SecuriTricks - russia

Sophisticated backdoor mimicking secure networking software updates

A sophisticated backdoor targeting Russian organizations in government, finance, and industry sectors was discovered masquerading as updates for ViPNet secure networking software. The malware, distributed in LZH archives, exploits a path substitution technique to execute a malicious loader that dep…

backdoor

apt

heur:trojan.win32.loader.gen

path substitution

vipnet

Published: April 22, 2025

Downloadable IOCs: 0

Campaigns Impersonate the CIA to Target Ukraine Sympathizers, Russian Citizens and Informants

Silent Push Threat Analysts have uncovered a sophisticated phishing campaign targeting individuals sympathetic to Ukraine's defense, Russian citizens, and potential informants. The operation, believed to be orchestrated by Russian Intelligence Services, employs four major phishing clusters imperson…

russian volunteer corps

2025-04-01

hochuzhit

cia

intelligence gathering

legion liberty

Published: April 1, 2025

Downloadable IOCs: 0

Something to Remember Us By: Device Confiscated by Russian Authorities Returned with Monokle-Type Spyware Installed

A joint investigation by The First Department and The Citizen Lab uncovered spyware covertly implanted on a Russian programmer's phone after it was confiscated by authorities. The individual, accused of sending money to Ukraine, was subjected to beatings and recruitment attempts by the FSB during h…

Published: December 5, 2024

Downloadable IOCs: 0

Frequent freeloader part I: Secret Blizzard compromising Storm-0156 infrastructure for espionage

The Russian state-sponsored threat actor Secret Blizzard has been observed compromising the infrastructure of Storm-0156, a Pakistan-based espionage group, to conduct their own espionage operations. Since November 2022, Secret Blizzard has used Storm-0156's backdoors to deploy their own malware on …

Published: December 5, 2024

Downloadable IOCs: 0

NetSupport RAT and RMS in malicious emails

The Horns&Hooves campaign, active since March 2023, targets Russian businesses with malicious email attachments containing scripts that install NetSupport RAT or BurnsRAT. The campaign evolved through several versions, improving obfuscation and delivery methods. It uses decoy documents and legitima…

Published: December 2, 2024

Downloadable IOCs: 35

Russian Hackers Exploit New NTLM Flaw to Deploy RAT Malware via Phishing Emails

A newly discovered vulnerability in Windows NT LAN Manager (NTLM) has been exploited by suspected Russian hackers in cyber attacks against Ukraine. The flaw, identified as CVE-2024-43451, allows attackers to steal NTLMv2 hashes through minimal user interaction with malicious files. The exploit chai…

Published: November 14, 2024

Downloadable IOCs: 24

Russian Hackers Attacking Ukraine Military With Malware Via Telegram

Russian hackers, identified as UNC5812, are targeting the Ukrainian military through a sophisticated cyber operation. The attackers use a deceptive Telegram channel and website posing as a civil defense service to distribute malware for both Windows and Android devices. The Windows attack deploys P…

Published: October 31, 2024

Downloadable IOCs: 7

Midnight Blizzard conducts large-scale spear-phishing campaign using RDP files

On October 22, 2024, Microsoft identified a spear-phishing campaign in which Midnight Blizzard sent phishing emails to thousands of users in over 100 organizations. The emails were highly targeted, using social engineering lures relating to Microsoft, Amazon Web Services (AWS), and the concept of Z…

Published: October 30, 2024

Downloadable IOCs: 281

Analyzing the familiar tools used by the Crypt Ghouls hacktivists

The Crypt Ghouls group is targeting Russian businesses and government agencies with ransomware attacks. They utilize a toolkit including utilities like Mimikatz, XenAllPasswordPro, PingCastle, and others. The group employs LockBit 3.0 and Babuk ransomware as final payloads. Initial access is often …

credential harvesting

Published: October 18, 2024

Downloadable IOCs: 1

Ukrainian and Polish entities targeted with RomCom malware variants

A Russian-speaking threat group, UAT-5647, has been conducting attacks against Ukrainian government entities and Polish targets since late 2023. The group has evolved its toolset to include four distinct malware families: RustClaw and MeltingClaw downloaders, DustyHammock backdoor, and ShadyHammock…

Published: October 17, 2024

Downloadable IOCs: 0

Core Werewolf hones its arsenal against Russia’s government organizations

BI.ZONE Threat Intelligence continues monitoring a threat actor called Core Werewolf, which has targeted Russia's defense industry and critical infrastructure since 2021. In its recent campaigns, the adversary employed a new loader written in AutoIt and started delivering malicious files via Telegr…

Published: October 14, 2024

Downloadable IOCs: 25

Head Mare: adventures of a unicorn in Russia and Belarus

Head Mare is a hacktivist group targeting companies in Russia and Belarus since 2023. They use phishing campaigns exploiting the CVE-2023-38831 vulnerability in WinRAR for initial access. Their toolkit includes custom malware like PhantomDL and PhantomCore, as well as publicly available tools like …

