GINC-APT-1082 · Criminal

Water Saci

Category
Criminal · Financially motivated: ransomware, fraud and theft.
Origin
Brazil(high confidence)
Sources
3 sources carry it
Identifier
GINC-APT-1082 · water-saci

What it is

Water Saci is a sophisticated cyber threat actor operating in Brazil, utilizing a multi-format attack chain that includes HTA files, ZIP archives, and PDFs to bypass security measures. The campaign employs an email-based C&C infrastructure using IMAP connections to terra.com.br accounts, enhancing its resilience and evasion tactics. It leverages social engineering through WhatsApp to propagate malware, specifically the SORVEPOTEL banking trojan, and incorporates advanced techniques for infection and persistence. The modular architecture of the malware allows for dynamic adaptation and extraction of sensitive credentials, indicating a significant evolution in adversarial capabilities.

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
  • Trojan.Karagany
  • Trojan.Mebromi

Sources

  • Malpedia malpedia.caad.fkie.fraunhofer.de