- 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.
Western sources
- ETDA / ThaiCERTRussia
- MISP Galaxy (CFR tagging)Russia
- MicrosoftRussia
- ThreatActor.info (Malpedia et al.)Russia
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
- ETDA Threat Group Card apt.etda.or.th
- Malpedia malpedia.caad.fkie.fraunhofer.de