Published: September 2, 2024

Linked vulnerabilities : CVE-2023-38831

Downloadable IOCs: 52

Fighting Ursa Luring Targets With Car for Sale

This analysis examines a campaign attributed to the Russian threat actor Fighting Ursa, also known as APT28, Fancy Bear, and Sofacy. The group utilized a phishing lure disguised as an advertisement for a car sale to distribute the HeadLace backdoor malware, likely targeting diplomats. The lure expl…

Published: August 5, 2024

Linked vulnerabilities : CVE-2024-3400

Downloadable IOCs: 6

Secret Message: Steganography Tricks of TA558 Group in Cyber Attacks on Enterprises in Russia and Belarus

F.A.C.C.T.'s Threat Intelligence analysts have investigated numerous cyberattacks by the TA558 group targeting enterprises, government institutions, and banks in Russia and Belarus. The attacks aimed to steal data and gain access to the organization's internal systems. TA558 used multi-stage phishi…

Published: July 30, 2024

Linked vulnerabilities : CVE-2017-11882

Downloadable IOCs: 74

Armageddon is more than a Grammy-nominated album

This report details a Russia-linked threat actor targeting Ukraine, employing various obfuscation techniques. The malicious activity involves dropping a compressed file disguised as a RAR archive, which fetches a remote image likely for tracking execution. The payload employs mshta.exe to execute r…

Published: June 26, 2024

Downloadable IOCs: 102

Disrupting FlyingYeti's campaign targeting Ukraine

This report details Cloudforce One's real-time effort to detect, deny, degrade, disrupt, and delay a phishing campaign by the Russia-aligned threat actor FlyingYeti targeting Ukraine. The campaign aimed to capitalize on anxiety over potential loss of housing and utilities by enticing targets to ope…

Published: May 31, 2024

Linked vulnerabilities : CVE-2023-38831

Downloadable IOCs: 8

Hellhounds: Operation Lahat

A group called Hellhounds has continued attacking Russian organizations into 2024 using various techniques to compromise infrastructure. Research shows malware toolkit development began in 2019. The group maintains presence inside critical organizations for years. Although based on open-source proj…

Published: May 28, 2024

Downloadable IOCs: 73

Profiling Trafficers: Cerberus

This analysis delves into the activities of a group of malware operators known as Cerberus (formerly Amnesia) Team, who specialize in spreading infostealers, particularly in the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) region. It provides insights into their operations, tactics, and the evolution o…

dracula stealer (samurai)

2024-05-09

2024-05-10

Published: May 10, 2024

Downloadable IOCs: 24

APT28 campaign against Polish government institutions

The CERT Polska team is investigating a large-scale malware campaign carried out by the Russian intelligence group APT28, which has been targeting Polish government institutions in the past year and is believed to be linked to the GRU.

Published: May 8, 2024

Downloadable IOCs: 74

Tag: russia

Attack reports

Sophisticated backdoor mimicking secure networking software updates

Campaigns Impersonate the CIA to Target Ukraine Sympathizers, Russian Citizens and Informants

When Getting Phished Puts You in Mortal Danger

Russian campaign targeting Romanian WhatsApp numbers

New wave of targeted attacks of the Angry Likho APT on Russian organizations

Bloody Wolf evolution: new targets, new tools

Multiple Russian Threat Actors Targeting Microsoft Device Code Authentication

Hacktivists attack Russian organizations using rare RATs

PlainGnome and Bonespy Russian Android spyware discovered | Threat Intel

Intensifies Attacks On Russia With PhantomCore

Something to Remember Us By: Device Confiscated by Russian Authorities Returned with Monokle-Type Spyware Installed

Frequent freeloader part I: Secret Blizzard compromising Storm-0156 infrastructure for espionage

NetSupport RAT and RMS in malicious emails

Russian Hackers Exploit New NTLM Flaw to Deploy RAT Malware via Phishing Emails

Russian Hackers Attacking Ukraine Military With Malware Via Telegram

Midnight Blizzard conducts large-scale spear-phishing campaign using RDP files

Analyzing the familiar tools used by the Crypt Ghouls hacktivists

Ukrainian and Polish entities targeted with RomCom malware variants

Core Werewolf hones its arsenal against Russia’s government organizations

Head Mare: adventures of a unicorn in Russia and Belarus

Fighting Ursa Luring Targets With Car for Sale

Secret Message: Steganography Tricks of TA558 Group in Cyber Attacks on Enterprises in Russia and Belarus

Armageddon is more than a Grammy-nominated album

Disrupting FlyingYeti's campaign targeting Ukraine

Hellhounds: Operation Lahat

Profiling Trafficers: Cerberus

APT28 campaign against Polish government institutions