Verticals Targeted: Government, Diplomatic Entities
Regions Targeted: Europe, Middle East
Related Families: WINELOADER, ROOTSAW
Cozy Bear Uses GRAPELOADER in Recent Phishing Campaign
Apr 21, 2025 2:15:53 PM / by The Hivemind posted in Russia, Threat Bulletin, Cozy Bear, GRAPELOADER
2023 Recap - Cyberwar and Hacktivism in the Russia-Ukraine Conflict
Dec 8, 2023 1:17:32 PM / by The Hivemind posted in Ukraine, Russia, Threat Bulletin, Primitive Bear, Cozy Bear, Killnet, Cadet Blizzard, LitterDrifter, Ghost Writer, Fancy Bear, VooDoo Bear, RedStinger, Nodaria, Cyber Regiment, IT Army of Ukraine, KibOrg, NLB
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.
APT 29 Using Brute Ratel
Jul 25, 2022 1:58:05 PM / by PolySwarm Tech Team posted in Threat Bulletin, Brute Ratel, APT29, CozyDuke, brc4, Cozy Bear, Cozycar, Dark Halo, Dukes, NOBELIUM, Office Monkeys, StellarParticle, UNC2452, YTTRIUM
Executive Summary
Palo Alto’s Unit 42 recently reported on Brute Ratel C4 (BRc4), a legitimate redteaming and adversarial attack simulation tool being abused by APT 29 threat actors.