Sofacy
STATUS:
Active
TYPE:
Trojan, Backdoor
DISCOVERY:
2014
TARGETED PLATFORMS:
Windows, Linux, iOS
FIRST KNOWN SAMPLE:
2008
NUMBER OF TARGETS:
11-100
TOP TARGETED COUNTRIES:
Ukraine, France, Greece, UK, Jordan, Belgium
THE WAY
OF PROPAGATION
Social engineering
Exploits
PURPOSE/
FUNCTIONS
Cyberespionage
Data theft
Surveillance
SPECIAL
FEATURES
Modular structure, USB stealing implant, which allows it to copy data from air-gapped computers
TARGETS
Government entities
Military
Defense industrial base
ARTEFACTS/
ATTRIBUTION
Russian language artefacts