Cobalt Strike
Techniques Used |
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Domain | ID | Name | Use | |
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Enterprise | T1548 | .002 | Abuse Elevation Control Mechanism: Bypass User Account Control |
Cobalt Strike can use a number of known techniques to bypass Windows UAC.(Citation: cobaltstrike manual)(Citation: Cobalt Strike Manual 4.3 November 2020) |
.002 | Abuse Elevation Control Mechanism: Bypass User Account Control |
Cobalt Strike can use a number of known techniques to bypass Windows UAC.(Citation: cobaltstrike manual) |
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.003 | Abuse Elevation Control Mechanism: Sudo and Sudo Caching |
Cobalt Strike can use |
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Enterprise | T1134 | .001 | Access Token Manipulation: Token Impersonation/Theft |
Cobalt Strike can steal access tokens from exiting processes.(Citation: cobaltstrike manual) |
.001 | Access Token Manipulation: Token Impersonation/Theft |
Cobalt Strike can steal access tokens from exiting processes.(Citation: cobaltstrike manual)(Citation: Cobalt Strike Manual 4.3 November 2020) |
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.003 | Access Token Manipulation: Make and Impersonate Token |
Cobalt Strike can make tokens from known credentials.(Citation: cobaltstrike manual) |
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.003 | Access Token Manipulation: Make and Impersonate Token |
Cobalt Strike can make tokens from known credentials.(Citation: cobaltstrike manual) |
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.004 | Access Token Manipulation: Parent PID Spoofing |
Cobalt Strike can spawn processes with alternate PPIDs.(Citation: CobaltStrike Daddy May 2017) |
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.004 | Access Token Manipulation: Parent PID Spoofing |
Cobalt Strike can spawn processes with alternate PPIDs.(Citation: CobaltStrike Daddy May 2017)(Citation: Cobalt Strike Manual 4.3 November 2020) |
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Enterprise | T1087 | .002 | Account Discovery: Domain Account |
Cobalt Strike can determine if the user on an infected machine is in the admin or domain admin group.(Citation: Cyberreason Anchor December 2019) |
.002 | Account Discovery: Domain Account |
Cobalt Strike can determine if the user on an infected machine is in the admin or domain admin group.(Citation: Cyberreason Anchor December 2019) |
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Enterprise | T1071 | .001 | Application Layer Protocol: Web Protocols |
Cobalt Strike can use a custom command and control protocol that can be encapsulated in HTTP or HTTPS. All protocols use their standard assigned ports.(Citation: cobaltstrike manual)(Citation: Talos Cobalt Strike September 2020)(Citation: Cobalt Strike Manual 4.3 November 2020)(Citation: Securelist APT10 March 2021)(Citation: Kaspersky ToddyCat Check Logs October 2023) |
.001 | Application Layer Protocol: Web Protocols |
Cobalt Strike uses a custom command and control protocol that can be encapsulated in HTTP or HTTPS, or DNS. All protocols use their standard assigned ports.(Citation: cobaltstrike manual) |
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.002 | Application Layer Protocol: File Transfer Protocols |
Cobalt Strike can conduct peer-to-peer communication over Windows named pipes encapsulated in the SMB protocol. All protocols use their standard assigned ports.(Citation: cobaltstrike manual)(Citation: Talos Cobalt Strike September 2020) |
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.004 | Application Layer Protocol: DNS |
Cobalt Strike can use a custom command and control protocol that can be encapsulated in DNS. All protocols use their standard assigned ports.(Citation: cobaltstrike manual)(Citation: Talos Cobalt Strike September 2020)(Citation: Cobalt Strike Manual 4.3 November 2020) |
