Senior Security Researcher at Kaspersky`s GReAT
Mark Lechtik is a Senior Security Researcher at Kaspersky`s GReAT, based in Israel. He is mainly engaged with malware analysis and threat intelligence. Formerly, Mark reverse engineered a bunch of North Korean anti-viruses, and spoke about it in a few conferences. Today he is mostly engaged with breaking down malware and understanding the nitty gritty of APT campaigns.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.