Awaken LikhoThreat actor
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Awaken Likho is an APT group that has targeted Russian government agencies and industrial enterprises, employing techniques such as information gathering via search engines and using MeshCentral for remote access. The group has been active since at least December 2021 and has ramped up its activities following the Russo-Ukrainian conflict.From MISP Galaxy
Last reported 1 month ago, by AhnLab ASEC2 reports
ATT&CK techniques
4 techniques · each with the sentence it comes from- T1105Ingress Tool Transfer
“Script-based execution (such as PowerShell, VBScript, CMD, and JavaScript), obfuscation, ingress tool transfer, HTTP/HTTPS-based C2 communication, local system data collection, and data exfiltration via C2 paths were repeatedly observed.”
- T1195Supply Chain Compromise
“… APT Threat Trends report summarizes attack cases in which state-sponsored threat actors combined attacks involving open-source supply chain compromises, the use of generative AI, the exploitation of legitimate cloud services, job scams, and the exploitation of zero-day vulnerabi…”
- T1221Template Injection
“Viceroy Tiger (Donot) targeted Bangladeshi military and defense officials using remote template injection and a multi-stage shellcode loader.”
- T1684Social Engineering
“…rs and financially motivated attackers are employing a combination of supply chain attacks, account takeovers, cloud breaches, and social engineering techniques.”
Reports per month
last 12 monthsOctober so far (hatched). Counted by report, not by story.
What the reports say
2 reports, newest first · the exact sentence from each-
August 2026 Threat Trend Report on APT Groups“Armored Likho, Awaken Likho, Core Werewolf, Dark Caracal, Darkhotel, Head Mare, and OceanLotus (APT32) also carried out attacks exploiting legitimate services and software such as Telegram, GitLab, GitHub, OneDrive, TrueConf, and Sogou Input Method, respectively.”
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July 2026 Threat Trend Report on APT Groups“Awaken Likho used an AutoIt backdoor targeting Russia and Belarus.”
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