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Threat Actors Storm-2561

Also known as: tracked as, Cisco, Storm-2755, CVE-2025-10035

Description

Storm-2561 is a cybercriminal threat actor known for a credential theft campaign that employs SEO poisoning to distribute fake VPN clients. The campaign redirects users to malicious ZIP files containing digitally signed trojans that harvest VPN credentials, leveraging user trust in search engine results. The malicious components are signed by “Taiyuan Lihua Near Information Technology Co., Ltd.” and were hosted on GitHub repositories that have since been taken down. This operation exhibits characteristics consistent with financially motivated cybercrime.

Goals & Targeting

Targeted Sectors

Government
Defense
Financial services
Hospitality
Healthcare
Non profit
Think tank
Media

Targeted Countries / Regions

US
IL
RU
KP
IN

AI Analysis

No AI analysis yet.

ATT&CK Techniques

No techniques linked yet.

Software / Tooling

Campaigns / Victims

No campaigns linked yet.

Observed Data

No observed data linked yet.

Indicators of Compromise

Filename 6 Domain 13 IPv4 Address 1

References

  1. www.microsoft.com — Cited by web research for: Storm-2755
  2. www.microsoft.com — Cited by web research for: phishing
  3. learn.microsoft.com — Cited by web research for: Tsunami
  4. www.zscaler.com — Cited by web research for: Carbon
  5. www.thaicert.or.th — Cited by web research for: CALENDAR
  6. malpedia.caad.fkie.fraunhofer.de — Cited by web research for: curl

Intel Summary

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Techniques

48

Tools

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Campaigns

40

IOCs

0

Observed Data

0

Tactics

Tags

Critical Infrastructure
Data Exfiltration

Details

Type
Unknown
Primary Motivation
Financial gain
Country of Origin
China (CN)
Confidence
60%
Added
May 17, 2026
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