GINC-APT-1077 · Criminal

Water Galura

Also GOLD FEATHER.

Category
Criminal · Financially motivated: ransomware, fraud and theft.
Origin
Unknown
Seen
to 2026
Status
Active
ATT&CK
G1050 · 3 techniques
Sources
3 sources carry it
Identifier
GINC-APT-1077 · water-galura

What it is

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.

Names

The names each vendor, agency and source gives it. Naming differs by who tracks the actor, so one group carries many.

Secureworks
GOLD FEATHER

Tools

The tools and malware families the sources tie to it.

  • Qilin
  • Tor

Sources