Threats Tagged 'rust malware'

In May 2026, a cyber-espionage campaign by the Armored Likho group (also known as Eagle Werewolf) targeted private individuals and organizations across Russia, including major corporations, public sector entities, IT companies, and educational institutions. The attackers employed fake donation service applications as initial infection vectors. The campaign introduced the Still Toolkit, comprising two Rust-based components: Still Sync, which steals Telegram session data and leverages the Telegram API to extract chat logs and media files, and Still Audio, an implant that conducts covert audio surveillance by detecting speech patterns and recording conversations. The toolkit demonstrates sophisticated capabilities including Dead Drop Resolver techniques, RMS-based voice activity detection, and gRPC-based C2 communications. The campaign shows significant code overlap with previous Armored Likho operations, particularly from February 2026, including identical dropper architecture, encryption algorithms, and inf...

MediumMalwareRussia#russia targeting#still sync#rust malware

A sophisticated spear phishing campaign targets professionals in the Eurasian unmanned aviation sector, timed to coincide with the XIII Eurasian International Forum 'Unmanned Aviation 2026' in Moscow. The attack delivers malicious archives containing Rust-based executables disguised as legitimate documents from the Russian Aeronautical Information Center. The malware displays aviation-themed decoy documents in Russian while collecting system information including hostnames, volume serial numbers, network adapter details, and environment variables. Collected data is encrypted via XOR and exfiltrated to a C2 server over HTTPS. The malware subsequently downloads and executes a second-stage payload using AES-256 decryption. The campaign demonstrates targeted social engineering with realistic aviation order documents, translation certificates, and product summaries to compromise victims in Russia, Tajikistan, Central Asia, Middle East and Europe.

MediumCampaignRussiaTajikistan#c2 exfiltration#multi-stage payload#aviation sector