Widely attributedUnknown

Vanilla Tempest

Financially motivated ransomware group formerly tracked as DEV-0832. Deploys INC ransomware primarily against the healthcare sector, receiving GootLoader hand-offs from Storm-0494 before lateral movement via RDP.

Attribution signal

?Score = mentions × confidence weight, summed across all attributed sources. Higher source diversity increases the score.≥ 10 High≥ 3 Moderate< 3 Low
0.7
Low signal strength
Mentions2
Sources2
High conf.0
Last seenMay 2026
First observed
Last active
Origin
Aliases
2
Techniques
0
Campaigns
0
TargetsHealthcare
RegionsGlobal

Attribution signals

2 mentions · 2 sources
#1moderate
Infrastructure
security-affairs
May 2026
#2unspecified
Malware
cyberscoop
May 2026