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APT37

also tracked as scarcruft 3

related, not merged: Lazarus Group 18

4 stories · 4 in the wild · June 17, 2026 – July 13, 2026

evidence: 4 observed

how they got in

  • phishing email 3 · Jun 20

geography

  • south korea 1 · Jun 18

malware and tools

  • narwhalrat 3 · Jun 20
  • rokrat 1 · Jul 13

techniques

  • command and control 1 · Jul 13
  • spear phishing 1 · Jun 18

attack phases seen

  • Initial access 3 · Jun 20
  • Command and control 1 · Jul 13
  • Execution 1 · Jun 18

what we reported, newest first, grouped by story

July 13, 2026

  • APT37 continues its cloud-based C2 model with RokRAT variants abusing pCloud, Dropbox and Yandex, reusing the same Yandex OAuth account and TTPs seen in prior Operation Artemis activity (blackorbird). · Jul 13 · observed · Threat Activity

Jun 17 – June 20, 2026 · 3 reports

  • ScarCruft (APT37) is delivering the new NarwhalRAT via spear-phishing impersonating Microsoft account security alerts. The Hacker News · Jun 20 · observed · via phishing email · as scarcruft · Threat Intelligence & Espionage
  • ScarCruft (APT37) delivered NarwhalRAT via spear-phishing impersonating Microsoft account security alerts, using Korean sites and pCloud for C2 (The Hacker News). · Jun 18 · observed · via phishing email · as scarcruft · Threat Activity & Ransomware
  • ScarCruft (APT37) used spear-phishing impersonating Microsoft account security alerts to deliver NarwhalRAT. The Hacker News. · Jun 17 · observed · via phishing email · as scarcruft · Threat Activity