Anatomy of the “Red October” Cyber-Espionage Attack

After a series of attacks against computer network of international diplomatic service agencies, “Red October” a cyber-espionage network was detected and revealed. The objective of the attackers was to gather intelligence from the compromised computer systems, mobile devices and network equipment. This paper presents an analysis of a series of attacks against governmental, diplomatic and scientific organizations, related mostly to the region of Eastern Europe, former USSR members and countries in Central Asia.