Overview
Aurora is a ransomware group associated with a multi-purpose Go-based malware distributed by multiple criminal teams from mid-2022, also sold as an infostealer/botnet under the same name on underground forums.
- First tracked: 2026-04-29
- Discussed in our reports: Qatar
Geography: origin and targets
No public attribution of origin. Lines are drawn only where public reporting places the operators; flags show where the group has claimed victims, sized by number of claims.
United States of America16
Germany7
Netherlands3
Canada3
United Kingdom2
Denmark1
Argentina1
Italy1
Austria1
Peru1
Exploited vulnerabilities
None recorded in the sources we reviewed.
ATT&CK techniques
None recorded in the sources we reviewed.
Tools
None recorded in the sources we reviewed.
Leak-site infrastructure
| Title | Type | Address (defanged) | Seen online at snapshot |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aur0ra Blog | DLS | u6lieui2dakbctcjea2bz4r4q32r7t36nwljovqbv7mxs6o2smgxixid[.]onion | Yes |
Sources and caveats
Group descriptions, ATT&CK mappings, tools and leak-site locations come from public ransomware tracking projects, including ransomware.live and Crocodyli. Exploited vulnerabilities come from the Ransomware-Vulnerability-Matrix by BushidoUK (licensed CC BY 4.0), supplemented where a group profile there is newer than the data we hold. Each CVE links to its original research source. Technical text is shown in English as published. Leak-site addresses are defanged and shown for blocking and detection; do not visit them. Nothing here is verified by ClairSec_ against a specific incident.
Data snapshot: 2026-10-11