- 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
- ETDA Threat Group Card apt.etda.or.th
- Malpedia malpedia.caad.fkie.fraunhofer.de