Hacker groupG0079
DarkHydrus
DarkHydrus is a threat group that has targeted government agencies and educational institutions in the Middle East since at least 2016. The group heavily leverages open-source tools and custom payloads for carrying out attacks.
- Known attack methods
- 7
- 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 · 1 used
Execution
20 techniques · 2 used
Persistence
22 techniques
Privilege Escalation
13 techniques
Stealth
30 techniques · 2 used
Defense Impairment
18 techniques
Credential Access
17 techniques · 1 used
Discovery
34 techniques
Lateral Movement
9 techniques
Collection
17 techniques
Command and Control
18 techniques
Exfiltration
9 techniques
Impact
15 techniques
Resource development1
Initial access1
Credential access1
Malware
Families MITRE records this group deploying. Detection names for these are a reasonable place to start.
Cobalt StrikeRogueRobin
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.
Mimikatz