Forensia CTI Core

Summary

Ingested excerpt (first ~500 chars of normalized text).

VECT: Ransomware by design, Wiper by accident Key Takeaways Background VECT Ransomware is a Ransomware-as-a-Service (RaaS) program that made its first appearance in December 2025 on a Russian-language cybercrime forum. After claiming their first two victims in January 2026, the group got back into the public eye due to an announcement of a partnership with TeamPCP, the actor behind several supply-chain attacks […] The post VECT: Ransomware by design, Wiper by accident …

https://research.checkpoint.com/2026/vect-ransomware-by-design-wiper-by-accident

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What we pulled out

Deterministic extractor (IOC + allowlisted tokens + ATT&CK IDs present in DB).

cve0
md50
url1
ipv40
ipv60
sha10
domain82
sha2566
malware_token1
attack_pattern0
threat_actor_token0

Indicators

Linked with report → mentions → indicator. Values open the indicator workspace.

Type	Value	Link
domain	auth.log	Open →
domain	audit.log	Open →
domain	shell.log	Open →
domain	hostd.log	Open →
domain	vpxa.log	Open →
domain	advapi32.dll	Open →
domain	bcryptprimitives.dll

Malware families

Allowlist token matches only.

LockBitmalware-family

Threat actors mentioned

Allowlist mentions — not a formal attribution verdict.

None extracted.

ATT&CK techniques

MITRE IDs referenced in text and present in local technique table.

None linked (import ATT&CK or adjust text).

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