Armored Likho Targets Government Agencies, Power Sector with BusySnake Stealer

A threat actor known as Armored Likho is conducting cyber espionage and financially motivated attacks against government agencies and the power sector in Russia, Brazil, and Kazakhstan. The group uses a mix of modular RATs, infostealers, and tools like Go2Tunnel for remote access and data exfiltration. A new Python-based infostealer, BusySnake Stealer, has been identified, which steals credentials, cookies, screenshots, and documents while evading detection through obfuscation and dynamic code execution. The attacks begin with spear-phishing emails delivering malicious payloads via RAR archives or weaponized LNK files exploiting CVE-2025-9491.

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