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Vanirgroup ransomware

3 victims listed on the Vanirgroup leak site across 0 countries. Most recent disclosure .

Victims
3
0% of all tracked
Countries
0
Sectors
1
Most: Technology
First seen
Jul 2024
In this database

ThreatAI analysis

Compiled from the ransomware.live profile for Vanirgroup and from this database. Figures and technique mappings are quoted from the source data, not inferred.

Who Vanirgroup is

VanirGroup is an Eastern European ransomware group composed of former affiliates from Karakurt, LockBit, and Knight ransomware that emerged in mid-2024, before German law enforcement (Karlsruhe Public Prosecutor's Office) seized its leak site.

Recorded activity

Disclosures attributed to Vanirgroup in this database run from July 2024 to July 2024, totalling 3 victims — 0% of everything tracked here.

YARA detection rules

vanirgroup.yar 
/*
vanirgroup ransomware
*/

rule vanirgroup_Ransomnote
{
    meta:
        author = "ransomware.live"
        family = "ransomware.vanirgroup"
        description = "Detects vanirgroup ransomware ransom note or artifact"
        date = "2026-05-04"
        severity = 7
        score = 70

    strings:
        $name1 = "vanirgroup" ascii nocase
        $name2 = "VANIRGROUP" ascii
        $onion  = "vanirgroup.onion" ascii nocase

    condition:
        any of them
}

Community-contributed rules for Vanirgroup, reproduced as published. Test them against your own corpus before relying on them: rule quality and false-positive behaviour vary by author.

Threat actor analysis

Vanirgroup has disclosed 3 victims on its leak site, 0% of all ransomware listings tracked in this database. Its earliest disclosure here dates to July 2024.

By industry, its listings concentrate in Technology — sectors that hold sensitive data or cannot tolerate long outages, both of which raise the pressure to pay.

Like most current ransomware operations, Vanirgroup is likely to use double extortion: data is stolen before files are encrypted, and organisations that refuse to pay are named on the leak site with the stolen data as leverage.

Generated from public leak-site disclosures aggregated via the ransomware.live API and updated automatically.

Vanirgroup victims 3

Organization Disclosed
Athlon
Beowulfchain
Qinao

Frequently asked questions

What is Vanirgroup ransomware?

Vanirgroup is a ransomware threat group that has claimed 3 victims since its first known activity in July 2024. The group operates by infiltrating target networks, exfiltrating data, encrypting files, and threatening to publish stolen data on a dark web leak site if the ransom is not paid.

How many victims has Vanirgroup attacked?

Vanirgroup has claimed 3 victims in our database, representing 0% of all tracked ransomware attacks.

Which countries does Vanirgroup target?

Vanirgroup has attacked organizations in 0 countries.

Which industries does Vanirgroup target?

Vanirgroup most frequently targets the Technology sectors based on victim disclosures in our database.

Is Vanirgroup still active?

Vanirgroup's most recent victim disclosure in our database was on July 10, 2024. Ransomware groups frequently rebrand or go dormant; monitor this page and our ransomware map for the latest activity.