The PolySwarm Blog

Background

Last week we released a report and blog post on the Russia-Ukraine conflict, past cyber altercations between the two nations, and potential cyber implications if the current conflict escalates. In our report, we mentioned historical activity perpetrated by the threat actor group Armageddon. Palo Alto’s Unit 42 recently reported ongoing activity targeting Ukraine, which they attributed to Armageddon, also known in the industry as Gameredon or Primitive Bear. While Unit 42 did not elaborate on the magnitude or implications of these attacks, they did provide a breakdown of Armageddon’s infrastructure.

Verticals Affected: Financial, Various
Victim Location: US, UK, Germany, Canada
Related Malware Families: TrickBot, Ryuk, QakBot, Zloader

A number of threat intelligence companies have recently reported on the return of the Emotet banking trojan. We first saw new variants of Emotet in our marketplace on November 15, 2021, before any industry in-depth analysis reports were released.