Hacker groupG0099
APT-C-36
Also tracked as Blind Eagle, TAG-144, AguilaCiega, APT-Q-98
APT-C-36 is a suspected South American threat group that has engaged in espionage and financially motivated operations since at least 2018. APT-C-36 has targeted government institutions and entities in the financial, energy, and professional manufacturing sectors across Colombia and other Latin American countries.
- Known attack methods
- 38
- Motive
- Espionage, Financial gain
- First seen
- 2018
- Source
- MITRE ATT&CK
How they break in
Techniques MITRE has documented this group using, mapped onto the ATT&CK matrix. Each one is a behaviour you can look for in your own logs, and a control you can test.
Used by this groupNot documented for this groupIn brackets: sub-techniques this group uses, of those that exist.
Reconnaissance
12 techniques · 1 used
Resource Development
9 techniques · 7 used
Initial Access
11 techniques · 1 used
Execution
20 techniques · 4 used
Persistence
22 techniques · 1 used
Privilege Escalation
13 techniques
Stealth
30 techniques · 7 used
Defense Impairment
18 techniques
Credential Access
17 techniques
Discovery
34 techniques
Lateral Movement
9 techniques · 1 used
Collection
17 techniques
Command and Control
18 techniques · 3 used
Exfiltration
9 techniques
Impact
15 techniques
Reconnaissance1
Resource development12
Initial access2
Execution7
Persistence1
Stealth11
- T1027Obfuscated Files or Information
- T1027.003Steganography
- T1027.013Encrypted/Encoded File
- T1027.016Junk Code Insertion
- T1036.004Masquerade Task or Service
- T1036.005Match Legitimate Resource Name or Location
- T1055.012Process Hollowing
- T1480Execution Guardrails
- T1564.003Hidden Window
- T1574.001DLL
- T1684.001Impersonation
Lateral movement1
Command and control3
Malware
Families MITRE records this group deploying. Detection names for these are a reasonable place to start.
CaminhoHeartCryptPureCrypternjRAT
Tools
Legitimate or dual-use software the group is documented using. Most of it is software your own administrators use too, which is the point.
AsyncRATDCRATImminent MonitorQuasarRATRemcos