Vicious Panda
Also known as SixLittleMonkeys
Check Point Research discovered a new campaign against the Mongolian public sector, which takes advantage of the current Coronavirus scare, in order to deliver a previously unknown malware implant to the target. A closer look at this campaign allowed us to tie it to other operations which were carried out by the same anonymous group, dating back to at least 2016. Over the years, these operations targeted different sectors in multiple countries, such as Ukraine, Russia, and Belarus.
Targets: Belarus, Russia, Mongolia, Ukraine
CVEs in recent coverage
No CVEs named alongside this actor in the last 90 days.
Recent victims
No leak-site posts on record for this group.
Recent activity
No posts or advisories have named this actor recently.
References
- https://securelist.com/microcin-is-here/97353
- https://securelist.com/a-simple-example-of-a-complex-cyberattack/82636
- https://decoded.avast.io/luigicamastra/apt-group-planted-backdoors-targeting-high-profile-networks-in-central-asia
- https://www.welivesecurity.com/2020/05/14/mikroceen-spying-backdoor-high-profile-networks-central-asia
- https://research.checkpoint.com/2020/vicious-panda-the-covid-campaign
- https://unit42.paloaltonetworks.com/unit42-threat-actors-target-government-belarus-using-cmstar-trojan
- https://media.kasperskycontenthub.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/43/2018/03/07170759/Microcin_Technical_4PDF_eng_final_s.pdf
- https://securelist.com/apt-trends-report-q2-2019/91897
- https://securelist.com/apt-trends-report-q2-2020/97937
- https://securelist.com/it-threat-evolution-q2-2020/98230
- https://securelist.com/apt-trends-report-q3-2021/104708
- https://www.welivesecurity.com/2021/03/10/exchange-servers-under-siege-10-apt-groups/
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.