GINC-APT-0790 · Criminal

Hive0163

Category
Criminal · Financially motivated: ransomware, fraud and theft.
Origin
Unknown
Sources
3 sources carry it
Identifier
GINC-APT-0790 · hive0163

What it is

Hive0163 is a financially motivated ransomware group responsible for deploying Interlock ransomware, utilizing ClickFix social engineering for initial access. They employ the AI-generated PowerShell backdoor Slopoly for persistent command-and-control access, which checks in with attacker infrastructure every 50 seconds and transmits telemetry every 30 seconds. The group leverages AzCopy for bulk data exfiltration to Azure blob storage before executing ransomware, employing a five-stage attack chain. Their operations are characterized by the use of initial access brokers and a variety of custom backdoors for long-term access and data exfiltration.

Tools

The tools and malware families the sources tie to it.

  • Backdoor.Oldrea
  • POWERSOURCE
  • POWERSTATS
  • Power Loader
  • PowerDuke
  • PowerRAT

Sources

  • Malpedia malpedia.caad.fkie.fraunhofer.de