Sophisticated cyber espionage campaign targeting critical infrastructure and government entities across North America and Europe. This threat actor demonstrates advanced capabilities in supply chain compromise and zero-day exploitation.
12
Critical Infrastructure
8
Countries Affected
18
Months Active
HIGH
Immediate Action Required
LARVA-208 represents a sophisticated cyber espionage campaign that has been active since Q2 2023, targeting critical infrastructure sectors including energy, telecommunications, and government entities. The threat actor demonstrates advanced capabilities in supply chain compromise and zero-day exploitation.
Our analysis indicates this group operates with significant resources and demonstrates nation-state level capabilities, suggesting potential state-sponsored activity. The campaign has successfully compromised over 50 organizations across 8 countries.
Critical Finding: The group has developed custom malware families specifically designed to evade detection by major security vendors, with a 0% detection rate on initial deployment.
Highly targeted email campaigns with zero-day exploits
Infiltration through trusted software vendors
Exploitation of unpatched network devices
Q2 2023
Initial campaign launch
Q4 2023
Supply chain attacks begin
Q1 2024
Zero-day exploitation phase
Present
Active campaign ongoing
Custom backdoor with modular architecture
Multi-stage payload delivery system
Distributed C2 infrastructure
Advanced persistence techniques
Based on TTP analysis, infrastructure patterns, and malware characteristics, LARVA-208 shows strong similarities to known APT groups operating in Eastern Europe. The sophistication level and resource availability suggest state-sponsored activity.
85%
High confidence attribution
Eastern Europe
Based on infrastructure analysis
Espionage
Intelligence gathering