APT28: Inside Forest Blizzard’s New Arsenal

Fast Facts:

• The Cyber espionage group Forest Blizzard is attributed to the GRU (Russia’s military intelligence agency).


• Forest Blizzard is also known by its numerous aliases: APT 28, Fancy Bear, Pawn Storm, Sednit Gang, Sofacy Group, BlueDelta, and STRONTIUM.


• Forest Blizzard is known for constantly evolving its tactics, developing custom tools (like GooseEgg), and employing a layered approach to maintain access to compromised systems.


• Forest Blizzard invests heavily in crafting highly believable social engineering attacks, often leveraging information …

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