Sofacy APT Has Subtly Changed Tactics

guest · Jun 7, 2018

Sofacy APT Has Subtly Changed Tactics
June 7, 2018
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/sofacy-apt-has-subtly-changed-tactics/

A well-known Russian cyber-espionage group has subtly changed its modus operandi, moving to what security researchers from Palo Alto Networks are calling "parallel attacks."

These new "parallel attacks" are in stark contrast with what security researchers from multiple cyber-security firms have previosuly seen from Sofacy, a well-known APT (advanced persistent threat —a term used to describe nation-state hackers).
Sofacy widens attack arsenal for increased infection rate
But in a report published yesterday, Palo Alto researchers have revealed that the group has evolved from this stealthier tactic to a shotgun approach, regularly seen in the tactics of financially motivated hackers.

The first thing that jumped out to researchers is that instead of targeting a few key individuals inside an organization, the group is targeting a larger number of victims.

As mentioned before, this shotgun approach of deploying different malware through different infection channels is not usually a method employed by APT groups, but rather by desperate low-level cyber-criminals looking to infect victims at any costs.
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