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.004 | Application Layer Protocol: DNS |
Cobalt Strike uses a custom command and control protocol that can encapsulated in DNS. All protocols use their standard assigned ports.(Citation: cobaltstrike manual) |
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Enterprise | T1059 | .001 | Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell |
Cobalt Strike can execute a payload on a remote host with PowerShell. This technique does not write any data to disk.(Citation: cobaltstrike manual)(Citation: Cyberreason Anchor December 2019) Cobalt Strike can also use PowerSploit and other scripting frameworks to perform execution.(Citation: Cobalt Strike TTPs Dec 2017)(Citation: CobaltStrike Daddy May 2017)(Citation: Talos Cobalt Strike September 2020)(Citation: Cobalt Strike Manual 4.3 November 2020) |
.001 | Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell |
Cobalt Strike can execute a payload on a remote host with PowerShell. This technique does not write any data to disk.(Citation: cobaltstrike manual)(Citation: Cyberreason Anchor December 2019) Cobalt Strike can also use PowerSploit and other scripting frameworks to perform execution.(Citation: Cobalt Strike TTPs Dec 2017)(Citation: CobaltStrike Daddy May 2017) |
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.003 | Command and Scripting Interpreter: Windows Command Shell |
Cobalt Strike uses a command-line interface to interact with systems.(Citation: Cobalt Strike TTPs Dec 2017)(Citation: Talos Cobalt Strike September 2020)(Citation: Cobalt Strike Manual 4.3 November 2020)(Citation: Trend Micro Black Basta October 2022) |
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.003 | Command and Scripting Interpreter: Windows Command Shell |
Cobalt Strike uses a command-line interface to interact with systems.(Citation: Cobalt Strike TTPs Dec 2017) |
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.005 | Command and Scripting Interpreter: Visual Basic |
Cobalt Strike can use VBA to perform execution.(Citation: Cobalt Strike TTPs Dec 2017)(Citation: CobaltStrike Daddy May 2017) |
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.005 | Command and Scripting Interpreter: Visual Basic |
Cobalt Strike can use VBA to perform execution.(Citation: Cobalt Strike TTPs Dec 2017)(Citation: CobaltStrike Daddy May 2017)(Citation: Talos Cobalt Strike September 2020) |
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.006 | Command and Scripting Interpreter: Python |
Cobalt Strike can use Python to perform execution.(Citation: Cobalt Strike TTPs Dec 2017)(Citation: CobaltStrike Daddy May 2017)(Citation: Talos Cobalt Strike September 2020)(Citation: Cobalt Strike Manual 4.3 November 2020) |
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.006 | Command and Scripting Interpreter: Python |
Cobalt Strike can use Python to perform execution.(Citation: Cobalt Strike TTPs Dec 2017)(Citation: CobaltStrike Daddy May 2017) |
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.007 | Command and Scripting Interpreter: JavaScript |
The Cobalt Strike System Profiler can use JavaScript to perform reconnaissance actions.(Citation: Talos Cobalt Strike September 2020) |
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Enterprise | T1543 | .003 | Create or Modify System Process: Windows Service |
Cobalt Strike can install a new service.(Citation: Cobalt Strike TTPs Dec 2017) |
.003 | Create or Modify System Process: Windows Service |
Cobalt Strike can install a new service.(Citation: Cobalt Strike TTPs Dec 2017) |
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Enterprise | T1132 | .001 | Data Encoding: Standard Encoding |
Cobalt Strike can use Base64, URL-safe Base64, or NetBIOS encoding in its C2 traffic.(Citation: Cobalt Strike Manual 4.3 November 2020) |
Enterprise | T1001 | .003 | Data Obfuscation: Protocol or Service Impersonation |
