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.While investigating an incident involving the BellaCiao .NET malware, Kaspersky researchers discovered a C++ version they dubbed “BellaCPP”.
Lazarus targets employees of a nuclear-related organization with a bunch of malware, such as MISTPEN, LPEClient, RollMid, CookieTime and a new modular backdoor CookiePlus.
Kaspersky researchers analyze 2019, 2022 and 2024 attacks attributed to Careto APT with medium to high confidence.
The report features the most significant developments relating to APT groups in Q3 2024, including hacktivist activity, new APT tools and campaigns.