Agrius
Also tracked as Pink Sandstorm, AMERICIUM, Agonizing Serpens, BlackShadow
Agrius is an Iranian threat actor active since 2020 notable for a series of ransomware and wiper operations in the Middle East, with an emphasis on Israeli targets. Public reporting has linked Agrius to Iran's Ministry of Intelligence and Security (MOIS).
- Documented techniques
- 22
- Assessed origin
- Iran
- Assessed motivation
- Sabotage
- First seen
- 2020
- Basis
- MITRE ATT&CK
How they break in
Techniques MITRE has documented this group using, grouped by the stage of an attack they belong to. This is the actionable half: each one is a behaviour you can look for in your own logs, and a control you can test.
resource development1
initial access1
execution1
persistence2
credential access4
lateral movement2
collection4
exfiltration1
defense impairment1
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.