Cobalt Strike can leverage the HTTP protocol for C2 communication, while hiding the actual data in either an HTTP header, URI parameter, the transaction body, or appending it to the URI.(Citation: Cobalt Strike Manual 4.3 November 2020) |
Enterprise | T1573 | .001 | Encrypted Channel: Symmetric Cryptography |
Cobalt Strike has the ability to use AES-256 symmetric encryption in CBC mode with HMAC-SHA-256 to encrypt task commands and XOR to encrypt shell code and configuration data.(Citation: Talos Cobalt Strike September 2020) |
.002 | Encrypted Channel: Asymmetric Cryptography |
Cobalt Strike can use RSA asymmetric encryption with PKCS1 padding to encrypt data sent to the C2 server.(Citation: Talos Cobalt Strike September 2020) |
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Enterprise | T1564 | .010 | Hide Artifacts: Process Argument Spoofing |
Cobalt Strike can use spoof arguments in spawned processes that execute beacon commands.(Citation: Cobalt Strike Manual 4.3 November 2020) |
Enterprise | T1562 | .001 | Impair Defenses: Disable or Modify Tools |
Cobalt Strike has the ability to use Smart Applet attacks to disable the Java SecurityManager sandbox.(Citation: Talos Cobalt Strike September 2020)(Citation: Cobalt Strike Manual 4.3 November 2020) |
Enterprise | T1070 | .006 | Indicator Removal: Timestomp |
Cobalt Strike will timestomp any files or payloads placed on a target machine to help them blend in.(Citation: cobaltstrike manual) |
.006 | Indicator Removal: Timestomp |
Cobalt Strike can timestomp any files or payloads placed on a target machine to help them blend in.(Citation: cobaltstrike manual)(Citation: Cobalt Strike Manual 4.3 November 2020) |
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Enterprise | T1056 | .001 | Input Capture: Keylogging |
Cobalt Strike can track key presses with a keylogger module.(Citation: cobaltstrike manual) |
.001 | Input Capture: Keylogging |
Cobalt Strike can track key presses with a keylogger module.(Citation: cobaltstrike manual)(Citation: Amnesty Intl. Ocean Lotus February 2021)(Citation: Cobalt Strike Manual 4.3 November 2020) |
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Enterprise | T1003 | .001 | OS Credential Dumping: LSASS Memory |
Cobalt Strike can spawn a job to inject into LSASS memory and dump password hashes.(Citation: Cobalt Strike Manual 4.3 November 2020) |
.002 | OS Credential Dumping: Security Account Manager |
Cobalt Strike can recover hashed passwords.(Citation: cobaltstrike manual) |
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.002 | OS Credential Dumping: Security Account Manager |
Cobalt Strike can recover hashed passwords.(Citation: cobaltstrike manual) |
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Enterprise | T1027 | .005 | Obfuscated Files or Information: Indicator Removal from Tools |
Cobalt Strike includes a capability to modify the "beacon" payload to eliminate known signatures or unpacking methods.(Citation: cobaltstrike manual) |
.005 | Obfuscated Files or Information: Indicator Removal from Tools |
Cobalt Strike includes a capability to modify the Beacon payload to eliminate known signatures or unpacking methods.(Citation: cobaltstrike manual)(Citation: Cobalt Strike Manual 4.3 November 2020) |
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Enterprise | T1137 | .001 | Office Application Startup: Office Template Macros |
Cobalt Strike has the ability to use an Excel Workbook to execute additional code by enabling Office to trust macros and execute code without user permission.(Citation: Talos Cobalt Strike September 2020) |
Enterprise | T1069 | .001 | Permission Groups Discovery: Local Groups |
Cobalt Strike can use |
.002 | Permission Groups Discovery: Domain Groups |
Cobalt Strike can identify targets by querying account groups on a domain contoller.(Citation: Cobalt Strike Manual 4.3 November 2020) |
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Enterprise | T1055 | .001 | Process Injection: Dynamic-link Library Injection |
