APT26
Also known as JerseyMikes, TURBINE PANDA, BRONZE EXPRESS, TECHNETIUM, Taffeta Typhoon, Turla, IRON HUNTER, Group 88, Waterbug, WhiteBear, Snake, Krypton, Venomous Bear, Secret Blizzard, BELUGASTURGEON
Turla is a cyber espionage threat group that has been attributed to Russia's Federal Security Service (FSB). They have compromised victims in over 50 countries since at least 2004, spanning a range of industries including government, embassies, military, education, research and pharmaceutical companies. Turla is known for conducting watering hole and spearphishing campaigns, and leveraging in-house tools and malware, such as Uroburos.(Citation: Kaspersky Turla)(Citation: ESET Gazer Aug 2017)(Citation: CrowdStrike VENOMOUS BEAR)(Citation: ESET Turla Mosquito Jan 2018)(Citation: Joint Cybersecurity Advisory AA23-129A Snake Malware May 2023)
CVEs in recent coverage
- 8.4CVE-2025-8088KEVRARLAB WinRAR · 1 mention with this actor
Recent victims
No leak-site posts on record for this group.
ATT&CK techniques
Recent activity
- Happy to announce that announce my talk FrostyMorph Friends: Reverse Engineering Secret Blizzard's .NET Arsenal was accepted as an on-demand session at Blacmastodon · Nov 5, 2026
- # ESETresearch APT Activity Report (Apr–Sep 2026): Russia-aligned APTs continued targeting 🇺🇦 Ukrainian defense, government, and infrastructure entities. # Gamastodon · Oct 30, 2026
- LABScon25 Replay | Gamaredon x Turla: Unveiling a 2025 Espionage Alliance Targeting Ukraineblog · Jun 2, 2026
References
- https://www.secureworks.com/research/threat-profiles/bronze-express
- https://www.uscc.gov/sites/default/files/2022-02/Adam_Kozy_Testimony.pdf
- https://www.fireeye.com/content/dam/fireeye-www/summit/cds-2019/presentations/cds19-executive-s08-achievement-unlocked.pdf
- http://www.secureworks.com/research/threat-profiles/iron-hunter
- https://attack.mitre.org/groups/G0010
- https://blog.talosintelligence.com/2021/09/tinyturla.html
- https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-365/security/intelligence/microsoft-threat-actor-naming?view=o365-worldwide
- https://securelist.com/introducing-whitebear/81638/
- https://securelist.com/the-epic-turla-operation/65545/
- https://web.archive.org/web/20201101015247/https://www.accenture.com/us-en/blogs/cyber-defense/turla-belugasturgeon-compromises-government-entity
- https://www.cisa.gov/sites/default/files/2023-05/aa23-129a_snake_malware_2.pdf
- https://www.crowdstrike.com/blog/meet-crowdstrikes-adversary-of-the-month-for-march-venomous-bear/
From the MISP threat-actor galaxy, MITRE ATT&CK and RansomLook (CC BY 4.0). Activity is any post or advisory Watch Floor collected that names the actor or one of its aliases.
