Security News > 2023 > June > Asylum Ambuscade: A Cybercrime Group with Espionage Ambitions

The threat actor known as Asylum Ambuscade has been observed straddling cybercrime and cyber espionage operations since at least early 2020.

"Asylum Ambuscade also does espionage against government entities in Europe and Central Asia.".

Asylum Ambuscade was first documented by Proofpoint in March 2022 as a nation-state-sponsored phishing campaign that targeted European governmental entities in an attempt to obtain intelligence on refugee and supply movement in the region.

What's notable about Asylum Ambuscade is its cybercrime spree that has claimed over 4,500 victims across the world since January 2022, with a majority of them located in North America, Asia, Africa, Europe, and South America.

Given the almost identical attack chains across cybercrime and espionage efforts, it's suspected that "Asylum Ambuscade is a cybercrime group that is doing some cyber espionage on the side."

"It is quite unusual to catch a cybercrime group running dedicated cyberespionage operations," Faou said, making it somewhat of a rarity in the threat landscape.

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