Cobalt Strike has the ability to load DLLs via reflective injection.(Citation: Talos Cobalt Strike September 2020)(Citation: Cobalt Strike Manual 4.3 November 2020) |
.012 | Process Injection: Process Hollowing |
Cobalt Strike can use process hollowing for execution.(Citation: Cobalt Strike TTPs Dec 2017) |
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.012 | Process Injection: Process Hollowing |
Cobalt Strike can use process hollowing for execution.(Citation: Cobalt Strike TTPs Dec 2017)(Citation: Cobalt Strike Manual 4.3 November 2020) |
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Enterprise | T1090 | .001 | Proxy: Internal Proxy |
Cobalt Strike can be configured to have commands relayed over a peer-to-peer network of infected hosts. This can be used to limit the number of egress points, or provide access to a host without direct internet access.(Citation: cobaltstrike manual)(Citation: Cobalt Strike Manual 4.3 November 2020) |
.001 | Proxy: Internal Proxy |
Cobalt Strike can be configured to have commands relayed over a peer-to-peer network of infected hosts. This can be used to limit the number of egress points, or provide access to a host without direct internet access.(Citation: cobaltstrike manual) |
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.004 | Proxy: Domain Fronting |
Cobalt Strike has the ability to accept a value for HTTP Host Header to enable domain fronting.(Citation: Cobalt Strike Manual 4.3 November 2020) |
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Enterprise | T1021 | .001 | Remote Services: Remote Desktop Protocol |
Cobalt Strike can start a VNC-based remote desktop server and tunnel the connection through the already established C2 channel.(Citation: cobaltstrike manual) |
.001 | Remote Services: Remote Desktop Protocol |
Cobalt Strike can start a VNC-based remote desktop server and tunnel the connection through the already established C2 channel.(Citation: cobaltstrike manual)(Citation: Cybereason Bumblebee August 2022) |
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.002 | Remote Services: SMB/Windows Admin Shares |
Cobalt Strike can use Window admin shares (C$ and ADMIN$) for lateral movement.(Citation: Cobalt Strike TTPs Dec 2017) |
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.002 | Remote Services: SMB/Windows Admin Shares |
Cobalt Strike can use Window admin shares (C$ and ADMIN$) for lateral movement.(Citation: Cobalt Strike TTPs Dec 2017)(Citation: Trend Micro Black Basta October 2022) |
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.003 | Remote Services: Distributed Component Object Model |
Cobalt Strike can deliver Beacon payloads for lateral movement by leveraging remote COM execution.(Citation: Cobalt Strike DCOM Jan 2017) |
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.003 | Remote Services: Distributed Component Object Model |
Cobalt Strike can deliver "beacon" payloads for lateral movement by leveraging remote COM execution.(Citation: Cobalt Strike DCOM Jan 2017) |
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.004 | Remote Services: SSH |
Cobalt Strike can SSH to a remote service.(Citation: Cobalt Strike TTPs Dec 2017)(Citation: Cobalt Strike Manual 4.3 November 2020) |
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.004 | Remote Services: SSH |
Cobalt Strike can SSH to a remote service.(Citation: Cobalt Strike TTPs Dec 2017) |
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.006 | Remote Services: Windows Remote Management |
Cobalt Strike can use |
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.006 | Remote Services: Windows Remote Management |
Cobalt Strike can use |
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Enterprise | T1553 | .002 | Subvert Trust Controls: Code Signing |
Cobalt Strike can use self signed Java applets to execute signed applet attacks.(Citation: Talos Cobalt Strike September 2020)(Citation: Cobalt Strike Manual 4.3 November 2020) |
