EXOTIC LILY
EXOTIC LILY is a financially motivated group that has been closely linked with Wizard Spider and the deployment of ransomware including Conti and Diavol. EXOTIC LILY may be acting as an initial access broker for other malicious actors, and has targeted a wide range of industries including IT, cybersecurity, and healthcare since at least September 2021.
- Known attack methods
- 15
- Motive
- Financial gain
- 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.
Reconnaissance
12 techniques · 4 used
Resource Development
9 techniques · 3 used
Initial Access
11 techniques · 1 used
Execution
20 techniques · 2 used
Persistence
22 techniques
Privilege Escalation
13 techniques
Stealth
30 techniques
Defense Impairment
18 techniques
Credential Access
17 techniques
Discovery
34 techniques
Lateral Movement
9 techniques
Collection
17 techniques
Command and Control
18 techniques · 1 used
Exfiltration
9 techniques
Impact
15 techniques
Reconnaissance4
Resource development4
Initial access3
Command and control1
Malware
Families MITRE records this group deploying. Detection names for these are a reasonable place to start.