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BlindEagle Targeting Ecuador With Sharpened Tools

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APT-C-36, also known as Blind Eagle, is a financially motivated threat group that has been launching indiscriminate attacks against citizens of various countries in South America since at least 2018.

In a recent campaign targeting Ecuador based organizations, CPR detected a new infection chain that involves a more advanced toolset.

The backdoor chosen for this campaign is typically used by espionage campaigns, which is unusual for this group ACTIVE CAMPAIGNS AGAINST COLOMBIAN TARGETS

For the last few months, we have been observing the ongoing campaigns orchestrated by Blind Eagle, which have mostly adhered to the TTPs described above — phishing emails…

The opening of the report, shown for reference. The full report, with its figures and indicators, is published by Check Point on research.checkpoint.com.

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