Threat Group Cards: A Threat Actor Encyclopedia

Names	Karkadann (Kaspersky)
Country	[Unknown]
Motivation	Information theft and espionage
First seen	2020
Description	(Kaspersky) Karkadann is a threat actor that has been targeting government bodies and news outlets in the Middle East since at least October 2020. The threat actor leverages tailor-made malicious documents with embedded macros that trigger an infection chain, opening a URL in Internet Explorer. The minimal functionality present in the macros and the browser specification suggest that the threat actor might be exploiting a privilege-escalation vulnerability in Internet Explorer. Despite the small amount of evidence available for analysis in the Karkadann case, we were able to find several similarities to the Piwiks case, a watering-hole attack we discovered that targeted multiple prominent websites in the Middle East.
Observed	Sectors: Government, Media. Countries: Middle East.
Tools used
Information	<https://securelist.com/apt-trends-report-q1-2021/101967/>

Last change to this card: 16 May 2021

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