To Be (A Robot) or Not to Be: New Malware Attributed to Russia State-Sponsored COLDRIVER

Written by: Wesley Shields Introduction COLDRIVER, a Russian state-sponsored threat group known for targeting high profile individuals in NGOs, policy advisors and dissidents, swiftly shifted operations after the May 2025 public disclosure of its LOSTKEYS malware, operationalizing new malware families five days later. It is unclear how long COLDRIVER had this malware in development, but GTIG has not observed a single instance of LOSTKEYS since publication. Instead, GTIG has seen new malware used