ShinyHunters
Also tracked as UNC6240, Bling Libra
ShinyHunters is a cyber criminal collective that has been active since at least 2019 operating under the ShinyCorp persona. ShinyHunters has targeted multiple industries and geographic regions gathering legitimate credentials and personally identifiable information (PII) for resale or extortion of victims. ShinyHunters has been associated with the broader collective called The Community, also known as The Com whose members have also included Scattered Spider and LAPSUS$. Public reporting has mentioned a variety of names for operations ShinyHunters members have reportedly conducted with members of other groups, including “Scattered Lapsus Hunters,” “Scattered Lapsus Shiny Hunters,” and “SLSH.”
- Known attack methods
- 46
- Motive
- Financial gain
- First seen
- 2019
- 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 · 4 used
Initial Access
11 techniques · 2 used
Execution
20 techniques · 3 used
Persistence
22 techniques
Privilege Escalation
13 techniques
Stealth
30 techniques · 3 used
Defense Impairment
18 techniques
Credential Access
17 techniques · 3 used
Discovery
34 techniques · 7 used
Lateral Movement
9 techniques · 2 used
Collection
17 techniques · 3 used
Command and Control
18 techniques · 4 used
Exfiltration
9 techniques · 1 used
Impact
15 techniques · 3 used
Reconnaissance5
Resource development6
Initial access2
Execution4
Stealth5
Discovery7
Collection4
Command and control4
Exfiltration1
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.