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Callisto

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reference profile · reported nexus: RU (not nationality)

The Callisto Group is an advanced threat actor whose known targets include military personnel, government officials, think tanks, and journalists in Europe and the South Caucasus. Their primary interest appears to be gathering intelligence related to foreign and security policy in the Eastern Europe and South Caucasus regions.

Source-reported aliases: COLDRIVER, SEABORGIUM, TA446, GOSSAMER BEAR, BlueCharlie, Star Blizzard, TAG-53, IRON FRONTIER, UNC4057, Blue Callisto, COLD RELIC. Associations do not prove equivalence.

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References

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https://web.archive.org/web/20170417102235/https://www.f-secure.com/documents/996508/1030745/callisto-group

https://blog.google/threat-analysis-group/tracking-cyber-activity-eastern-europe

https://blog.google/threat-analysis-group/update-on-cyber-activity-in-eastern-europe

https://blog.google/threat-analysis-group/continued-cyber-activity-in-eastern-europe-observed-by-tag

https://www.microsoft.com/security/blog/2022/08/15/disrupting-seaborgiums-ongoing-phishing-operations

https://blog.sekoia.io/calisto-continues-its-credential-harvesting-campaign

https://services.google.com/fh/files/blogs/google_fog_of_war_research_report.pdf

https://www.recordedfuture.com/research/bluecharlie-previously-tracked-as-tag-53-continues-to-deploy-new-infrastructure-in-2023

https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/security/blog/2023/12/07/star-blizzard-increases-sophistication-and-evasion-in-ongoing-attacks/

https://go.recordedfuture.com/hubfs/reports/cta-2022-1205.pdf

https://www.pwc.com/gx/en/issues/cybersecurity/cyber-threat-intelligence/blue-callisto-orbits-around-us.html

https://www.ncsc.gov.uk/files/Advisory-Russian-FSB-cyber-actor-star-blizzard-continues-worldwide-spear-sphishing-campaigns.pdf

https://cloud.google.com/blog/topics/threat-intelligence/cyber-threats-global-elections

https://cloud.google.com/blog/topics/threat-intelligence/cyber-threats-2024-paris-olympics

https://blog.google/threat-analysis-group/google-tag-coldriver-russian-phishing-malware

https://citizenlab.ca/2024/08/sophisticated-phishing-targets-russias-perceived-enemies-around-the-globe/

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