Intrusion setG0079
DarkHydrus
DarkHydrus is a threat group that has targeted government agencies and educational institutions in the Middle East since at least 2016. The group heavily leverages open-source tools and custom payloads for carrying out attacks.
- Documented techniques
- 7
- First seen
- 2016
- 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
credential access1
Malware
Families MITRE records this group deploying. Detection names for these are a reasonable place to start.
Cobalt StrikeRogueRobin
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