Enterprise | T1218 | .011 | System Binary Proxy Execution: Rundll32 |
Cobalt Strike can use `rundll32.exe` to load DLL from the command line.(Citation: Cobalt Strike Manual 4.3 November 2020)(Citation: DFIR Conti Bazar Nov 2021)(Citation: Trend Micro Black Basta October 2022) |
Enterprise | T1569 | .002 | System Services: Service Execution |
Cobalt Strike can use PsExec to execute a payload on a remote host. It can also use Service Control Manager to start new services.(Citation: cobaltstrike manual)(Citation: Cobalt Strike TTPs Dec 2017) |
.002 | System Services: Service Execution |
Cobalt Strike can use PsExec to execute a payload on a remote host. It can also use Service Control Manager to start new services.(Citation: cobaltstrike manual)(Citation: Cobalt Strike TTPs Dec 2017)(Citation: Cobalt Strike Manual 4.3 November 2020) |
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Enterprise | T1550 | .002 | Use Alternate Authentication Material: Pass the Hash |
Cobalt Strike can perform pass the hash.(Citation: Cobalt Strike TTPs Dec 2017) |
.002 | Use Alternate Authentication Material: Pass the Hash |
Cobalt Strike can perform pass the hash.(Citation: Cobalt Strike TTPs Dec 2017) |
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Enterprise | T1078 | .002 | Valid Accounts: Domain Accounts |
Cobalt Strike can use known credentials to run commands and spawn processes as a domain user account.(Citation: cobaltstrike manual)(Citation: CobaltStrike Daddy May 2017) |
.002 | Valid Accounts: Domain Accounts |
Cobalt Strike can use known credentials to run commands and spawn processes as a domain user account.(Citation: cobaltstrike manual)(Citation: CobaltStrike Daddy May 2017)(Citation: Cobalt Strike Manual 4.3 November 2020) |
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.003 | Valid Accounts: Local Accounts |
Cobalt Strike can use known credentials to run commands and spawn processes as a local user account.(Citation: cobaltstrike manual)(Citation: CobaltStrike Daddy May 2017) |
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.003 | Valid Accounts: Local Accounts |
Cobalt Strike can use known credentials to run commands and spawn processes as a local user account.(Citation: cobaltstrike manual)(Citation: CobaltStrike Daddy May 2017) |
Groups That Use This Software |
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ID | Name | References |
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G0079 | DarkHydrus |
(Citation: Unit 42 Playbook Dec 2017) (Citation: Unit 42 DarkHydrus July 2018) |
(Citation: DFIR Conti Bazar Nov 2021) |
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G0096 | APT41 |
(Citation: FireEye APT41 March 2020) |
G0065 | Leviathan |
(Citation: Proofpoint Leviathan Oct 2017) (Citation: FireEye Periscope March 2018) |
G0016 | APT29 |
(Citation: FireEye APT29 Nov 2018) |
G0118 | UNC2452 |
(Citation: FireEye SUNBURST Backdoor December 2020) |
G0129 | Mustang Panda |
(Citation: McAfee Dianxun March 2021) (Citation: Recorded Future REDDELTA July 2020) (Citation: Secureworks BRONZE PRESIDENT December 2019) (Citation: Anomali MUSTANG PANDA October 2019) (Citation: Crowdstrike MUSTANG PANDA June 2018) |
G0027 | Threat Group-3390 |
(Citation: Trend Micro DRBControl February 2020) |
G0050 | APT32 |
(Citation: FireEye APT32 May 2017) (Citation: Volexity OceanLotus Nov 2017) (Citation: Cybereason Oceanlotus May 2017) (Citation: Cybereason Cobalt Kitty 2017) (Citation: Volexity Ocean Lotus November 2020) (Citation: Amnesty Intl. Ocean Lotus February 2021) (Citation: Unit 42 KerrDown February 2019) |
G0080 | Cobalt Group |
(Citation: RiskIQ Cobalt Nov 2017) (Citation: TrendMicro Cobalt Group Nov 2017) (Citation: Crowdstrike Global Threat Report Feb 2018) (Citation: RiskIQ Cobalt Jan 2018) (Citation: Proofpoint Cobalt June 2017) (Citation: Group IB Cobalt Aug 2017) (Citation: PTSecurity Cobalt Group Aug 2017) (Citation: Talos Cobalt Group July 2018) |
