Agrius Iranian APT Group Cuts Into Diamond Industry

The supply chain attack is piggybacking off an earlier breach to deploy new wiper malware.

A previous cyberattack on an Israeli software developer is being used by Agrius Advanced Persistent Threat (APT) group to launch wiper attacks against various organizations in the diamond industry.
Although Agrius and its
attack against Israeli IT and HR companies
last February was previously known, using the Fantasy wiper in attacks is new, according to researchers at ESET.
Fantasy is a modified iteration of the Apostle malware, the team said. But while its predecessor Apostle masqueraded as ransomware, Fantasy dispenses with the charade and moves directly to destroying files.
So far, ESET reported, Fantasy victims have been found in Hong Kong, Israel, and South Africa.
Agrius is a newer Iran-aligned group targeting victims in Israel and the United Arab Emirates since 2020,
ESET researchers
explained. Agrius exploits known vulnerabilities in internet-facing applications to install webshells, then conducts internal reconnaissance before moving laterally and then deploying its malicious payloads.

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