b11b14911852) 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
Encrypted/Encoded File - T1027.013 (0d91b3c0-5e50-47c3-949a-2a796f04d144) Attack Pattern Obfuscated Files or Information - T1027 (b3d682b6-98f2-4fb0-aa3b-b4df007ca70a) 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
PowerShell - T1059.001 (970a3432-3237-47ad-bcca-7d8cbb217736) Attack Pattern Command and Scripting Interpreter - T1059 (7385dfaf-6886-4229-9ecd-6fd678040830) Attack Pattern 3
Group Policy Modification - T1484.001 (5d2be8b9-d24c-4e98-83bf-2f5f79477163) Attack Pattern Domain or Tenant Policy Modification - T1484 (ebb42bbe-62d7-47d7-a55f-3b08b61d792d) Attack Pattern 3
Permission Groups Discovery - T1069 (15dbf668-795c-41e6-8219-f0447c0e64ce) Attack Pattern Domain Groups - T1069.002 (2aed01ad-3df3-4410-a8cb-11ea4ded587c) 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
Account Discovery - T1087 (72b74d71-8169-42aa-92e0-e7b04b9f5a08) Attack Pattern Domain Account - T1087.002 (21875073-b0ee-49e3-9077-1e2a885359af) Attack Pattern 3