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Storm-0473  (Back to overview)

aka: UNC2849

Storm-0473 (Tomiris) is a threat actor that has been active since at least 2019. They primarily target government and diplomatic entities in the Commonwealth of Independent States region, with occasional victims in other regions being foreign representations of CIS countries. Tomiris uses a wide variety of malware implants, including downloaders, backdoors, and file stealers, developed in different programming languages. They employ various attack vectors such as spear-phishing, DNS hijacking, and exploitation of vulnerabilities. There are potential ties between Tomiris and Turla, but they are considered separate threat actors with distinct targeting and tradecraft by Kaspersky.


Associated Families

There are currently no families associated with this actor.


References
2024-12-04MicrosoftMicrosoft Threat Intelligence
Frequent freeloader part I: Secret Blizzard compromising Storm-0156 infrastructure for espionage
Crimson RAT MiniPocket TwoDash Wainscot Operation C-Major Storm-0473
2023-04-24Kaspersky LabsIvan Kwiatkowski, Pierre Delcher
Tomiris called, they want their Turla malware back
KopiLuwak Andromeda Ave Maria GoldMax JLORAT Kazuar Meterpreter QUIETCANARY RATel Roopy Telemiris tomiris Topinambour Storm-0473
2022-04-27Kaspersky LabsGReAT
APT trends report Q1 2022
Fishing Elephant Storm-0473
2021-09-29Kaspersky LabsIvan Kwiatkowski, Pierre Delcher
DarkHalo after SolarWinds: the Tomiris connection (UNC2849)
tomiris Storm-0473

Credits: MISP Project