Chamelgang

Also known as: CamoFei, Chamelgang

In Q2 2021, the PT Expert Security Center incident response team conducted an investigation in an energy company. The investigation revealed that the company’s network had been compromised by an unknown group for the purpose of data theft. They gave the group the name ChamelGang (from the word “chameleon”), because the group disguised its malware and network infrastructure under legitimate services of Microsoft, TrendMicro, McAfee, IBM, and Google.

Aviation Energy

Introduction

In Q2 2021, the PT Expert Security Center incident response team conducted an investigation in an energy company. The investigation revealed that the company’s network had been compromised by an unknown group for the purpose of data theft. They gave the group the name ChamelGang (from the word “chameleon”), because the group disguised its malware and network infrastructure under legitimate services of Microsoft, TrendMicro, McAfee, IBM, and Google.

Activities and Tactics

Targeted Sectors: Aviation, Energy

Suspected Victims: India, Japan, Nepal, Russia, Taiwan, United States

Notable Campaigns

Information pending cataloguing.

Tactics, Techniques, and Procedures (TTPs)

Information pending cataloguing.

Notable Indicators of Compromise (IOCs)

No curated IOCs are currently published for this actor. This section will be updated when stable, attributable indicators are available.

Malware and Tools

  • Unknown Logger
  • Xpert

Attribution and Evidence

Information pending cataloguing.

References

References pending cataloguing.