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werewolves is a ransomware operator no longer publishing new disclosures. Darkfield has indexed 26 public victims claimed by this operator between December 20, 2023 and March 13, 2024. The Werewolves ransomware group is a relatively new financially-motivated cybercriminal organization that emerged in December 2023, with limited public documentation available from major threat intelligence sources. Based on available targeting data, the group appears to operate with a focus on business services and manufacturing sectors, having compromised 26 known victims across multiple countries including Russia, the United States, Netherlands, Germany, and France. The group's targeting pattern suggests they may employ opportunistic attack vectors rather than highly sophisticated initial access methods, though specific technical details about their encryption methods, data exfiltration practices, or operational structure remain undocumented by major security research organizations. Due to the group's recent emergence and relatively small victim count, there are no publicly reported high-profile campaigns or significant law enforcement actions against them. The current operational status of Werewolves remains unclear given the limited threat intelligence reporting available from established cybersecurity firms and government agencies.

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Most-affected countries

Recent disclosures by werewolves

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How we know this. Operator profiles on Darkfield are built from continuous monitoring of every leak site the group is known to operate, cross-correlated with community-curated feeds (RansomLook, ransomware.live, RansomWatch, MISP-galaxy). Status flips from active to inactive when no new disclosure appears for 60 days. MITRE ATT&CK mappings shown in the interactive section below are sourced from CISA, vendor analysis, and the MITRE community catalog — we attribute each technique back to its source. Aliases reflect operator re-brands and affiliate splits.

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werewolves

26 victims indexed · first seen 3 years ago · last activity 2 years ago

26
Victims indexed
#147 of 364 tracked operators
3m
Active period
Dec 2023 → Mar 2024
6
Countries hit
top RU · 14

At a glance

Status
inactive
First seen
3 years ago
Last activity
2 years ago
Onion sites
2 known endpoints
Primary sector
Business Services · 2 hits

About

The Werewolves ransomware group is a relatively new financially-motivated cybercriminal organization that emerged in December 2023, with limited public documentation available from major threat intelligence sources. Based on available targeting data, the group appears to operate with a focus on business services and manufacturing sectors, having compromised 26 known victims across multiple countries including Russia, the United States, Netherlands, Germany, and France. The group's targeting pattern suggests they may employ opportunistic attack vectors rather than highly sophisticated initial access methods, though specific technical details about their encryption methods, data exfiltration practices, or operational structure remain undocumented by major security research organizations. Due to the group's recent emergence and relatively small victim count, there are no publicly reported high-profile campaigns or significant law enforcement actions against them. The current operational status of Werewolves remains unclear given the limited threat intelligence reporting available from established cybersecurity firms and government agencies.

References

1 link

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Timeline

3 months
2023-12-01T00:00:00+00:00 · 232024-02-01T00:00:00+00:00 · 22024-03-01T00:00:00+00:00 · 1
2023-12-01T00:00:00+00:002024-03-01T00:00:00+00:00

Top countries

🇷🇺 Russia
14
🇺🇸 United States
2
🇳🇱 Netherlands
1
🇩🇪 Germany
1
🇫🇷 France
1
🇷🇸 Serbia
1
Russia dossier →United States dossier →Netherlands dossier →Germany dossier →

Top sectors

Business Services
2
Manufacturing
1
Business Services dossier →Manufacturing dossier →

MITRE ATT&CK

4 techniques · 3 tactics

Tactics

Initial AccessExecutionImpact

Techniques

  • T1566Phishing
  • T1190Exploit Public-Facing Application
  • T1059Command and Scripting Interpreter
  • T1486Data Encrypted for Impact

Recent victims

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Onion infrastructure

2 known
  • http://weerwolven.biz
  • http://werewolves.pro

Source

Updated 2 years ago

Data on this page is sourced from the group's own leak posts, cross-checked with public ransomware trackers (RansomLook, ransomware.live, RansomWatch), MITRE ATT&CK, and our own Tor and Telegram crawlers. This is a public observatory page — share freely.

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