- Category
- Targeted, sponsor unknown · Targeted intrusions with no sponsor attributed.
- Origin
- Unknown
- Motivation
- Information theft and espionage
- Seen
- 2022
- Sources
- 5 sources carry it
- Identifier
- GINC-APT-0374 · aeroblade
What it is
AeroBlade is a previously unknown threat actor that has been targeting an aerospace organization in the United States. Their objective appears to be conducting commercial and competitive cyber espionage. They employ spear-phishing as a delivery mechanism, using weaponized documents with embedded remote template injection techniques and malicious VBA macro code. The attacks have been ongoing since September 2022, with multiple phases identified in the attack chain. The origin and precise objective of AeroBlade remain unknown.
Targets
- Countries
- United States
- Sectors
- Aerospace
Tools
The tools and malware families the sources tie to it.
- Cyber Eye RAT
- CyberGate
- Remote Utilities
- RemoteCMD
- RemotePC
- SPACESHIP
- UNITEDRAKE
- Unknown Logger
Sources
- ETDA Threat Group Card apt.etda.or.th
- Malpedia malpedia.caad.fkie.fraunhofer.de