GINC-APT-1072 · Hacktivist

VulzSecTeam

Also VulzSec.

Category
Hacktivist · Political or nationalist, often disruption and leaks.
Origin
Indonesia(high confidence)
Sources
3 sources carry it
Identifier
GINC-APT-1072 · vulzsecteam

What it is

VulzSec, also known as VulzSecTeam, is a hacktivist group that has been involved in various cyber-attacks. They have targeted government websites in retaliation for issues such as police brutality and the treatment of Indian Muslims. The group has been involved in campaigns like OpIndia2.0, where they planned to launch DDoS attacks on Indian government websites.

Names

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

Other names
VulzSec

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.

  • Cyber Eye RAT
  • CyberGate

Sources

  • Malpedia malpedia.caad.fkie.fraunhofer.de