- Category
- Criminal · Financially motivated: ransomware, fraud and theft.
- Origin
- Unknown
- Motivation
- Financial gain
- Seen
- 2019
- Sources
- 6 sources carry it
- Identifier
- GINC-APT-0366 · viking-spider
What it is
VIKING SPIDER is the criminal group behind the development and distribution of Ragnar Locker ransomware. While public reporting indicates the group began threatening to leak victim data in February 2020, a DLS was not observed until April 2020. The DLS is hosted on Tor, and similar to other actors, proof of data exfiltration is provided before the stolen data is fully leaked. It was also noted that On Dec. 22, 2020, a new post made to MountLocker ransomware’s Tor-hosted DLS was titled 'Cartel News' and included details of a victim of VIKING SPIDER’s Ragnar Locker
Names
The names each vendor, agency and source gives it. Naming differs by who tracks the actor, so one group carries many.
- CrowdStrike
- Viking Spider
Targets
- Countries
- Greece, Italy, Japan, Portugal, United States
- Sectors
- Automotive, Construction, Energy, Hospitality, IT, Law enforcement, Media, Telecommunications
Tools
The tools and malware families the sources tie to it.
- RagnarLocker
- Ragnatela
Sources
- ETDA Threat Group Card apt.etda.or.th
- Malpedia malpedia.caad.fkie.fraunhofer.de