A Cheatsheet That Explains All Those Cyber-Espionage APT Names

Cyber-espionage is one of the strangest trends in infosec today because even if most people don't understand what's going on, who's attacking whom, and why it is important, they flock to these reports like to a Katty Perry concert.

Making sense of all the malware nicknames, APT names, and finding out the country behind a cyber-espionage campaign can get on your nerves really quickly.

Does the Turla Group mean anything to you? Is it a cyber-espionage campaign backed up by Russia or China? Or is it Iran? Did they use malware X, malware Y, or malware Z? How many operations did they run? When was the latest? Where can you find the reports? Do other cyber-security firms use the same name, or do they have alternative nicknames?

All of these are common questions for both venerable infosec experts and some of our readers.

In the past, there were some projects, like APTNotes,

nmap -sV --script vuln -p- <target-network>

tail -f /var/log/suricata/fast.log | grep <cve>

Check Vendor Security Advisory Bulletin

title: Detect Exploitation - A Cheatsheet That Explains All Those Cyber-Espionage APT Names
id: 858a0814-6a83-4f98-a6d7-e467eb4da6af
status: experimental
description: Automatisch generierte SIEM-Erkennungsregel basierend auf CTI Intelligence
references:
  - https://tsecurity.de/
author: iShareStuff CTI Automated Detection Engine
date: 2026-09-24
logsource:
  category: network_connection
  product: any
detection:
  selection:
      CommandLine|contains:
        - 'exploit'
  condition: selection
falsepositives:
  - Legitime administrative Zugriffe oder Penetrationstests
level: high
tags:
  - attack.initial_access

rule CTI_Threat_Indicator {
    meta:
        author = "iShareStuff CTI Automated Detection Engine"
        date = "2026-09-24"
        description = "YARA Signature for "
    strings:
        $str = "A Cheatsheet That Explains All" ascii wide
    condition:
        any of them
}