Lead Security Researcher, GReAT
Christian joined Kaspersky in 2007 and became a Junior Malware Analyst a year later. His specialist field is social networking sites and internet fraud. Since 2010, Christian has been a Virus Analyst for the company and has worked extensively with teams across Central Europe. Christian has a degree in Computer Technologies from the Ingolstadt University of Applied Sciences in Germany.Kaspersky discovered a new APT CloudSorcerer targeting Russian government entities and using cloud services as C2, just like the CloudWizard actor.
The report features the most significant developments relating to APT groups in Q1 2024, including the new malware campaigns DuneQuixote and Durian, and hacktivist activity.
We continue to report on the APT group ToddyCat. This time, we’ll talk about traffic tunneling, constant access to a target infrastructure and data extraction from hosts.
New unattributed DuneQuixote campaign targeting entities in the Middle East employs droppers disguised as Total Commander installer and CR4T backdoor in C and Go.