BianLian Ransomware Group

Also known as: BianLian Ransomware Group

BianLian is an extortion-focused threat actor group. The group originally used double-extortion methods when it began its operations in June 2022, demanding payment in exchange for decrypting locked files while also threatening to leak exfiltrated data. U.S. & Australian cybersecurity officials observed BianLian actors shifting almost exclusively to exfiltration-focused extortion schemes in 2023.[U.S. CISA BianLian Ransomware May 2023]

Related Vulnerabilities: CVE-2020-1472[U.S. CISA BianLian Ransomware May 2023], CVE-2021-34473[BianLian Ransomware Gang Gives It a Go! | [redacted]], CVE-2021-34523[BianLian Ransomware Gang Gives It a Go! | [redacted]], CVE-2021-31207[BianLian Ransomware Gang Gives It a Go! | [redacted]]

PulseDive (IOCs): https://pulsedive.com/threat/BianLian

Introduction

BianLian is an extortion-focused threat actor group. The group originally used double-extortion methods when it began its operations in June 2022, demanding payment in exchange for decrypting locked files while also threatening to leak exfiltrated data. U.S. & Australian cybersecurity officials observed BianLian actors shifting almost exclusively to exfiltration-focused extortion schemes in 2023.[U.S. CISA BianLian Ransomware May 2023] Related Vulnerabilities: CVE-2020-1472[U.S. CISA BianLian Ransomware May 2023], CVE-2021-34473[BianLian Ransomware Gang Gives It a Go! | [redacted]], CVE-2021-34523[BianLian Ransomware Gang Gives It a Go! | [redacted]], CVE-2021-31207[BianLian Ransomware Gang Gives It a Go! | [redacted]] PulseDive (IOCs): https://pulsedive.com/threat/BianLian

Activities and Tactics

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Notable Campaigns

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Tactics, Techniques, and Procedures (TTPs)

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Notable Indicators of Compromise (IOCs)

No curated IOCs are currently published for this actor. This section will be updated when stable, attributable indicators are available.

Malware and Tools

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Attribution and Evidence

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References

[1] [U.S. CISA BianLian Ransomware May 2023