Void Balaur
Void Balaur is a highly active hack-for-hire / cyber mercenary group with a wide range of known target types across the globe. Their services have been observed for sale to the public online since at least 2016. Services include the collection of private data and access to specific online email and social media services, such as Gmail, Outlook, Telegram, Yandex, Facebook, Instagram, and business emails.
Targets: Brazil, Central African Republic, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Moldova, Russia, Spain, Sudan, Taiwan, Ukraine, United Kingdom, United States
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://www.sentinelone.com/labs/the-sprawling-infrastructure-of-a-careless-mercenary/
- https://blog.google/threat-analysis-group/countering-hack-for-hire-groups/
- https://documents.trendmicro.com/assets/white_papers/wp-void-balaur-tracking-a-cybermercenarys-activities.pdf
- https://www.amnesty.org/en/latest/research/2020/03/targeted-surveillance-attacks-in-uzbekistan-an-old-threat-with-new-techniques/
- https://equalit.ie/deflect-labs-report-6/
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.