GINC-APT-0476 · Tracked, unattributed

Watchdog

Also Thief Libra.

Category
Tracked, unattributed · A vendor’s working cluster, not yet attributed.
Origin
Unknown
Sources
5 sources carry it
Identifier
GINC-APT-0476 · watchdog

What it is

Thief Libra is a cloud-focused threat group that has a history of cryptojacking operations as well as cloud service platform credential scraping. They were first known to operate on January 27, 2019. They use a variety of custom build Go Scripts as well as repurposed cryptojacking scripts from other groups including TeamTNT. They are currently considered to be an opportunistic threat group that targets exposed cloud instances and applications.

Names

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

Other names
Thief Libra

Tools

The tools and malware families the sources tie to it.

  • CloudDuke

Sources

  • Malpedia malpedia.caad.fkie.fraunhofer.de