While analyzing attacks on Russian organizations, Kaspersky team regularly encounters overlapping tactics, techniques, and procedures (TTPs) among different cybercrime groups, and sometimes even shared tools.
Kaspersky researchers recently discovered one such overlap: similar tools and tactics between two hacktivist groups – BlackJack and Twelve, which likely belong to a single cluster of activity. In this report, the researchers will provide information about the current procedures, legitimate tools, and malware used by the BlackJack group, and demonstrate their similarity to artifacts found in Twelve’s attacks. Kaspersky will also analyze another recently discovered activity that has much in common with the activity of the potential cluster.
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Source: Kaspersky
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