Threat Actor Profile
Medium Cybercriminal
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.

Confidence Score
100%
Tags
ransomware ransomware.live
First Seen

Unknown

Last Updated

Unknown

Active Status
Active
Created

April 29, 2026

Indicators of Compromise

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{'added_date': '2025-06-10',
 'client': '2003264@sit.singaporetech.edu.sg',
 '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.',
 'firstseen': '2025-04-02T00:00:00+00:00',
 'group': 'warlock',
 'has_negotiations': False,
 'has_ransomnote': True,
 'lastseen': '2025-11-06T07:45:49.301773+00:00',
 'locations': [{'available': False,
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                'slug': 'http://zfytizegsze6uiswodhbaalyy5rawaytv2nzyzdkt3susbewviqqh7yd.onion',
                'title': 'WarLock Client Data Leak Show',
                'type': 'DLS'},
               {'available': False,
                'fqdn': 'ocwjy4ynmpbbzhumh2ama2vl3bc77lf5auqf7nf4k45lbmzoep2rbyid.onion',
                'slug': 'http://ocwjy4ynmpbbzhumh2ama2vl3bc77lf5auqf7nf4k45lbmzoep2rbyid.onion',
                'title': '',
                'type': 'Files'},
               {'available': False,
                'fqdn': 'elqfbcx5nofwtqfookqml7ltx2g6q6tmddys6e25vgu3al2meim6cbqd.onion',
                'slug': 'http://elqfbcx5nofwtqfookqml7ltx2g6q6tmddys6e25vgu3al2meim6cbqd.onion',
                'title': 'Warlock Client Leaked Data Show',
                'type': 'DLS'},
               {'available': True,
                'fqdn': 'warlockhga5iw3t54ps5iytlilf7hlvxy7kwrkidspn4qoh64s4vsuyd.onion',
                'slug': 'http://warlockhga5iw3t54ps5iytlilf7hlvxy7kwrkidspn4qoh64s4vsuyd.onion',
                'title': 'WarLock Client Data Leak Show',
                'type': 'DLS'}],
 'negotiation_count': 0,
 'ransomnotes_count': 2,
 'tiaras_metadata': {'has_negotiations': False,
                     'has_ransomnote': True,
                     'locations': [{'available': False,
                                    'fqdn': 'zfytizegsze6uiswodhbaalyy5rawaytv2nzyzdkt3susbewviqqh7yd.onion',
                                    'slug': 'http://zfytizegsze6uiswodhbaalyy5rawaytv2nzyzdkt3susbewviqqh7yd.onion',
                                    'title': 'WarLock Client Data Leak Show',
                                    'type': 'DLS'},
                                   {'available': False,
                                    'fqdn': 'ocwjy4ynmpbbzhumh2ama2vl3bc77lf5auqf7nf4k45lbmzoep2rbyid.onion',
                                    'slug': 'http://ocwjy4ynmpbbzhumh2ama2vl3bc77lf5auqf7nf4k45lbmzoep2rbyid.onion',
                                    'title': '',
                                    'type': 'Files'},
                                   {'available': False,
                                    'fqdn': 'elqfbcx5nofwtqfookqml7ltx2g6q6tmddys6e25vgu3al2meim6cbqd.onion',
                                    'slug': 'http://elqfbcx5nofwtqfookqml7ltx2g6q6tmddys6e25vgu3al2meim6cbqd.onion',
                                    'title': 'Warlock Client Leaked Data Show',
                                    'type': 'DLS'},
                                   {'available': True,
                                    'fqdn': 'warlockhga5iw3t54ps5iytlilf7hlvxy7kwrkidspn4qoh64s4vsuyd.onion',
                                    'slug': 'http://warlockhga5iw3t54ps5iytlilf7hlvxy7kwrkidspn4qoh64s4vsuyd.onion',
                                    'title': 'WarLock Client Data Leak Show',
                                    'type': 'DLS'}],
                     'negotiation_count': 0,
                     'ransomnotes_count': 2,
                     'ransomware_live_group': 'warlock',
                     'tools': {'CredentialTheft': ['Mimikatz',
                                                   'Veeam-Get-Creds'],
                               'DefenseEvasion': ['VMTools AV Killer (BYOVD)'],
                               'DiscoveryEnum': ['SecurityCheck'],
                               'Exfiltration': [],
                               'LOLBAS': ['Minidump'],
                               'Networking': ['Cloudflared',
                                              'OpenSSH',
                                              'MinIO',
                                              'VS Code Tunnel'],
                               'Offsec': ['Velociraptor'],
                               'RMM-Tools': ['Radmin']},
                     'url': 'https://www.ransomware.live/group/warlock',
                     'victims': 78,
                     'vulnerabilities': []},
 'tiaras_source': 'ransomware.live',
 'tools': {'CredentialTheft': ['Mimikatz', 'Veeam-Get-Creds'],
           'DefenseEvasion': ['VMTools AV Killer (BYOVD)'],
           'DiscoveryEnum': ['SecurityCheck'],
           'Exfiltration': [],
           'LOLBAS': ['Minidump'],
           'Networking': ['Cloudflared', 'OpenSSH', 'MinIO', 'VS Code Tunnel'],
           'Offsec': ['Velociraptor'],
           'RMM-Tools': ['Radmin']},
 'ttps': [],
 'url': 'https://www.ransomware.live/group/warlock',
 'victims': 78,
 'vulnerabilities': []}
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