OTX Threat: Cloud Atlas activity in the second half of 2025 and early 2026: new tools and a new payload

Cloud Atlas APT group targeted government organizations and commercial companies in Russia and Belarus during late 2025 and early 2026, employing phishing campaigns with malicious ZIP archives containing LNK shortcuts. The attackers deployed multiple backdoors including VBCloud for file theft and PowerShower for network reconnaissance. New tools identified include PowerCloud, which exfiltrates dat CVEs: CVE-2018-0802, CVE-2025-55182, CVE-2025-68670 Sectors: Government