GINC-APT-0640 · Criminal

Armored Likho

Also Eagle Werewolf.

Category
Criminal · Financially motivated: ransomware, fraud and theft.
Origin
Unknown
Sources
3 sources carry it
Identifier
GINC-APT-0640 · armored-likho

What it is

Armored Likho is an APT group targeting government agencies and the electric power sector across Russia, Brazil, and Kazakhstan. Their operations blend financially motivated campaigns with cyber-espionage, utilizing obfuscated, modular RATs and infostealers designed to evade dynamic analysis. They employ spear-phishing emails with deceptive themes to gain initial access, distributing malicious attachments that mimic legitimate content. Their toolkit includes BusySnake Stealer and AquilaRAT, with a focus on evolving TTPs and leveraging AI tools for payload generation.

Names

The names each vendor, agency and source gives it. Naming differs by who tracks the actor, so one group carries many.

BI.ZONE
Eagle Werewolf

Tools

The tools and malware families the sources tie to it.

  • CrossRat
  • Cyber Eye RAT
  • CyberGate
  • POWERSOURCE
  • POWERSTATS
  • Power Loader
  • PowerDuke
  • PowerRAT

Sources

  • Malpedia malpedia.caad.fkie.fraunhofer.de