When describing state-backed threat actors, one would probably expect a super sophisticated, stealthy, group that can avoid all alarms and defenses with surgical precision. With Gamaredon, most of that goes out the window as this is one noisy, extremely active Russia-aligned group that does not care if defenders uncover its activities. However, it is also an actor that develops and improves its cyberespionage tools and techniques literally every day. If you want to know more about Gamaredon’s modus operandi, victimology, tooling, or estimated geolocation, then listen to the debate of ESET Researchers Robert Lipovský and Zoltán Rusnák. For full details, read more in ESET’s recently published white paper on WeLiveSecurity.com.

Host

Aryeh Goretsky, ESET Distinguished Researcher

Guests:

Robert Lipovský, ESET Principal Malware Researcher

Zoltán Rusnák, ESET Senior Malware Researcher

Materials:

ESET blogpost on Gamaredon activity in 2022 and 2023

ESET white paper on Gamaredon activity in 2022 and 2023

SSU report on activities of Gamaredon