"Hacker-for-Hire Group Spied on More Than 3,500 Targets in 18 Months"

The Russian-speaking hacker-for-hire group dubbed Void Balaur has been spying on over 3,500 individuals, such as politicians, human rights activists, doctors, journalists, and more, stealing their private information and selling it to various financially and politically driven customers. Politicians in Uzbekistan, Belarus, Ukraine, Russia, Norway, France, Italy, and Armenia have fallen victim to the group's attacks. Some victims felt so threatened by Void Balaur's activities that they decided to leave their country and go into exile in other countries. Void Balaur has also targeted mobile companies, cellular equipment vendors, satellite communication companies, ATM manufacturers, point-of-sale system vendors, financial companies, and biotechnology firms. According to researchers from Trend Micro, the group has likely been active since September 2015. Void Balaur has acquired and sold highly private information, including passport details, SMS messages, phone call records, caller locations, information about purchased plane and train tickets, traffic camera shorts, Interpol records, and credit reports. The threat group's customers have not yet been identified, but some of them appear to be members of underground forums, such as Probiv, Darkmoney, and Tenec, in which all types of stolen data are traded. This article continues to discuss findings regarding Void Balaur's targets, tactics, techniques, and procedures. 

Dark Reading reports "Hacker-for-Hire Group Spied on More Than 3,500 Targets in 18 Months"