Verticals Targeted: Military, Law Enforcement, Government
Regions Targeted: Ukraine
Related Families: Remcos
Executive Summary
Primitive Bear has been observed targeting Ukrainian users with malicious LNK files since at least November 2024. This operation employs a PowerShell downloader and DLL side-loading techniques to deliver the Remcos RAT, exploiting war-related themed lures to deceive victims.
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.
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.
Verticals Targeted: Government, Military, Various
Executive Summary
PicassoLoader, a downloader, was observed targeting government, military, and civilian entities in Ukraine and Poland. CERT-UA attributed this activity to GhostWriter.
Related Families: DboxShell, PowerMagic
Verticals Targeted: Defense, Critical Infrastructure, Transportation
Executive Summary