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Ransomware group

space bears

Space Bears is a double-extortion ransomware group that emerged in April 2024, distinguished by a professional "corporate" aesthetic on its leak site, leveraging Phobos RaaS infrastructure and targeting small-to-medium organizations in manufacturing, technology, and healthcare across the US and Europe.

  • 0claims, 7 days
  • 3claims, 30 days
  • 14claims, 90 days
  • 2026-04-07first seen
  • 2026-10-22last seen

These are claims posted by the group on its leak site, counted when we first see them. They are not confirmed incidents, and we never name a victim.

Activity, last 26 weeks

New leak-site claims per week.

Week of 2026-05-11: 1Week of 2026-05-18: 0Week of 2026-05-25: 5Week of 2026-06-01: 3Week of 2026-06-08: 2Week of 2026-06-15: 3Week of 2026-06-22: 0Week of 2026-06-29: 1Week of 2026-07-06: 3Week of 2026-07-13: 3Week of 2026-07-20: 3Week of 2026-07-27: 1Week of 2026-08-03: 2Week of 2026-08-10: 3Week of 2026-08-17: 2Week of 2026-08-24: 0Week of 2026-08-31: 4Week of 2026-09-07: 0Week of 2026-09-14: 0Week of 2026-09-21: 1Week of 2026-09-28: 0Week of 2026-10-05: 0Week of 2026-10-12: 2Week of 2026-10-19: 1Week of 2026-10-26: 0Week of 2026-11-02: 0
Claims per week, oldest to newest. Each bar is a full Monday-to-Sunday week; the newest bar is the current week so far.

Sectors claimed, last 90 days

  1. Healthcare 3
  2. Manufacturing 3
  3. Professional services 3
  4. Retail 3
  5. Critical infrastructure 1
  6. Technology 1

Countries claimed, last 90 days

  1. United States 5
  2. Italy 4
  3. Switzerland 1
  4. Czechia 1
  5. Germany 1
  6. Mexico 1
  7. Portugal 1

Vulnerabilities space bears exploits

CVEs attributed to space bears by Ransomware.live, most severe first. Patch these first if this group is in your threat model.

CVE Vendor / product CVSS CISA KEV
CVE-2026-48027 Nx Nx Console (VS Code extension) 9.8 Critical Listed 2026-05-27, ransomware use
CVE-2026-50751 Check Point Security Gateway (IKEv1 VPN) 9.3 Critical Listed 2026-06-08, ransomware use
CVE-2023-21529 Microsoft Exchange Server 8.8 High Listed 2026-04-13, ransomware use
CVE-2024-1708 ConnectWise ScreenConnect 8.4 High Listed 2026-04-28, ransomware use
CVE-2025-60710 Microsoft Windows (Host Process for Tasks) 7.8 High Listed 2026-04-13, ransomware use

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Newest vulnerabilities used by any ransomware group (CISA KEV)
Added CVE Vendor / product Vulnerability
2026-08-18 CVE-2026-59310 Broadcom VMware vCenter Broadcom VMware vCenter Path Traversal Vulnerability
2026-08-05 CVE-2026-63077 JetBrains TeamCity JetBrains TeamCity Deserialization of Untrusted Data Vulnerability
2026-07-29 CVE-2026-20316 Cisco Secure Firewall Management Center (FMC) Cisco Secure Firewall Management Center Use of Hard-coded Password Vulnerability
2026-07-14 CVE-2026-15410 SonicWall SMA1000 Appliances SonicWall SMA1000 Appliances Code Injection Vulnerability
2026-07-14 CVE-2026-15409 SonicWall SMA1000 Appliances SonicWall SMA1000 Appliances Server-Side Request Forgery Vulnerability
2026-07-01 CVE-2026-45659 Microsoft SharePoint Server Microsoft SharePoint Server Deserialization of Untrusted Data Vulnerability
2026-06-25 CVE-2026-12569 PTC Windchill and FlexPLM PTC Windchill and FlexPLM Improper Input Validation Vulnerability
2026-06-12 CVE-2026-35273 Oracle PeopleSoft Enterprise PeopleTools Oracle PeopleSoft Enterprise PeopleTools Missing Authentication for Critical Function Vulnerability

Data sources: CISA KEV, Ransomchats, RansomLook, Ransomware.live, security news outlets · updated 14 hours ago

Sector, country and ransom-demand figures are SecuritySnares estimates made with a language model. Leak-site listings are claims by threat actors and are not independently verified; leak-site victims are never named unless they have disclosed the incident themselves. News headlines are the publishers' own reporting, shown as written and linked to the original. Methodology