Threats Tagged 'gost'

In September, an organization was targeted by the Akira ransomware, where attackers gained initial access via Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP). The adversary disabled antivirus protections on the compromised endpoint, used Rclone for data exfiltration, and employed a GOST tunneling tool to maintain persistence. After these preparatory steps, the ransomware payload was deployed. Forensic analysis identified key indicators of compromise including specific file paths, SHA256 hashes of malicious binaries, and the command and control (C2) server IP address used for tunnel communications.