CodefingerThreat actor
Codefinger is a ransomware group that targets Amazon S3 buckets by exploiting AWS’s Server-Side Encryption with Customer Provided Keys to encrypt victim data. They utilize compromised AWS credentials to gain access and demand Bitcoin ransoms for the decryption keys, threatening to delete files if negotiations fail.From MISP Galaxy
Last reported 4 months ago, by Datadog Security Labs2 reports
ATT&CK techniques
1 technique · each with the sentence it comes from- T1485Data Destruction
“…hreat actor Bling Libra used stolen AWS credentials to access and delete data from S3 buckets, then extorted victims by threatening data destruction or leaks.”
Reports per month
last 12 monthsOctober so far (hatched). Counted by report, not by story.
What the reports say
2 reports, newest first · the exact sentence from each-
Holding blobs for ransom: Four methods for Azure Storage ransomware“In January 2025, Halcyon reported that a threat actor named Codefinger was conducting a ransomware campaign by abusing the server-side encryption with customer-provided keys (SSE-C) of AWS S3.”
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Breaking Down S3 Ransomware: Variants, Attack Paths and Trend Vision One™ Defenses“Early this year, security researchers published a blog entry detailing how a threat actor called Codefinger leveraged SSE-C to carry out ransomware activity on S3 buckets.”
Indicators in its reports
named in the reports above- hxxps://aws.amazon[.]com/compliance/shared-responsibility-model/in 1 report
- hxxps://docs.aws.amazon[.]com/aws-managed-policy/latest/reference/AWSCompromisedKeyQuarantineV2.htmlin 1 report
- hxxps://repost[.]aws/knowledge-center/potential-account-compromisein 1 report
- repost[.]awsin 1 report
- hxxps://docs.aws.amazon[.]com/organizations/latest/userguide/orgs_manage_policies_rcps.htmlin 1 report
- hxxps://aws.amazon[.]com/blogs/security/preventing-unintended-encryption-of-amazon-s3-objects/in 1 report
- hxxps://aws.amazon[.]com/supportin 1 report
- hxxps://management.azure[.]com/subscriptions/$in 1 report
- hxxps://stratusrtqwgejtyj.vault.azure[.]net/keys/ransom-encryption-key/b4aaac30826542a9bea74346d51bd576in 1 report
- hxxps://stratusrtqwgejtyj.vault.azure[.]net/keys/ransom-encryption-keyin 1 report
Copy these 10 indicators · defanged
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