MITRE ATT&CKgroup
G1009 Moses Staff
- Domain
- enterprise
- Aliases
- DEV-0500, Marigold Sandstorm
- Version
- 2.0
- Created
- 2022-08-11
Description
Moses Staff is a suspected Iranian threat group that has primarily targeted Israeli companies since at least September 2021. Moses Staff openly stated their motivation in attacking Israeli companies is to cause damage by leaking stolen sensitive data and encrypting the victim's networks without a ransom demand.
Security researchers assess Moses Staff is politically motivated, and has targeted government, finance, travel, energy, manufacturing, and utility companies outside of Israel as well, including those in Italy, India, Germany, Chile, Turkey, the UAE, and the US.
Related
Uses · MITRE ATT&CK (16)
- T1686.003 Windows Host Firewall sub-technique
- T1027.013 Encrypted/Encoded File sub-technique
- S1034 StrifeWater software (malware)
- S1032 PyDCrypt software (malware)
- S1033 DCSrv software (malware)
- T1587.001 Malware sub-technique
- T1588.002 Tool sub-technique
- T1087.001 Local Account sub-technique
- T1021.002 SMB/Windows Admin Shares sub-technique
- T1553.002 Code Signing sub-technique
- T1505.003 Web Shell sub-technique
- T1190 Exploit Public-Facing Application technique
- S0029 PsExec software (tool)
- T1016 System Network Configuration Discovery technique
- T1082 System Information Discovery technique
- T1105 Ingress Tool Transfer technique
References
- https://research.checkpoint.com/2021/mosesstaff-targeting-israeli-companies/ Checkpoint MosesStaff Nov 2021
- https://www.cybereason.com/blog/research/strifewater-rat-iranian-apt-moses-staff-adds-new-trojan-to-ransomware-operations Cybereason StrifeWater Feb 2022
- https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-365/security/intelligence/microsoft-threat-actor-naming?view=o365-worldwide Microsoft Threat Actor Naming July 2023