Vicious Panda is a threat actor of unknown origin targeting the public sector with COVID-19 themed phishing campaigns.
Analyst brief
Vicious Panda (SixLittleMonkeys) is a threat actor of unknown origin. It primarily targets the public sector in Belarus, Russia, Mongolia, and Ukraine. The group leverages COVID-19 themed phishing campaigns to deliver previously unknown malware implants. Defenders should focus on email security and suspicious macro-enabled documents.
Vicious Panda
SixLittleMonkeys
unknown
Check Point Research discovered a new campaign against the Mongolian public sector, which takes advantage of the current Coronavirus scare, in order to deliver a previously unknown malware implant to the target.
A closer look at this campaign allowed us to tie it to other operations which were carried out by the same anonymous group, dating back to at least 2016. Over the years, these operations targeted different sectors in multiple countries, such as Ukraine, Russia, and Belarus.