Star Blizzard
Star Blizzard is a cyber espionage and influence group originating in Russia that has been active since at least 2019. Star Blizzard campaigns align closely with Russian state interests and have included persistent phishing and credential theft against academic, defense, government, NGO, and think tank organizations in NATO countries, particularly the US and the UK.
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?Score = mentions × confidence weight, summed across all attributed sources. Higher source diversity increases the score.≥ 10 High≥ 3 Moderate< 3 LowAttribution signals
2 mentions · 1 source"Russia-based SEABORGIUM and Iran-aligned TA453 groups use OSINT for reconnaissance ahead of spearphishing attacks on pre-selected targets."
"The NCSC has previously reported on the targeting of government officials' accounts by China state-affiliated APT31, Russian Federal Security Service (FSB) actor Star Blizzard and Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC)."
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