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HAMMERTOSS: Stealthy tactics define a Russian cyber threat group
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It hides in network communications, in all the noise—designed so that defenders can neither detect nor characterize its activity. But its purpose is transparent: to use Twitter, GitHub, and cloud storage services to relay commands and extract data from compromised networks.
Download the report and read about the recently discovered HAMMERTOSS, a malware backdoor created by the Russian advanced persistent threat (APT) group APT29.
Learn:
- How HAMMERTOSS works—the five stages, from looking for a Twitter handle to executing commands, including uploading victim’s data to cloud storage services
- Who APT29 is—their history, targets and methodology
- Why it’s difficult to detect HAMMERTOSS