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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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UNC4841 Targeting Government Entities with Barracuda ESG 0day

Sep 4, 2023 1:24:05 PM / by The Hivemind posted in Threat Bulletin, Government, Defense, Telecommunications, Aerospace, CVE-2023-2868, Military, Technology, DEPTHCHARGE, UNC4841, SKIPJACK, FOXTROT, FOXGLOVE

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Related Families: SKIPJACK, DEPTHCHARGE, FOXTROT,  FOXGLOVE
Verticals Targeted: Government, Military, Defense, Aerospace, Technology, Telecommunications

Executive Summary

UNC4841 was observed using CVE-2023-2868 to target entities in multiple verticals, including government and military.

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Vixen Panda's Graphican Backdoor

Jul 17, 2023 2:08:32 PM / by The Hivemind posted in Threat Bulletin, Financial, Government, China, Backdoor, Vixen Panda, Graphican

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Related Families: Ketrican, BS2005
Verticals Targeted: Government, Financial

Executive Summary

Vixen Panda was recently observed using the Graphican backdoor to target government, financial, and other entities in the Americas and Europe. It is based on Ketrican and is one of many tools in Vixen Panda’s arsenal.

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Asylum Ambuscade

Jun 20, 2023 1:49:52 PM / by The Hivemind posted in Financial, Government, Cryptocurrency, Asylum Ambuscade, SMB, SunSeed, AHKBOT, NODEBOT

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Related Families: SunSeed, AHKBOT, NODEBOT
Verticals Targeted: Government, Cryptocurrency, Financial

Executive Summary

Asylum Ambuscade is a threat actor group known to engage in both cybercrime and espionage activity. Their targets include government, financial, and SMB entities, primarily in Europe and North America. 

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RedStinger Targets Critical Infrastructure

May 22, 2023 3:49:00 PM / by The Hivemind posted in Ukraine, Russia, Threat Bulletin, Government, Critical Infrastructure, Transportation, Bad Magic

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Related Families: DboxShell, PowerMagic
Verticals Targeted:
Defense, Critical Infrastructure, Transportation 

Executive Summary

RedStinger, a relatively unknown threat actor group, targeted multiple entities in Ukraine, including those in the defense, transportation, and critical infrastructure verticals.

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Mint Sandstorm Targets US Critical Infrastructure

May 1, 2023 3:22:04 PM / by The Hivemind posted in Threat Bulletin, Middle East, Government, Critical Infrastructure, Iran, Telecommunications, Charming Kitten, MENA, Energy, Mint Sandstorm, North Africa, Transportation

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Related Families: Drokbk, Soldier
Verticals Targeted:
Critical Infrastructure, Telecommunications, Government, Energy, Transportation. Utilities, Oil & Gas

Executive Summary

Mint Sandstorm was recently observed targeting US critical infrastructure entities. These include seaports, energy companies, transportation systems, and a US utility and gas entity.

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YoroTrooper Targeting Energy & Government Entities

Mar 24, 2023 2:58:36 PM / by The Hivemind posted in Threat Bulletin, Government, Healthcare, YoroTrooper, CIS, Energy

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Related Families: Custom Python tools, AveMaria, Warzone RAT, LodaRAT, Stink
Verticals Targeted: Energy, Government, Healthcare


Executive Summary

YoroTrooper is a threat actor group observed targeting energy and government entities and an EU healthcare organization. Although YoroTrooper uses commodity and open-source tools, most of their final payloads are custom developed.

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SessionManager Targets Governments and NGOs

Jul 8, 2022 2:33:33 PM / by PolySwarm Tech Team posted in Threat Bulletin, Government, Backdoor, SessionManager, NGO, IIS

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Executive Summary

Kaspersky recently reported on SessionManager, a difficult to detect backdoor targeting governments and NGOs in multiple countries.

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