SPIKEDWINE is a threat actor targeting European officials with a new backdoor called WINELOADER. They use a bait PDF document posing as an invitation letter from the Ambassador of India to lure diplomats. The attack is characterized by advanced tactics, techniques, and procedures in the malware and command and control infrastructure. The motivation behind the attacks seems to be exploiting the geopolitical relations between India and European nations.
The same group is tracked under different names by different vendors.
| Vendor | Name |
|---|---|
| Various | SPIKEDWINE |
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Indicators from free threat feeds (abuse.ch ThreatFox, AlienVault OTX) attributed to SPIKEDWINE. Each row shows why it was linked and where it came from.
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Open-source reports about this actor collected from MISP Galaxy.