SNOWGLOBE

🔴 High
Also known as: Animal Farm, Snowglobe, ATK8, SNOWGLOBE

In 2014, researchers at Kaspersky Lab discovered and reported on three zero-days that were being used in cyberattacks in the wild. Two of these zero-day vulnerabilities are associated with an advanced threat actor we call Animal Farm. Over the past few years, Animal Farm has targeted a wide range of global organizations. The group has been active since at least 2009 and there are signs that earlier malware versions were developed as far back as 2007.

🌍 Country France
⚡ Risk Level High
🎯 Incident Type Espionage
Government Private sector

Targeted Victims

Syria United States Netherlands Russia Spain Iran China Germany Algeria Norway Malaysia Turkey United Kingdom Ivory Coast Greece

Introduction

In 2014, researchers at Kaspersky Lab discovered and reported on three zero-days that were being used in cyberattacks in the wild. Two of these zero-day vulnerabilities are associated with an advanced threat actor we call Animal Farm. Over the past few years, Animal Farm has targeted a wide range of global organizations. The group has been active since at least 2009 and there are signs that earlier malware versions were developed as far back as 2007.

Activities and Tactics

Targeted Sectors: Government, Private sector

Country of Origin: 🇫🇷 France

Risk Level: High

Incident Type: Espionage

Suspected Victims: Syria, United States, Netherlands, Russia, Spain, Iran, China, Germany, Algeria, Norway…

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

  • Back Orifice
  • Back Orifice 2000
  • CyberGate
  • Cyber Eye RAT
  • Archelaus Beta
  • Babar:
  • Bunny:
  • Dino:
  • Casper:
  • Tafacalou:
  • NBot:
  • Chocopop:

Attribution and Evidence

Country of Origin: France Additional attribution information pending cataloguing.

References

References pending cataloguing.