- Category
- Hacktivist · Political or nationalist, often disruption and leaks.
- Origin
- Russia(high confidence)
- Sources
- 3 sources carry it
- Identifier
- GINC-APT-1063 · usersec
RussiaWhat it is
UserSec is a pro-Russian hacking group that has been active since at least 2022. The group is known for its DDoS attacks and has collaborated with other pro-Russian hacking groups. In May 2023, UserSec announced a cyber campaign targeting NATO member states and joined forces with KillNet to launch attacks against NATO.
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
Tools
The tools and malware families the sources tie to it.
- Cyber Eye RAT
- CyberGate
- Hacking Team UEFI Rootkit
Sources
- Malpedia malpedia.caad.fkie.fraunhofer.de