GINC-APT-0962 · Targeted, sponsor unknown

Storm-0473

Also UNC2849.

Category
Targeted, sponsor unknown · Targeted intrusions with no sponsor attributed.
Origin
Kazakhstan(high confidence)
Sources
3 sources carry it
Identifier
GINC-APT-0962 · storm-0473

What it is

Storm-0473 (Tomiris) is a threat actor that has been active since at least 2019. They primarily target government and diplomatic entities in the Commonwealth of Independent States region, with occasional victims in other regions being foreign representations of CIS countries. Tomiris uses a wide variety of malware implants, including downloaders, backdoors, and file stealers, developed in different programming languages. They employ various attack vectors such as spear-phishing, DNS hijacking, and exploitation of vulnerabilities. There are potential ties between Tomiris and Turla, but they are considered separate threat actors with distinct targeting and tradecraft by Kaspersky.

Names

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

Mandiant
UNC2849

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.

  • Backdoor.Oldrea
  • Xploit

Sources

  • Malpedia malpedia.caad.fkie.fraunhofer.de