GINC-APT-0417 · Criminal

Longlegs

Also Storm-2603.

Category
Criminal · Financially motivated: ransomware, fraud and theft.
Origin
China(high confidence)
Sources
5 sources carry it
Identifier
GINC-APT-0417 · longlegs

What it is

The group Microsoft tracks as Storm-2603 is assessed with medium confidence to be a China-based threat actor. Microsoft has not identified links between Storm-2603 and other known Chinese threat actors. Microsoft tracks this threat actor in association with attempts to steal MachineKeys via the on-premises SharePoint vulnerabilities. Although Microsoft has observed this threat actor deploying Warlock and Lockbit ransomware in the past, Microsoft is currently unable to confidently assess the threat actor’s objectives. Additional actors may use these exploits to target unpatched on-premises SharePoint systems, further emphasizing the need for organizations to implement mitigations and security updates immediately.

Names

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

Microsoft
Storm-2603

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.

  • China Chopper
  • Xploit

Sources

  • Malpedia malpedia.caad.fkie.fraunhofer.de