GOFFEE

First seen
2022-01-01 00:00:00
Primary motivation
espionage
Sophistication
advanced
Resource level
organization
Actor type
nation-state
Profile updated
2026-07-07 12:20:48

Targeted industries: government-and-public-sector media-and-entertainment technology-and-telecommunications

Targeted regions: country_code:ru

Context

GOFFEE is a threat actor that has targeted entities in the Russian Federation since early 2022, employing spear phishing emails with malicious attachments, including modified Owowa and patched explorer.exe. They have utilized PowerTaskel, a non-public Mythic agent in PowerShell, and introduced a new implant called "PowerModul" for attacks against sectors such as media, telecommunications, and government. GOFFEE has increasingly shifted to a binary Mythic agent for lateral movement and has incorporated Word documents with malicious VBA scripts in their infection chains. The group has demonstrated a consistent evolution in their TTPs while maintaining identifiable characteristics that attribute their campaigns with high confidence.

Reports & references

  • Kaspersky — 116139 (report)

External references