GINC-APT-0530 · Criminal

GOLD SYMPHONY

Category
Criminal · Financially motivated: ransomware, fraud and theft.
Origin
Russia(medium confidence)
Sources
4 sources carry it
Identifier
GINC-APT-0530 · gold-symphony

What it is

GOLD SYMPHONY is a financially motivated cybercrime group, likely based in Russia, that is responsible for the development and sale on underground forums of the Buer Loader malware. First discovered around August 2019, Buer Loader is offered as a malware-as-a-service (MasS) and has been advertised by a threat actor using the handle 'memeos'. Customers include GOLD BLACKBURN, the operators of the TrickBot malware. In addition to TrickBot, Buer Loader has been reported to download Cobalt Strike and other tools for use in post-intrusion ransomware 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.

  • BLACKCOFFEE
  • BlackEnergy
  • BlackHole
  • BlackNix
  • Blackshades
  • Cobalt Strike
  • Cyber Eye RAT
  • CyberGate

Sources

  • Malpedia malpedia.caad.fkie.fraunhofer.de