Winter Vivern

Actor Type Nation State
Attributed to Nation Belarus, Russia
Directly Linked Intrusion Sets TAG-70 , UAC-0114 , TA473

Winter Vivern is a cyber intrusion set named by Domain Tools researchers after a string ('wintervivern') found in the command and control beacon URL for the group's malware.

Researchers from SentinelOne identified activity by the group targeting government organisations in Ukraine, Poland, Lithuania, India, Italy, The Vatican, and Slovakia.

The group shows overlap with UAC-0114, with motivations aligned with those of the Russian and Belarussian governments.

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Winter Vivern Threat Reports

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Winter Vivern: Uncovering a Wave of Global Espionage

SentinelLabs conducted an investigation into the Winter Vivern Advanced Persistent Threat (APT) group, in part leveraging observations made by The ...

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Winter Vivern: A Look At Re-Crafted Government MalDocs Targeting Multiple Languages

This report by DomainTools researchers identifies a cyber threat group they call "Winter Vivern". The report describes malicious Excel macros used ...

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Winter Vivern – all Summer

This report by researchers from Lab52 details an infection campaign which they attribute to Winter Vivern. The report provides technical analysis ...

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