Common TTPs of attacks against industrial organizations

In 2022 we investigated a series of attacks against industrial organizations in Eastern Europe. In the campaigns, the attackers aimed to establish a permanent channel for data exfiltration, including data stored on air-gapped systems.

Based on similarities found between these campaigns and previously researched campaigns (e.g., ExCone, DexCone), including the use of FourteenHi variants, specific TTPs and the scope of the attack, we have medium to high confidence that a threat actor called APT31, also known as Judgment …

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