Hacker groupG0080
Cobalt Group
Also tracked as GOLD KINGSWOOD, Cobalt Gang, Cobalt Spider
Cobalt Group is a financially motivated threat group that has primarily targeted financial institutions since at least 2016. The group has conducted intrusions to steal money via targeting ATM systems, card processing, payment systems and SWIFT systems. Cobalt Group has mainly targeted banks in Eastern Europe, Central Asia, and Southeast Asia. One of the alleged leaders was arrested in Spain in early 2018, but the group still appears to be active. The group has been known to target organizations in order to use their access to then compromise additional victims. Reporting indicates there may be links between Cobalt Group and both the malware Carbanak and the group Carbanak.
- Known attack methods
- 34
- Motive
- Financial gain
- First seen
- 2016
- 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
Resource Development
9 techniques · 1 used
Initial Access
11 techniques · 2 used
Execution
20 techniques · 5 used
Persistence
22 techniques · 3 used
Privilege Escalation
13 techniques · 2 used
Stealth
30 techniques · 5 used
Defense Impairment
18 techniques
Credential Access
17 techniques
Discovery
34 techniques · 2 used
Lateral Movement
9 techniques · 1 used
Collection
17 techniques
Command and Control
18 techniques · 5 used
Exfiltration
9 techniques
Impact
15 techniques
Resource development1
Initial access3
Execution9
Persistence3
Privilege escalation2
Stealth7
Lateral movement1
Malware
Families MITRE records this group deploying. Detection names for these are a reasonable place to start.
Cobalt StrikeMore_eggsSpicyOmelette
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.
MimikatzPsExecSDelete