SPRITE SPIDER is a financially motivated eCrime threat actor associated with the Defray777 ransomware family. The group is known for developing and deploying ransomware for Linux-based VMware ESXi environments, reflecting a focus on virtualization infrastructure and enterprise-impacting extortion operations. Reporting ties the actor to the deployment of an ELF ransomware variant for ESXi hosts in 2020, indicating capability to target hypervisors in addition to more traditional enterprise systems. Known aliases are limited in the available information, and the actor is principally identified as SPRITE SPIDER, the operators of Defray777.
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2 malware families attributed to this actor across reporting.
2 sources tracked across advisories and community write-ups. News coverage will land here when it surfaces.
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