MITRE ATT&CKgroup
G0010 Turla
- Domain
- enterprise
- Aliases
- IRON HUNTER, Group 88, Waterbug, WhiteBear, Snake, Krypton, Venomous Bear, Secret Blizzard, BELUGASTURGEON
- Version
- 5.1
- Created
- 2017-05-31
Description
Turla is a cyber espionage threat group that has been attributed to Russia's Federal Security Service (FSB). They have compromised victims in over 50 countries since at least 2004, spanning a range of industries including government, embassies, military, education, research and pharmaceutical companies. Turla is known for conducting watering hole and spearphishing campaigns, and leveraging in-house tools and malware, such as Uroburos.
Related
Uses · MITRE ATT&CK (98)
- T1685 Disable or Modify Tools technique
- T1213.006 Databases sub-technique
- S1143 LunarLoader software (malware)
- S1141 LunarWeb software (malware)
- S1142 LunarMail software (malware)
- T1564.012 File/Path Exclusions sub-technique
- S1075 KOPILUWAK software (malware)
- T1027.011 Fileless Storage sub-technique
- T1027.010 Command Obfuscation sub-technique
- S0668 TinyTurla software (malware)
- T1615 Group Policy Discovery technique
- T1553.006 Code Signing Policy Modification sub-technique
- S0590 NBTscan software (tool)
- T1016.001 Internet Connection Discovery sub-technique
- S0587 Penquin software (malware)
- S0581 IronNetInjector software (tool)
- S0538 Crutch software (malware)
- S0537 HyperStack software (malware)
- T1555.004 Windows Credential Manager sub-technique
- T1583.006 Web Services sub-technique
- T1584.003 Virtual Private Server sub-technique
- T1584.004 Server sub-technique
- T1584.006 Web Services sub-technique
- T1587.001 Malware sub-technique
- T1588.001 Malware sub-technique
- T1588.002 Tool sub-technique
- T1059.007 JavaScript sub-technique
- T1027.005 Indicator Removal from Tools sub-technique
- T1071.001 Web Protocols sub-technique
- T1071.003 Mail Protocols sub-technique
References
- https://web.archive.org/web/20201101015247/https://www.accenture.com/us-en/blogs/cyber-defense/turla-belugasturgeon-compromises-government-entity Accenture HyperStack October 2020
- https://blog.talosintelligence.com/2021/09/tinyturla.html Talos TinyTurla September 2021
- https://www.welivesecurity.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/ESET_Turla_Mosquito.pdf ESET Turla Mosquito Jan 2018
- https://www.welivesecurity.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/eset-gazer.pdf ESET Gazer Aug 2017
- https://www.welivesecurity.com/2019/05/29/turla-powershell-usage/ ESET Turla PowerShell May 2019
- https://www.cisa.gov/sites/default/files/2023-05/aa23-129a_snake_malware_2.pdf Joint Cybersecurity Advisory AA23-129A Snake Malware May 2023
- https://securelist.com/introducing-whitebear/81638/ Securelist WhiteBear Aug 2017
- https://securelist.com/the-epic-turla-operation/65545/ Kaspersky Turla
- https://www.leonardo.com/documents/20142/10868623/Malware+Technical+Insight+_Turla+%E2%80%9CPenquin_x64%E2%80%9D.pdf Leonardo Turla Penquin May 2020
- https://www.crowdstrike.com/blog/meet-crowdstrikes-adversary-of-the-month-for-march-venomous-bear/ CrowdStrike VENOMOUS BEAR
- https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-365/security/intelligence/microsoft-threat-actor-naming?view=o365-worldwide Microsoft Threat Actor Naming July 2023
- http://www.secureworks.com/research/threat-profiles/iron-hunter Secureworks IRON HUNTER Profile
- https://www.threatminer.org/report.php?q=waterbug-attack-group.pdf&y=2015#gsc.tab=0&gsc.q=waterbug-attack-group.pdf&gsc.page=1 Symantec Waterbug