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Gamaredon Group threat group

Gamaredon Group is a threat group. Public reporting links it to 45 attack techniques, and to attacks on government organisations, with 2 countries and victims named. This free profile shows how it works and who it targets, so you can judge the risk to you.

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Attack techniques
45
Countries and victims named
2
Thought to operate from
Not known
Other names
13
Built from public reporting, with every source listed below.
Overview

Who is Gamaredon Group?

Gamaredon Group has 13 other names in security research. Below is what published reporting says about it, with a link to every report so you can check the detail yourself.

Also known as

ACTINIUMDEV-0157Blue OtsoBlueAlphaG0047IRON TILDENPRIMITIVE BEARShuckwormTrident UrsaUAC-0010WinterflounderAqua Blizzard

Security companies each give the same group their own name, so one group can have many.

What public reporting says

Unit 42 threat researchers have recently observed a threat group distributing new, custom developed malware. We have labelled this threat group the Gamaredon Group and our research shows that the Gamaredon Group has been active since at least 2013. In the past, the Gamaredon Group has relied heavily on off-the-shelf tools. Our new research shows the Gamaredon Group have made a shift to custom-developed malware. We believe this shift indicates the Gamaredon Group have improved their technical capabilities.

Public reports about Gamaredon Group (21)

How it works

How does Gamaredon Group attack? Stage by stage.

Each technique is a known way attackers research, get in, stay hidden or do damage. Here are the 45 linked to Gamaredon Group, laid out from first look to final blow. Some techniques belong to more than one stage. Pick a stage to see them. Public reporting also lists 28 more specific variations of them, called sub-techniques.

Stage 7 of 15

Hiding

Disguising what they are doing so it blends in with normal activity.

8 techniques
  • T1027Obfuscated Files or Information
  • T1036Masquerading
  • T1070Indicator Removal
  • T1140Deobfuscate/Decode Files or Information
  • T1218System Binary Proxy Execution
  • T1221Template Injection
  • T1480Execution Guardrails
  • T1564Hide Artifacts
Targets

Who does Gamaredon Group go after?

The sectors and places named in public reporting about this group. If yours is on the list, it is worth knowing how they work and which flaws they use.

Sectors (1)

Government
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Countries and victims named (2)

  1. 01Ukraine
  2. 02Germany
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Gamaredon Group is a threat group. Public reporting links it to 45 attack techniques, and to attacks on government organisations, with 2 countries and victims named.

In public reporting, sectors named include government, and 2 countries and victims are named, including Ukraine and Germany.

Public reporting links Gamaredon Group to 45 attack techniques. Most of them are about hiding, running code and looking around.

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