FIN5
FIN5 is a financially motivated threat group that has targeted personally identifiable information and payment card information. The group has been active since at least 2008 and has targeted the restaurant, gaming, and hotel industries. The group is made up of actors who likely speak Russian.
- Known attack methods
- 11
- Motive
- Financial gain
- First seen
- 2008
- 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
Resource Development
9 techniques · 1 used
Initial Access
11 techniques
Execution
20 techniques · 1 used
Persistence
22 techniques · 1 used
Privilege Escalation
13 techniques
Stealth
30 techniques · 2 used
Defense Impairment
18 techniques · 1 used
Credential Access
17 techniques · 1 used
Discovery
34 techniques · 1 used
Lateral Movement
9 techniques
Collection
17 techniques · 2 used
Command and Control
18 techniques · 1 used
Exfiltration
9 techniques
Impact
15 techniques
Resource development1
Execution1
Persistence1
Defense impairment1
Credential access1
Discovery1
Command and control1
Malware
Families MITRE records this group deploying. Detection names for these are a reasonable place to start.
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.