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Cephalus

Cephalus is a ransomware group active from mid-2025 that leverages stolen RDP credentials to deploy a Go-based ransomware payload via DLL sideloading, targeting law firms, healthcare, financial services, and IT firms across the US and Japan with 19 known victims.

Victims
19
 
First Discovered
2025-08-26
victim
Last Discovered
2025-08-29
victim
Inactive Since
337
days
Avg Delay
32.5
days
Infostealer
21.1%
victims with domain
Countries
5
hit
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Known Locations (2)
Favicon Title Type Available Last Visit Server Info FQDN
favicon Cephalus No 2026-04-28T07:22:58 cephalus6oiypuwumqlwurvbmwsfglg424zjdmywfgqm4iehkqivsjyd.onion
favicon Cephalus No 2026-04-28T07:25:19 46.17.42.64.

Target
Top 5 Activity Sectors
  • Professional Services 7
  • Healthcare 5
  • Financial Services 2
  • Technology 2
  • Retail & E-Commerce 1
Top 5 Countries
  • US flag United States 13
  • GB flag United Kingdom 2
  • IE flag Ireland 1
  • NL flag Netherlands 1
  • JP flag Japan 1

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YARA Rules (1)

Indicators of Compromise (IoCs) (1)
IP Address 1
Type IOC
IP Address 46.17.42.64

Victims (19)
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Discovered: 2025-08-29 (11mo ago)
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Discovered: 2025-08-29 (11mo ago)
We have got all the software and hardware code,and got 800G+ of internal data. The link will coming …
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Discovered: 2025-08-28 (11mo ago)
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Discovered: 2025-08-28 (11mo ago)
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Discovered: 2025-08-28 (11mo ago)
We got a total of 1.8TB+ of data,including project,clients,employee information,and a certain countr…
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Discovered: 2025-08-26 (11mo ago)
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Discovered: 2025-08-26 (11mo ago)  ·  Attack est.: 2025-08-20
Lee & Associates DATA LEAK | (TB)…
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Discovered: 2025-08-26 (11mo ago)
SSKRPLAW DATA LEAK | (5GB+ ZIP)…
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Discovered: 2025-08-26 (11mo ago)
Guerrero Mears LLP DATALEAK | (FORGOT THE SIZE)…
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Discovered: 2025-08-26 (11mo ago)
LPL Financial DATA LEAK | (I FORGOT THE SIZE,BUT ITS HUGE)…
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Discovered: 2025-08-26 (11mo ago)
K Strategies Marketing and Public Relations LEAK | 900+GB…
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Discovered: 2025-08-26 (11mo ago)
BAR Architects & Interiors DATA LEAK | 1.5T+…
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Discovered: 2025-08-26 (11mo ago)
SystemExec Co., Ltd. (システムエグゼ) GitLab naked repo leak | 30G+…
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Discovered: 2025-08-26 (11mo ago)  ·  Attack est.: 2025-06-28
CareSTL Health DATA Leak | 500+GB | KAWA4096 STEALED our data…