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Careto is back: what’s new after 10 years of silence?

ID: a0880fcf-2734-5d80-ac91-64c4718868f0

STIX ID: report--a0880fcf-2734-5d80-ac91-64c4718868f0

Feed Name: Securelist by Kaspersky

Threat Score
88/100

Date Published: 2024-12-12

Date Updated: 2026-04-29

Author: Georgy Kucherin, Marc Rivero

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Kaspersky researchers disclosed renewed activity by The Mask (Careto) APT observed across 2019–2024: targeted intrusions against high-profile organizations deploying custom implants (FakeHMP, Careto2, Goreto), novel persistence via MDaemon WorldClient extensions and abuse of the HitmanPro Alert driver, lateral movement using scheduled tasks and driver-based DLL injection, cloud-based exfiltration, and multiple attribution links to historical Careto operations.

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