Eset Research Podcast: Gamaredon

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ESET researchers present nan Gamaredon APT group, detailing its emblematic modus operandi, unsocial unfortunate profile, immense postulation of devices and societal engineering tactics, and moreover its estimated geolocation

13 Nov 2024  •  , 1 min. read

When describing state-backed threat actors, 1 would astir apt expect a ace sophisticated, stealthy group tin of avoiding each alarms and defenses pinch surgical precision. With Gamaredon, astir of that goes retired nan model arsenic this is 1 noisy, highly progressive Russia-aligned group that does not attraction if defenders uncover its activities. However, it is besides an character that develops and improves its cyberespionage devices and techniques virtually each day.

In this typical episode, ESET Principal Malware Researcher Robert Lipovský plays nan big – successful practice pinch our accustomed big Aryeh Goretsky – and questions ESET’s location master connected Gamaredon, Senior Malware Researcher Zoltán Rusnák. In nan debate, they present nan threat actor, including its modular modus operandi, exclusive victimology, immense postulation of precocious devices and societal engineering tricks, and moreover its estimated geolocation.

However, these 23 minutes will cater mostly to those willing successful nan method specifications of Gamaredon’s spearphishing campaigns, techniques to weaponize Word documents and USB drives, approaches to debar domain blocking, and progressively precocious obfuscation. So if you’re a security geek willing successful this benignant of threat intelligence, you’re up for a treat.

To make our podcast worthy nan while of defenders, Robert and Zoltan besides included rather a lot of preventive measures and tips that anyone sitting successful a security operations halfway tin usage to hunt for Gamaredon’s activity successful their web – though that mostly applies to organizations successful Ukraine.

For afloat specifications connected wherever and really nan Russia-aligned threat character Gamaradeon operates, publication much successful ESET’s precocious published white paper. For much information investigation information, travel ESET Research connected X (formerly known arsenic Twitter) and publication our different blogposts, reports, and papers connected WeLiveSecurity.com. If you for illustration what you hear, subscribe for much connected Spotify, Apple Podcasts, aliases PodBean.