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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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PingPull Targets Telecom, Government, and Financial Verticals

Jun 27, 2022 3:56:10 PM / by PolySwarm Tech Team posted in Threat Bulletin, Financial, Government, Telecommunications, PingPull, Gallium

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Executive Summary

Palo Alto’s Unit42 recently reported on PingPull, a RAT used by the Gallium threat actor group to target entities in the telecommunications, government, and financial verticals.

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DDoS Attacks and New Wiper Malware Target Ukraine

Feb 25, 2022 2:37:21 PM / by PolySwarm Tech Team posted in Ukraine, Russia, Threat Bulletin, Financial, Wiper, Malware, DDoS, Katana, Government, Defense

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Background

PolySwarm recently released several publications and blog posts discussing Russia-Ukraine tensions and the potential for both kinetic and cyber conflict:

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