Armored Likho's new weapon: BusySnake Stealer
Essential information
- Published
- 03/07/2026 14:13
- Modified
- —
- Source / Author
- AlienVault
- Confidence
- 100/100
- Report type(s)
- threat-report
- Labels / Tags
- aquilarat browser password extraction busysnake stealer credential theft electric power sector go2tunnel government targeting pyarmor obfuscation reverse ssh tunnel spear-phishing
- Related entities
- 17 indicators, 14 observables, 1 intrusion sets (apt), 20 techniques (mitre), 3 malware
Description
Kaspersky uncovered a sophisticated phishing campaign by the APT group Armored Likho, deploying a previously undocumented Python-based infostealer dubbed BusySnake Stealer. The campaign targets government agencies and electric power sectors across Russia, Brazil, and Kazakhstan through spear-phishing emails containing malicious EXE or LNK attachments. BusySnake Stealer features advanced obfuscation using PyArmor Pro, extracts credentials from browsers using DPAPI and NSS libraries, captures screenshots, logs keystrokes, scrapes cryptocurrency wallets and 2FA tokens, and establishes reverse SSH tunnels for remote access. The threat actor leverages AI-generated code for first-stage payloads and distributes components via GitHub repositories. The stealer maintains persistence through scheduled tasks and communicates with C2 infrastructure to receive commands dynamically, representing a significant evolution in the group's technical capabilities.