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Energetic Bear

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ENERGETIC BEAR is an advanced adversary with a suspected nexus to the Russian Federation. This adversary used Strategic Web Compromise (SWC) and spear phishing efforts to target entities specifically in the energy, defense, and government sectors in 2013 - 2014, although financial, healthcare, technology, and manufacturing sectors were also identified targets of interest.  ENERGETIC BEAR commonly ...

  • Energetic Bear

  • Russian Federation, Eastern Europe, Europe

Community Identifiers

Dragonfly, BROMINE, Crouching Yeti, Havex

Objective

Intelligence Gathering

Motivation

State-Sponsored

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