Cozy Bear’s Wine-tasting Malware: A Grape Disaster for European Diplomats!
APT29, also known as Cozy Bear, is back at it with a grape-flavored twist. Their latest phishing campaign targets European diplomats using wine-tasting invitations as a lure. The mission: deploy a sneaky malware duo—WINELOADER and its new sidekick, GRAPELOADER. Cheers to cyber espionage, but don’t get too tipsy clicking those invites!
Hot Take:
Who knew wine-tasting could get you more than just tipsy? APT29 is serving up a vintage of cyber espionage with a side of malware, proving that when it comes to hacking, they really know how to pour it on! If only they could use their talents to discover the next great Cabernet instead of wreaking havoc on diplomatic entities.
Key Points:
- APT29, a Russian state-sponsored group, is behind a phishing campaign targeting European diplomatic entities.
- The campaign uses wine-tasting invites to trick targets into downloading malware.
- GRAPELOADER is a new malware tool that improves upon the older WINELOADER.
- The malware operates through DLL side-loading to deploy its payload.
- The campaign also shows signs of targeting diplomats in the Middle East.
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