RANSOMWARE OPERATION💰 FINANCIAL

icefire

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Intelligence Profile

IceFire is a ransomware group first observed in 2022 that expanded to Linux in early 2023 by exploiting a vulnerability in IBM Aspera Faspex (CVE-2022-47986), targeting media and entertainment organizations in Turkey, Iran, Pakistan, and the UAE using double-extortion tactics.

Threat Analysis

icefire is a ransomware operation that deploys encryption-based extortion against organizations globally. This group maintains a data leak site (DLS) to pressure victims into paying ransom demands.

Financially motivated threat actors like icefire prioritize monetary gain through methods such as ransomware deployment, banking trojans, cryptocurrency theft, BEC scams, or credential harvesting for resale on underground markets.

Quick Facts

TypeRansomware Operation
Motivation💰 financial

DLS Infrastructure

○ OFFLINEkf6x3mjeqljqxjznaw65jixin7dpcunfxbbakwuitizytcpzn4iy5bad.onion
○ OFFLINE7kstc545azxeahkduxmefgwqkrrhq3mzohkzqvrv7aekob7z3iwkqvyd.onion
○ OFFLINEnxx3cy6aee2s53v7v5pxrfv7crfssw7hmgejbj47cv6xuak3bgncllqd.onion

Research Links

Data sourced from Malpedia, Ransomware.live, RansomLook, and CTIWATCH OSINT collection. Actor attribution is based on available intelligence and may be incomplete.
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