GINC-APT-0502 · Targeted, sponsor unknown

Cosmic Lynx

Category
Targeted, sponsor unknown · Targeted intrusions with no sponsor attributed.
Origin
Russia(medium confidence)
Motivation
Business Email Compromise
Sources
4 sources carry it
Identifier
GINC-APT-0502 · cosmic-lynx

What it is

Cosmic Lynx is a Russia-based BEC cybercriminal organization that has significantly impacted the email threat landscape with sophisticated, high-dollar phishing attacks.

Attribution

Each attribution is a claim: who makes it, and to whom. Western and Eastern sources are kept apart, as they often disagree.

Tools

The tools and malware families the sources tie to it.

  • CosmicDuke
  • Cyber Eye RAT
  • CyberGate

Sources

  • Malpedia malpedia.caad.fkie.fraunhofer.de