Hacker groupG0061
FIN8
Also tracked as Syssphinx
FIN8 is a financially motivated threat group that has been active since at least January 2016, and known for targeting organizations in the hospitality, retail, entertainment, insurance, technology, chemical, and financial sectors. In June 2021, security researchers detected FIN8 switching from targeting point-of-sale (POS) devices to distributing a number of ransomware variants.
- Known attack methods
- 36
- 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.
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 · 4 used
Persistence
22 techniques
Privilege Escalation
13 techniques · 2 used
Stealth
30 techniques · 5 used
Defense Impairment
18 techniques · 2 used
Credential Access
17 techniques · 1 used
Discovery
34 techniques · 6 used
Lateral Movement
9 techniques · 1 used
Collection
17 techniques · 2 used
Command and Control
18 techniques · 4 used
Exfiltration
9 techniques · 1 used
Impact
15 techniques · 1 used
Resource development2
Initial access2
Execution6
Privilege escalation2
Stealth5
Defense impairment2
Credential access1
Discovery6
Lateral movement2
Command and control4
Malware
Families MITRE records this group deploying. Detection names for these are a reasonable place to start.
BADHATCHPUNCHBUGGYPUNCHTRACKRagnar LockerSardonic
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.
ImpacketNetNltestPingPsExecdsquery