Cavalry Werewolf Raids Russia’s Public Sector With Trusted Relationship Attacks

    Date: 10/21/2025

    Severity: High

    Summary

    Cavalry Werewolf, a sophisticated cyber threat group, is actively expanding its arsenal to target Russia's public sector. The group uses trusted relationship attacks, including email compromise and phishing, to impersonate officials or directly hijack their accounts. This highlights the need for constant vigilance and up-to-date security measures to detect and prevent such attacks. Even when these attacks aren't publicly disclosed, they still pose significant threats, making it crucial for organizations to monitor cyber intelligence portals for real-time insights and prioritize defenses accordingly.

    Indicators of Compromise (IOC) List

    IP Address

    188.127.225.191

    94.198.52.200

    91.219.148.93

    185.244.180.169

    109.172.85.95

    185.231.155.111

    185.173.37.67

    188.127.227.226

    62.113.114.209

    96.9.125.168

    78.128.112.209

    Hash

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    Gurucul Threat Detection and Incident Response (TDIR) Queries for Detection

    Detection Query 1 :

    dstipaddress IN ("188.127.225.191","94.198.52.200","91.219.148.93","185.244.180.169","109.172.85.95","185.231.155.111","185.173.37.67","188.127.227.226","62.113.114.209","96.9.125.168","78.128.112.209") or srcipaddress IN ("188.127.225.191","94.198.52.200","91.219.148.93","185.244.180.169","109.172.85.95","185.231.155.111","185.173.37.67","188.127.227.226","62.113.114.209","96.9.125.168","78.128.112.209") or ipaddress IN ("188.127.225.191","94.198.52.200","91.219.148.93","185.244.180.169","109.172.85.95","185.231.155.111","185.173.37.67","188.127.227.226","62.113.114.209","96.9.125.168","78.128.112.209")

    Detection Query 2 :

    sha256hash IN ("cc9e5d8f0b30c0aaeb427b1511004e0e4e89416d8416478144d76aa1777d1554","b13b83b515ce60a61c721afd0aeb7d5027e3671494d6944b34b83a5ab1e2d9f4","e15f1a6d24b833ab05128b4b34495ef1471bd616b9833815e2e98b8d3ae78ff2","a8ada7532ace3d72e98d1e3c3e02d1bd1538a4c5e78ce64b2fe1562047ba4e52","af3d740c5b09c9a6237d5d54d78b5227cdaf60be89f48284b3386a3aadeb0283","6b290953441b1c53f63f98863aae75bd8ea32996ab07976e498bad111d535252","8e6d7c44ab66f37bf24351323dc5e8d913173425b14750a50a2cbea6d9e439ba","cc84bfdb6e996b67d8bc812cf08674e8eca6906b53c98df195ed99ac5ec14a06","22ba8c24f1aefc864490f70f503f709d2d980b9bc18fece4187152a1d9ca5fab","ab0ad77a341b12cfc719d10e0fc45a6613f41b2b3f6ea963ee6572cf02b41f4d","27a11c59072a6c2f57147724e04c7d6884b52921da2629fb0807e0bb93901cbc","3cd7f621052919e937d9a2fdd4827fc7f82c0319379c46d4f9b9dd5861369ffc","1dfe65e8dc80c59000d92457ff7053c07f272571a8920dbe8fc5c2e7037a6c98","c26b62fa593d6e713f1f2ccd987ef09fe8a3e691c40eb1c3f19dd57f896d9f59","0e7b65930bc73636f2f99b05a3bb0af9aaf17d3790d0107eb06992d25e62f59d","c9ffbe942a0b0182e0cd9178ac4fbf8334cae48607748d978abf47bd35104051","7084f06f2d8613dfe418b242c43060ae578e7166ce5aeed2904a8327cd98dbdf","4f17a7f8d2cec5c2206c3cba92967b4b499f0d223748d3b34f9ec4981461d288","c3df16cce916f1855476a2d1c4f0946fa62c2021d1016da1dc524f4389a3b6fa","dae3c08fa3df76f54b6bae837d5abdc309a24007e9e6132a940721045e65d2bb","8404f8294b14d61ff712b60e92b7310e50816c24b38a00fcc3da1371a3367103","fa6cdd1873fba54764c52c64eadca49d52e5b79740364ef16e5d86d61538878d","04769b75d7fb42fbbce39d4c4b0e9f83b60cc330efa477927e68b9bdba279bb8","7da82e14fb483a680a623b0ef69bcfbd9aaaedf3ec26f4c34922d6923159f52f","ec80e96e3d15a215d59d1095134e7131114f669ebc406c6ea1a709003d3f6f17","8e7fb9f6acfb9b08fb424ff5772c46011a92d80191e7736010380443a46e695c","148a42ccaa97c2e2352dbb207f07932141d5290d4c3b57f61a780f9168783eda","fbf1bae3c576a6fcfa86db7c36a06c2530423d487441ad2c684cfeda5cd19685","a3ec2992e6416a3af54b3aca3417cf4a109866a07df7b5ec0ace7bd1bf73f3c6")

    Reference:

    https://bi.zone/eng/expertise/blog/cavalry-werewolf-atakuet-rossiyu-cherez-doveritelnye-otnosheniya-mezhdu-gosudarstvami/


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