GINC-APT-0095 · State

RomCom

Also Storm-0671, Storm-0978, TA829, Tropical Scorpius, Void Rabisu, CIGAR and 12 other names.

Category
State · Attributed to a state or working for one.
Origin
Russia(high confidence)
Motivation
Financial gain; Information theft and espionage
Seen
2019
Sources
9 sources carry it
Identifier
GINC-APT-0095 · romcom

What it is

ROMCOM is an evolving and sophisticated threat actor group that has been using the malware tool ROMCOM for espionage and financially motivated attacks. They have targeted organizations in Ukraine and NATO countries, including military personnel, government agencies, and political leaders. The ROMCOM backdoor is capable of stealing sensitive information and deploying other malware, showcasing the group's adaptability and growing sophistication.

Names

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

CERT-UA
UAC-0142, UAC-0180
Cisco Talos
UAT-5647
Mandiant
UNC2596
Microsoft
Storm-0671, Storm-0978, DEV-0978
Proofpoint
TA829
Other names
Tropical Scorpius, Void Rabisu, CIGAR, Cuba, DEB-0978, Storm-0671 (Microsoft), Storm-0978 (Microsoft), Tropical Scorpius, RomCom, Tropicalscorpius, Underground Team

Attribution

Each attribution is a claim: who makes it, and to whom. Western and Eastern sources are kept apart, as they often disagree.

Targets

Countries
European Union, Germany, Ukraine
Sectors
Construction, Education, Energy, Financial, Government, Healthcare, High-Tech, Manufacturing, Shipping and Logistics, Transportation

Tools

The tools and malware families the sources tie to it.

  • Archelaus Beta
  • Backdoor.Oldrea
  • Cyber Eye RAT
  • CyberGate
  • Windows Remote Desktop
  • Xploit

Sources