GINC-APT-0282 · Criminal

CostaRicto

Category
Criminal · Financially motivated: ransomware, fraud and theft.
Origin
Unknown
Motivation
Financial gain
Seen
2017
Sources
6 sources carry it
Identifier
GINC-APT-0282 · costaricto

What it is

CostaRicto is a cyber-espionage threat actor that operates as a mercenary group, offering its services to various clients globally. They use bespoke malware tools and sophisticated techniques like VPN proxy and SSH tunnelling. While their targets are scattered across different regions, there is a concentration in South Asia.

Targets

Countries
Australia, Austria, Bahamas, Bangladesh, China, Czech, France, India, Mozambique, Netherlands, Portugal, Singapore, United States

Tools

The tools and malware families the sources tie to it.

  • Client Maximus
  • ClientMesh
  • CostaBricks
  • CrossRat
  • Cyber Eye RAT
  • CyberGate
  • PowerSploit
  • PsExec
  • SombRAT
  • nmap

Sources