2016 - FBI Aliases of Russian Hacking Groups, Ranked






Hudson Hongo
12/29/16 8:25pmFiled to: the cyber


In response to Russian “cyber operations aimed at the U.S. election,” the White House released a declassified joint analysis by the FBI and Department of Homeland Security on Thursday of the campaign they have named “Grizzly Steppe.”
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In the report, the agencies summarize the spear-phishing operation that allowed the Russian intelligence organizations known as “Cozy Bear” and “Fancy Bear” to independently access Democratic Party emails and recommend a series of measures to mitigate further attacks. Far more importantly, they list alternate names for the hacking groups, all of which are tight as hell.

Below is a list of “Reported Russian Military and Civilian Intelligence Services” aliases and tools contained in the report, ranked from most gnarly to least:

CrouchingYeti
SEADADDY
Tiny Baron
HAMMERTOSS
SYNful Knock
CosmicDuke
Sandworm
OLDBAIT
Operation Pawn Storm
SOURFACE
OnionDuke
EVILTOSS
Powershell backdoor
Skipper
CakeDuke
GREY CLOUD
CHOPSTICK
Havex
Energetic Bear
BlackEnergy V3
DIONIS
MiniDionis
Fancy Bear
Waterbug X-Agent
COZYBEAR
HammerDuke
Dragonfly
Quedagh
Tsar Team
COZYDUKE
CloudDuke
Seaduke
MiniDuke
PinchDuke
GeminiDuke
COZYCAR
BlackEnergy2 APT
CORESHELL
Sofacy
Agent.btz
Carberp
SEDKIT
SEDNIT
VmUpgradeHelper.exe
twain_64.dll
APT28
APT29

Having our elections undermined by some phony emails is bad enough. Knowing that a “Tiny Baron” sent them, however, is just plain embarrassing.

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