Metadata Executive Summary FAMOUS CHOLLIMA is a DPRK-aligned activity cluster that multiple vendors associate with job-themed social engineering, developer targeting, and monetisation that can include cryptocurrency theft and credential collection.…
Scattered Spider is a financially motivated eCrime collective best known for high-success social engineering against enterprise IT help desks, often enabling account takeover in SSO and hybrid environments and progressing…
Operational profile of the Black Basta ransomware ecosystem (2022–2026)Black Basta, BASTA, ransomware, RaaS, double extortion, UNC4393, Storm-1811, QakBot, DarkGate, Quick Assist, vishing, MITRE ATT&CK Executive overview Black Basta (also written…
1) Executive overview APT42 is an Iran-aligned cyber espionage and surveillance actor assessed by multiple vendors as state-sponsored. Mandiant assesses with high confidence that APT42 conducts information collection and surveillance…
Peaklight malware deep dive, peaklight, emmenhtal, in-memory malware, lnk, mshta, powershell, bunnycdn, webdav, cryptbot, lumma, shadowladder, hijackloader, threat hunting, incident response, mitre att&ck 1. Executive Summary Peaklight (also tracked as…
APT33, Elfin, Peach Sandstorm, HOLMIUM, Refined Kitten, Iran, aerospace, energy, petrochemical, spearphishing, password spraying, Outlook Home Page, Ruler, TurnedUp, DropShot, ShapeShift, StoneDrill 1. Executive Summary APT33 is a suspected Iranian…
APT29, also known as Cozy Bear, is a Russian hacker group believed to be affiliated with one or more Russian intelligence agencies. The group has been operating for the Russian…
1. Executive Summary APT28 is a long-running Russian state-aligned cyber espionage actor widely attributed to the GRU’s 85th Main Special Service Center (GTsSS), military unit 26165, active since at least…
At-a-glance Attribute Assessment Primary tracking name APT31 (widely used in government and industry reporting) (Department of Justice) Notable aliases Violet Typhoon / ZIRCONIUM (Microsoft), JUDGMENT PANDA (CrowdStrike) (Microsoft Learn) Suspected…
1. Executive Summary LAPSUS$ is an extortion-focused cybercriminal collective best known for high-tempo intrusions against large enterprises and service providers, frequently leveraging social engineering and identity compromise rather than exploiting…