Related Families: LunarMail, LunarLoader, LunarWeb
Verticals Targeted: Government
Executive Summary
Venomous Bear was observed targeting a European Ministry of Foreign Affairs using a new toolset, dubbed the Lunar toolset.
Related Families: AcidRain
Verticals Targeted: Telecommunications
Executive Summary
AcidPour, a variant of AcidRain, was recently observed targeting entities in Ukraine. The targets likely included telecommunications entities.
Executive Summary
Russia nexus threat actor group ColdRiver was recently observed using Spica backdoor in an espionage campaign.
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.
Executive Summary
The Russia-Ukraine conflict has continued throughout 2023, with a plethora of both state-sponsored and hacktivist cyber activity taking place alongside kinetic warfare. In this report, PolySwarm provides the highlights of cyber activity associated with the Russia-Ukraine conflict in 2023.
Executive Summary
AresLoader is a loader malware-as-a-service (MaaS) active in the wild since at least November 2022. AresLoader is designed to masquerade as legitimate software, while covertly downloading malicious payloads.
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.