GINC-APT-0509 · Criminal

DarkGaboon

Also room155, Vengeful Wolf.

Category
Criminal · Financially motivated: ransomware, fraud and theft.
Origin
Unknown
Sources
4 sources carry it
Identifier
GINC-APT-0509 · darkgaboon

What it is

DarkGaboon is a financially motivated APT group that has been independently targeting Russian organizations since May 2023, primarily using phishing emails to deliver malware such as Revenge RAT and LockBit 3.0 ransomware. Their operations demonstrate advanced operational security practices, including the use of homoglyphs in file names and decoy documents sourced from legitimate Russian templates to evade detection. The group has shown a disciplined approach to updating their toolkit, with 369 unique files identified, and employs command-and-control infrastructure located outside Russia. DarkGaboon's linguistic proficiency in Russian suggests a deep understanding of the local context, enhancing the effectiveness of their phishing lures.

Names

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

CrowdStrike
Vengeful Wolf
Other names
room155

Tools

The tools and malware families the sources tie to it.

  • Revenge-RAT

Sources

  • Malpedia malpedia.caad.fkie.fraunhofer.de