SecuriTricks - russia

Snake Keylogger in Geopolitical Affairs: Abuse of Trusted Java Utilities in Cybercrime Operations

The S2 Group’s intelligence team has identified through adversary tracking a new phishing campaign by Snake Keylogger, a Russian origin stealer programmed in .NET, targeting various types of victims, such as companies, governments or individuals. The campaign has been identified as using spearphish…

phishing

spearphishing

Published: June 30, 2025

Downloadable IOCs: 34

APT carries out attacks with data theft and crypto miner deployment

Librarian Ghouls, an APT group targeting entities in Russia and the CIS, has been conducting a campaign involving targeted phishing emails with malicious archives. The attackers use legitimate third-party software and scripts to establish remote access, steal credentials, and deploy an XMRig crypto…

Published: June 9, 2025

Downloadable IOCs: 55

Operation RoundPress targeting high-value webmail servers

ESET researchers have uncovered a Russia-aligned espionage operation named RoundPress, targeting high-value webmail servers through XSS vulnerabilities. The campaign, attributed to the Sednit group, aims to steal confidential data from specific email accounts. Initially focused on Roundcube in 2023…

Published: May 18, 2025

Linked vulnerabilities : CVE-2024-27443, CVE-2024-11182 (CVSS 6.1), CVE-2020-35730, CVE-2023-23397, CVE-2023-43770

Downloadable IOCs: 16

Backdoor implant discovered on PyPI posing as debugging utility

A sophisticated malicious package named 'dbgpkg' was detected on PyPI, masquerading as a Python debugging utility. The package implants a backdoor on systems, enabling execution of malicious code and data exfiltration. It uses function wrapping techniques to evade detection and is believed to be pa…

global socket toolkit

requestsdev

discordpydebug

Published: May 15, 2025

Downloadable IOCs: 0

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…

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

When Getting Phished Puts You in Mortal Danger

The article discusses a network of phishing domains targeting Russians searching for anti-Putin organizations. These domains mimic recruitment websites of Ukrainian paramilitary groups and intelligence agencies. The scam aims to collect personal information from potential recruits, likely for Russi…

search engine manipulation

2025-03-28

paramilitary

russian volunteer corps

freedom of russia legion

Published: March 28, 2025

Downloadable IOCs: 0

Russian campaign targeting Romanian WhatsApp numbers

A campaign originating from Russia has been identified, targeting Romanian WhatsApp users. The operation involves sending messages to victims, encouraging them to vote in a fake contest. When users click on the provided link, they are prompted to enter their WhatsApp number and an 8-character code,…

Published: February 28, 2025

Downloadable IOCs: 0

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

The Angry Likho APT group has launched a new wave of targeted attacks primarily against Russian organizations. The group employs spear-phishing emails with malicious attachments as the initial attack vector. A previously unknown implant was discovered, utilizing a self-extracting archive and AutoIt…

Published: February 24, 2025

Downloadable IOCs: 30

Bloody Wolf evolution: new targets, new tools

Bloody Wolf, a notorious threat actor, has shifted its tactics by replacing malware with the legitimate remote administration tool NetSupport. The group has expanded its targets to include organizations in both Kazakhstan and Russia, compromising over 400 systems. Their attack method involves phish…

remote administration

jar files

Published: February 20, 2025

Downloadable IOCs: 0

Multiple Russian Threat Actors Targeting Microsoft Device Code Authentication

Russian threat actors are conducting social-engineering and spear-phishing campaigns to compromise Microsoft 365 accounts using Device Code Authentication phishing. This method has proven more effective than traditional techniques. Campaigns have targeted organizations with politically-themed lures…

device code authentication

Published: February 14, 2025

Downloadable IOCs: 0

Hacktivists attack Russian organizations using rare RATs

The Cyber Anarchy Squad (C.A.S) is a hacktivist group targeting Russian and Belarusian organizations since 2022. They exploit vulnerabilities in public services and use free tools to inflict maximum damage. The group employs rare remote access Trojans like Revenge RAT and Spark RAT, alongside commo…

Published: December 18, 2024

Downloadable IOCs: 0

PlainGnome and Bonespy Russian Android spyware discovered | Threat Intel

Two Android surveillance families, BoneSpy and PlainGnome, have been discovered and attributed to the Russian Gamaredon APT group, associated with the FSB. BoneSpy, active since 2021, is based on open-source DroidWatcher, while PlainGnome emerged in 2024. Both target Russian-speaking victims in for…

Published: December 13, 2024

Downloadable IOCs: 31

Intensifies Attacks On Russia With PhantomCore

The Head Mare hacktivist group has escalated its campaign against Russian targets using the PhantomCore backdoor. The group employs deceptive ZIP archives containing malicious LNK files and executables disguised as archive files to deploy PhantomCore. This C++-compiled backdoor, which replaces earl…

Published: December 11, 2024

Linked vulnerabilities : CVE-2023-38831

Downloadable IOCs: 31

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

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Attack reports

Operation MoneyMount, ISO Deploying Phantom Stealer

Operation FrostBeacon: Multi-Cluster Cobalt Strike Campaign Targets Russia

Operation Peek-a-Baku: Silent Lynx APT Targets Dushanbe with Espionage Campaign

Operation Peek-a-Baku: APT Targets Dushanbe with Espionage Campaign

Operation SkyCloak: Tor Campaign targets Military of Russia & Belarus

Werewolf raids Russia's public sector with trusted relationship attacks

Gamaredon X Turla collaboration

Updates Arsenal with BAITSWITCH and SIMPLEFIX

Russian Influence Assets Converge on Moldovan Elections

Analysis of APT-C-53 (Gamaredon) Attack on Ukrainian Government Agencies

Amazon disrupts watering hole campaign by Russia's APT29

A New Threat Actor Targeting Geopolitical Hotbeds

Frozen in transit: Secret Blizzard's AiTM campaign against diplomats

Operation Cargotalon: Targeting Russian Aerospace Defense Using Eaglet Implant

Snake Keylogger in Geopolitical Affairs: Abuse of Trusted Java Utilities in Cybercrime Operations

APT carries out attacks with data theft and crypto miner deployment

Operation RoundPress targeting high-value webmail servers

Backdoor implant discovered on PyPI posing as debugging utility

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