GINC-APT-0909 · Targeted, sponsor unknown

REF5961

Category
Targeted, sponsor unknown · Targeted intrusions with no sponsor attributed.
Origin
Unknown
Sources
3 sources carry it
Identifier
GINC-APT-0909 · ref5961

What it is

Elastic's security team has published a report on REF5961, a cyber-espionage group they found on the network of a Foreign Affairs Ministry from a member of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN). Elastic says it found the group's tools next to the malware of another cyber-espionage group it tracks as REF2924. REF5961's arsenal includes malware such as EAGERBEE, RUDEBIRD, and DOWNTOWN.

Tools

The tools and malware families the sources tie to it.

  • Cyber Eye RAT
  • CyberGate

Sources

  • Malpedia malpedia.caad.fkie.fraunhofer.de