(Citation: Google Cloud APT41 2024) |
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G1022 | ToddyCat |
(Citation: Kaspersky ToddyCat Check Logs October 2023) |
(Citation: Mandiant APT41) |
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G0073 | APT19 |
(Citation: FireEye APT19) |
G0037 | FIN6 |
(Citation: FireEye FIN6 Apr 2019) |
G0052 | CopyKittens |
(Citation: ClearSky Wilted Tulip July 2017) |
G0092 | TA505 |
(Citation: NCC Group TA505) |
G0052 | CopyKittens |
(Citation: ClearSky Wilted Tulip July 2017) |
G0079 | DarkHydrus |
(Citation: Unit 42 Playbook Dec 2017) (Citation: Unit 42 DarkHydrus July 2018) |
G0037 | FIN6 |
(Citation: FireEye FIN6 Apr 2019) |
G0073 | APT19 |
(Citation: FireEye APT19) |
G1040 | Play |
(Citation: Trend Micro Ransomware Spotlight Play July 2023) |
G1006 | Earth Lusca |
(Citation: TrendMicro EarthLusca 2022) |
G0046 | FIN7 |
(Citation: Mandiant FIN7 Apr 2022) (Citation: CrowdStrike Carbon Spider August 2021) (Citation: FBI Flash FIN7 USB) |
G1020 | Mustard Tempest |
(Citation: Microsoft Ransomware as a Service) |
(Citation: FireEye APT29 Nov 2018) (Citation: Microsoft Unidentified Dec 2018) |
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G0050 | APT32 |
(Citation: FireEye APT32 May 2017) (Citation: Cybereason Cobalt Kitty 2017) (Citation: Volexity OceanLotus Nov 2017) (Citation: Cybereason Oceanlotus May 2017) |
(Citation: Cisco Talos Avos Jun 2022) |
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(Citation: FireEye SUNBURST Backdoor December 2020) (Citation: Cybersecurity Advisory SVR TTP May 2021) |
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G0096 | APT41 |
(Citation: FireEye APT41 March 2020) (Citation: Group IB APT 41 June 2021) |
G0045 | menuPass |
(Citation: Securelist APT10 March 2021) |
G0143 | Aquatic Panda |
(Citation: CrowdStrike AQUATIC PANDA December 2021) |
G0080 | Cobalt Group |
(Citation: Group IB Cobalt Aug 2017) (Citation: Talos Cobalt Group July 2018) (Citation: PTSecurity Cobalt Group Aug 2017) (Citation: Proofpoint Cobalt June 2017) (Citation: RiskIQ Cobalt Jan 2018) (Citation: RiskIQ Cobalt Nov 2017) (Citation: TrendMicro Cobalt Group Nov 2017) (Citation: Crowdstrike Global Threat Report Feb 2018) |
G0034 | Sandworm Team |
(Citation: mandiant_apt44_unearthing_sandworm) |
G0065 | Leviathan |
(Citation: Proofpoint Leviathan Oct 2017) (Citation: FireEye Periscope March 2018) (Citation: CISA AA21-200A APT40 July 2021) |
G0016 | APT29 |
(Citation: Secureworks IRON RITUAL Profile) (Citation: Secureworks IRON RITUAL USAID Phish May 2021) (Citation: Cybersecurity Advisory SVR TTP May 2021) (Citation: MSTIC NOBELIUM May 2021) (Citation: SentinelOne NobleBaron June 2021) (Citation: FireEye SUNBURST Backdoor December 2020) (Citation: ESET T3 Threat Report 2021) (Citation: MSTIC Nobelium Toolset May 2021) |
G1021 | Cinnamon Tempest |
(Citation: Microsoft Ransomware as a Service) (Citation: Dell SecureWorks BRONZE STARLIGHT Profile) |
G0067 | APT37 |
(Citation: Volexity InkySquid BLUELIGHT August 2021) |
G1014 | LuminousMoth |
(Citation: Bitdefender LuminousMoth July 2021) (Citation: Kaspersky LuminousMoth July 2021) |
G0114 | Chimera |
(Citation: Cycraft Chimera April 2020) (Citation: NCC Group Chimera January 2021) |
G0119 | Indrik Spider |
(Citation: Mandiant_UNC2165) (Citation: Crowdstrike EvilCorp March 2021) (Citation: Microsoft Ransomware as a Service) |
G0102 | Wizard Spider |
(Citation: DHS/CISA Ransomware Targeting Healthcare October 2020) (Citation: FireEye KEGTAP SINGLEMALT October 2020) (Citation: CrowdStrike Wizard Spider October 2020) (Citation: Sophos New Ryuk Attack October 2020) (Citation: Mandiant FIN12 Oct 2021) (Citation: DFIR Ryuk 2 Hour Speed Run November 2020) (Citation: DFIR Ryuk in 5 Hours October 2020) (Citation: DFIR Ryuk's Return October 2020) |
G0114 | Chimera |
(Citation: Cycraft Chimera April 2020) |
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