Core Werewolf is a threat actor also tracked as Awaken Likho and PseudoGamaredon. It has conducted phishing operations against Russian public-sector and defense-industry organizations, using Telegram-themed messages and purported official military or government documents as lures. In 2026, the actor deployed CoreRAT, a custom Windows remote-access trojan that supplanted its earlier use of legitimate UltraVNC remote-access software. Delivery chains have used self-extracting archives and Rust-based droppers that present document decoys while covertly installing the payload. CoreRAT performs host and network reconnaissance, collects system and desktop-file information, exfiltrates reconnaissance data over HTTPS, executes commands and processes, downloads and launches additional payloads, and can remove itself. The malware encrypts embedded data and uses anti-virtualization and anti-analysis checks to terminate in suspected analysis environments.
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28 distinct techniques observed across reporting, grouped by tactic. Hover any cell for the evidence excerpt; click through for MITRE's full description.
5 malware families attributed to this actor across reporting.
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Conducting targeted remote-access intrusion campaigns against Russian public-sector and defense organizations using Telegram phishing lures and malicious executables masquerading as official military or government documents.
Referenced as overlapping with GamaCopy; no additional operational detail provided in this content excerpt.
Referenced only for behavioral similarity comparison to Vortex Werewolf; no direct campaign details provided in this content.
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