Hacker groupG1004
LAPSUS$
Also tracked as DEV-0537, Strawberry Tempest
LAPSUS$ is cyber criminal threat group that has been active since at least mid-2021. LAPSUS$ specializes in large-scale social engineering and extortion operations, including destructive attacks without the use of ransomware. The group has targeted organizations globally, including in the government, manufacturing, higher education, energy, healthcare, technology, telecommunications, and media sectors.
- Known attack methods
- 43
- Motive
- Financial gain, Sabotage
- 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 · 5 used
Resource Development
9 techniques · 4 used
Initial Access
11 techniques · 1 used
Execution
20 techniques · 1 used
Persistence
22 techniques · 3 used
Privilege Escalation
13 techniques · 1 used
Stealth
30 techniques · 2 used
Defense Impairment
18 techniques · 1 used
Credential Access
17 techniques · 5 used
Discovery
34 techniques · 2 used
Lateral Movement
9 techniques
Collection
17 techniques · 3 used
Command and Control
18 techniques · 1 used
Exfiltration
9 techniques
Impact
15 techniques · 3 used
Reconnaissance8
Resource development5
Initial access1
Execution1
Privilege escalation1
Defense impairment2
Credential access7
Collection6
Command and control1
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