Attacks on prominent targets and vital infrastructure in the Middle East and Africa have been launched by an advanced persistent threat (APT) actor suspected of having connections to India.
The organization identified as SideWinder—also known as APT-C-17, Baby Elephant, Hardcore Nationalist, Leafperforator, Rattlesnake, Razor Tiger, and T-APT-04—has been linked to the activity.
The group’s use of malicious LNK files and scripts as infection vectors, public exploits, and public remote access tools (RATs) may give the impression that they are a low-skilled player, but a closer look at their operational details reveals their true skills. According to Kaspersky experts Vasily Berdnikov and Giampaolo Dedola read more about SideWinder APT Strikes Middle East and Africa With Stealthy Multi-Stage Attack.
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