Security researchers from BlackBerry Research are tracking a cyberespionage group dubbed CostaRicto whose targets are unusually varied, indicating that it's selling hacker-for-hire services to other entities. The group uses its own custom-built malware and a complex network of proxies, VPNs and SSH tunnels to hide its activity.
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