Storm-2561Threat actor
Storm-2561 is a cybercriminal threat actor known for a credential theft campaign that employs SEO poisoning to distribute fake VPN clients. The campaign redirects users to malicious ZIP files containing digitally signed trojans that harvest VPN credentials, leveraging user trust in search engine results.From MISP Galaxy
Last reported 11 days ago, by Huntress1 report
ATT&CK techniques
1 technique · each with the sentence it comes from- T1553.002Code Signing
“It carries an Authenticode signature from WatchGuard Technologies, Inc., issued by Sectigo Public Code Signing CA R36, with a countersignature timestamp of 4 November 2025.”
Reports per month
last 12 monthsOctober so far (hatched). Counted by report, not by story.
What the reports say
1 report, newest first · the exact sentence from each-
Fake WatchGuard VPN Site Steals Credentials“Microsoft attributed this wider campaign iteration to Storm-2561, a financially motivated actor that has been active since May 2025.”
Indicators in its reports
named in the reports above- watchguard-vpn[.]netin 1 report
- watchguard-ssl[.]onlinein 1 report
- watchguard-vpn[.]comin 1 report
- hxxps://www.watchguard-vpn[.]net/in 1 report
- www.watchguard-vpn[.]netin 1 report
- hxxps://cdn.watchguard[.]com/SoftwareCenter/Files/MUVPN_SSL/12_11_5/WG-MVPN-SSL_12_11_5.exein 1 report
- 74.208.236[.]39in 1 report
- 80.249.132[.]140in 1 report
- 158.94.209[.]19in 1 report
Copy these 9 indicators · defanged
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