- Category
- State · Attributed to a state or working for one.
- Origin
- Libya(high confidence)
- Motivation
- Information theft and espionage
- Seen
- 2015–2016
- Status
- Dormant
- Sources
- 7 sources carry it
- Identifier
- GINC-APT-0217 · libyan-scorpions
LibyaWhat it is
Libyan Scorpions is a malware operation in use since September 2015 and operated by a politically motivated group whose main objective is intelligence gathering, spying on influentials and political figures and operate an espionage campaign within Libya.
Attribution
Each attribution is a claim: who makes it, and to whom. Western and Eastern sources are kept apart, as they often disagree.
Western sources
- ETDA / ThaiCERTLibya
- MISP Galaxy (CFR tagging)Libya
- ThreatActor.info (Malpedia et al.)Libya
Targets
- Countries
- Libya
- Sectors
- Intelligence
Tools
The tools and malware families the sources tie to it.
- Benghazi.exe
- Voice Massege.apk
Sources
- ETDA Threat Group Card apt.etda.or.th
- Malpedia malpedia.caad.fkie.fraunhofer.de