- Category
- State · Attributed to a state or working for one.
- Origin
- Belarus(high confidence)
- Sponsor
- Belarus
- Motivation
- Espionage; Information theft and espionage
- Seen
- 2014–2026
- Status
- Active
- ATT&CK
- G1019 · 9 techniques
- Sources
- 11 sources carry it
- Identifier
- GINC-APT-0048 · moustachedbouncer
BelarusWhat it is
MoustachedBouncer is a cyberespionage group that has been active since at least 2014 targeting foreign embassies in Belarus.
Names
The names each vendor, agency and source gives it. Naming differs by who tracks the actor, so one group carries many.
- Microsoft
- Storm-1125
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 / ThaiCERTBelarus
- MISP Galaxy (CFR tagging)Belarus
- MicrosoftBelarus
- ThreatActor.info (Malpedia et al.)Belarus · high
Targets
- Countries
- Belarus, Eastern Europe, Europe, Northeast Africa, South Asia
- Sectors
- Government
Tools
The tools and malware families the sources tie to it.
- Cyber Eye RAT
- CyberGate
- Disco
- NightClub
- SharpDisco
Sources
- MITRE ATT&CK attack.mitre.org
- ETDA Threat Group Card apt.etda.or.th
- Malpedia malpedia.caad.fkie.fraunhofer.de