- Category
- State · Attributed to a state or working for one.
- Origin
- Russia(high confidence)
- Motivation
- Information theft and espionage
- Seen
- 2023
- Sources
- 6 sources carry it
- Identifier
- GINC-APT-0268 · angry-likho
What it is
Angry Likho is an APT group that has been active since 2023, primarily targeting large organizations and government agencies in Russia and Belarus. Their attacks typically involve spear-phishing emails with malicious attachments, such as RAR archives, and utilize a known payload, the Lumma stealer, for data exfiltration. The group employs a compact infrastructure and has been linked to espionage activities, particularly in sectors like aviation and pharmaceuticals. Their operations have shown a focus on collecting sensitive information, including cryptowallet files and user credentials.
Names
The names each vendor, agency and source gives it. Naming differs by who tracks the actor, so one group carries many.
- BI.ZONE
- Sticky Werewolf
Attribution
Each attribution is a claim: who makes it, and to whom. Western and Eastern sources are kept apart, as they often disagree.
Western sources
Targets
- Countries
- Belarus, Russia
- Sectors
- Government
Tools
The tools and malware families the sources tie to it.
- LummaC2
Sources
- ETDA Threat Group Card apt.etda.or.th
- Malpedia malpedia.caad.fkie.fraunhofer.de