ShadowSilk Hits 35 Organizations in Central Asia and APAC Using Telegram Bots

A threat activity cluster known as ShadowSilk has been attributed to a fresh set of attacks targeting government entities within Central Asia and Asia-Pacific APAC. According to Group-IB, nearly three dozen victims have been identified, with the intrusions mainly geared towards data exfiltration...

YoroTrooper Covert Cyber Espionage Masters of Kazakhstan

Threat Level Attack Report For a detailed threat advisory, download the pdf file here Summary YoroTrooper, a stealthy threat actor primarily focused on espionage, first emerged in June 2022. YoroTroopers targets appear to be concentrated within the Commonwealth of Independent States CIS nations,...

YoroTrooper: Researchers Warn of Kazakhstan's Stealthy Cyber Espionage Group

A relatively new threat actor known as YoroTrooper is likely made up of operators originating from Kazakhstan. The assessment, which comes from Cisco Talos, is based on their fluency in Kazakh and Russian, use of Tenge to pay for operating infrastructure, and very limited targeting of Kazakhstani...

Kazakhstan-associated YoroTrooper disguises origin of attacks as Azerbaijan

Cisco Talos assesses with high confidence that YoroTrooper, an espionage-focused threat actor first active in June 2022, likely consists of individuals from Kazakhstan based on their use of Kazakh currency and fluency in Kazakh and Russian. The actor also appears to have a defensive interest in t...

New YoroTrooper Threat Actor Targeting Government and Energy Organizations

Threat Level Actor Report For a detailed threat advisory, download the pdf file here Summary A new threat actor named "YoroTrooper," has been conducting espionage campaigns since at least June 2022. The groups main motivation appears to be espionage, and they register malicious domains or...

Threat Source newsletter (March 16, 2023) — A deep dive into Talos' work in Ukraine

Welcome to this weeks edition of the Threat Source newsletter. Were written a ton about Cisco Talos support of Ukraine and our friends and allies there. Now, we encourage you to watch and listen to the folks who have been working hands-on there. The latest episode of ThreatWise TV from Hazel Burt...

YoroTrooper Stealing Credentials and Information from Government and Energy Organizations

A previously undocumented threat actor dubbed YoroTrooper has been targeting government, energy, and international organizations across Europe as part of a cyber espionage campaign that has been active since at least June 2022. "Information stolen from successful compromises include credentials...

YoroTrooper Stealing Credentials and Information from Government and Energy Organizations

A previously undocumented threat actor dubbed YoroTrooper has been targeting government, energy, and international organizations across Europe as part of a cyber espionage campaign that has been active since at least June 2022. "Information stolen from successful compromises include credentials...

Talos uncovers espionage campaigns targeting CIS countries, embassies and EU health care agency

Cisco Talos has identified a new threat actor, which we are naming "YoroTrooper," that has been running several successful espionage campaigns since at least June 2022. YoroTroopers main targets are government or energy organizations in Azerbaijan, Tajikistan, Kyrgyzstan and other Commonwealth of...