MITRE ATT&CKgroup
G1046 Storm-1811
- Domain
- enterprise
- Version
- 1.0
- Created
- 2025-03-14
Description
Storm-1811 is a financially-motivated entity linked to Black Basta ransomware deployment. Storm-1811 is notable for unique phishing and social engineering mechanisms for initial access, such as overloading victim email inboxes with non-malicious spam to prompt a fake "help desk" interaction leading to the deployment of adversary tools and capabilities.
Related
Uses · MITRE ATT&CK (38)
- T1684.001 Impersonation sub-technique
- T1219.002 Remote Desktop Software sub-technique
- S1209 Quick Assist software (tool)
- T1667 Email Bombing technique
- T1036.010 Masquerade Account Name sub-technique
- T1027.013 Encrypted/Encoded File sub-technique
- T1566.004 Spearphishing Voice sub-technique
- S1070 Black Basta software (malware)
- T1585.003 Cloud Accounts sub-technique
- S0650 QakBot software (malware)
- T1588.002 Tool sub-technique
- T1583.001 Domains sub-technique
- T1048.002 Exfiltration Over Asymmetric Encrypted Non-C2 Protocol sub-technique
- T1074.001 Local Data Staging sub-technique
- T1574.001 DLL sub-technique
- T1204.002 Malicious File sub-technique
- T1570 Lateral Tool Transfer technique
- T1059.001 PowerShell sub-technique
- T1059.003 Windows Command Shell sub-technique
- T1566.002 Spearphishing Link sub-technique
- T1566.003 Spearphishing via Service sub-technique
- T1087.002 Domain Account sub-technique
- T1021.002 SMB/Windows Admin Shares sub-technique
- T1021.004 SSH sub-technique
- T1036.005 Match Legitimate Resource Name or Location sub-technique
- T1222.001 Windows Permissions sub-technique
- T1547.001 Registry Run Keys / Startup Folder sub-technique
- T1486 Data Encrypted for Impact technique
- T1482 Domain Trust Discovery technique
- S0357 Impacket software (tool)
References
- https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/security/blog/2024/05/15/threat-actors-misusing-quick-assist-in-social-engineering-attacks-leading-to-ransomware/ Microsoft Storm-1811 2024
- https://redcanary.com/blog/threat-intelligence/storm-1811-black-basta/ RedCanary Storm-1811 2024
- https://redcanary.com/blog/threat-intelligence/intelligence-insights-june-2024/ RedCanary June Insights 2024
- https://www.rapid7.com/blog/post/2024/05/10/ongoing-social-engineering-campaign-linked-to-black-basta-ransomware-operators rapid7-email-bombing