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Fancy Bear Campaign Leverages New Malware

Jan 12, 2024 11:42:16 AM / by The Hivemind posted in Ukraine, Russia, Threat Bulletin, Espionage, Government, Fancy Bear, STEELHOOK, OCEANMAP, MASEPIE

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Related Families: OCEANMAP, MASEPIE, STEELHOOK
Verticals Targeted: Government

Executive Summary

Fancy Bear was recently observed engaging in a phishing campaign targeting entities in Ukraine. In the campaign, the threat actors used three never before seen malware families, OCEANMAP, MASEPIE, and STEELHOOK.

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Earth Lusca's SprySOCKS Linux Backdoor

Sep 25, 2023 2:06:11 PM / by The Hivemind posted in Threat Bulletin, Espionage, Government, Linux, Backdoor, Mandibule, SprySOCKS, Earth Lusca, Aquatic Panda

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Related Families: Mandibule, Cobalt Strike, Trochilus, RedLeaves
Verticals Targeted: Government 

Executive Summary

China nexus threat actor group Earth Lusca was observed using a Linux-based backdoor dubbed SprySOCKS to target government entities.

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BadBazaar Spyware Variants Delivered Via Trojanized Android Apps

Sep 11, 2023 3:07:00 PM / by The Hivemind posted in Threat Bulletin, Espionage, Android, Mobile, BadBazaar, GREF

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Executive Summary

Two GREF espionage campaigns used trojanized Android apps to deliver BadBazaar spyware variants.

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PicassoLoader

Jul 21, 2023 2:15:50 PM / by The Hivemind posted in Ukraine, Threat Bulletin, Espionage, Belarus, Poland, PicassoLoader, GhostWriter

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Verticals Targeted: Government, Military, Various

Executive Summary

PicassoLoader, a downloader, was observed targeting government, military, and civilian entities in Ukraine and Poland. CERT-UA attributed this activity to GhostWriter.

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Cadet Blizzard

Jun 23, 2023 2:09:27 PM / by The Hivemind posted in Russia, Threat Bulletin, Espionage, WhisperGate, Cadet Blizzard, Disruption

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Related Families: WhisperGate
Verticals Targeted: Government, Law Enforcement, Non-profits, Information Technology, Emergency Services

Executive Summary

Cadet Blizzard is a Russia nexus state-sponsored threat actor group with potential ties to the GRU. However, their activity seems to be distinct from other GRU-associated threat actor groups. 

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AhRAT

Jun 2, 2023 2:04:00 PM / by The Hivemind posted in Espionage, Android, RAT, AhMyth, AhRAT

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Related Families: AhMyth

Executive Summary

AhRAT, an Android RAT, was disguised as the iRecorder app. This malicious version of the iRecorder app is capable of recording audio and exfiltrating files from a victim’s device.

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PingPull Linux Variant

May 8, 2023 3:05:38 PM / by The Hivemind posted in Threat Bulletin, Espionage, China, PingPull, Gallium, RAT, Sword2033

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Related Families: Sword2033

Executive Summary

China nexus threat actor group Gallium was recently observed using a new Linux variant of PingPull in an espionage campaign.

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Recent Turla Activity Targeting Ukraine

Jan 19, 2023 12:39:38 PM / by The Hivemind posted in Ukraine, Russia, Threat Bulletin, Espionage, Venomous Bear, Andromeda, Kopiluwak, Turla, QuietCanary

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Related Families: Andromeda, Kopiluwak, QuietCanary

Executive Summary

Mandiant recently reported on a Turla campaign targeting Ukraine. The threat actors used multiple malware families in this campaign, including Kopiluwak, QuietCanary, and Andromeda.

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