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Financially Motivated21 malware familiesExploits CVEs in the wild

Cobalt Group

Also known asCobalt GangCobalt GroupCobalt SpiderGOLD KINGSWOOD

Cobalt Group is a cybercriminal threat actor also referred to as Cobalt Gang, Cobalt Spider, and GOLD KINGSWOOD. The content describes GOLD KINGSWOOD as a financially motivated group that infiltrates the internal networks of financial institutions around the world and uses tactics more commonly associated with government-sponsored actors. Reported behavior includes sending phishing emails with malicious attachments that require victims to execute a file or enable a macro, using HTTPS for command and control, creating new Windows services for persistence, using Registry Run keys and a Startup path that launched PowerShell to download Cobalt Strike, executing JavaScript scriptlets on victim machines, and using the Plink utility to create SSH tunnels. The group is also associated in the content with use of Golden Chickens malware-as-a-service tooling. The provided material additionally notes that the same malware suite observed in TA4557 activity has also been seen with Cobalt Group and Evilnum, but tracks these as distinct activity clusters.

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MITRE ATT&CK

Tradecraft

48 distinct techniques observed across reporting, grouped by tactic. Hover any cell for the evidence excerpt; click through for MITRE's full description.

13 of 15 tactics69 techniques×N= number of intelligence reports citing this technique
MITRE ATT&CK
TA0042
Resource Development
2 techniques
T1588
Obtain Capabilities
T1588.002
Tool
T1608
Stage Capabilities
TA0001
Initial Access
1 technique
T1566
Phishing
T1566.001×5
Spearphishing Attachment
TA0002
Execution
6 techniques
T1053
Scheduled Task/Job
T1053.005×3
Scheduled Task
T1059
Command and Scripting Interpreter
T1059.001×7
PowerShell
T1059.003×2
Windows Command Shell
T1059.005×2
Visual Basic
T1059.007×5
JavaScript
T1129
Shared Modules
T1203×2
Exploitation for Client Execution
T1204
User Execution
T1204.002×5
Malicious File
T1574×3
Hijack Execution Flow
TA0003
Persistence
4 techniques
T1053
Scheduled Task/Job
T1053.005×3
Scheduled Task
T1112
Modify Registry
T1543
Create or Modify System Process
T1543.003×3
Windows Service
T1547
Boot or Logon Autostart Execution
T1547.001×4
Registry Run Keys / Startup Folder
TA0004
Privilege Escalation
6 techniques
T1053
Scheduled Task/Job
T1053.005×3
Scheduled Task
T1055×3
Process Injection
T1068×9
Exploitation for Privilege Escalation
T1543
Create or Modify System Process
T1543.003×3
Windows Service
T1547
Boot or Logon Autostart Execution
T1547.001×4
Registry Run Keys / Startup Folder
T1548
Abuse Elevation Control Mechanism
T1548.002
Bypass User Account Control
TA0005
Stealth
7 techniques
T1027
Obfuscated Files or Information
T1055×3
Process Injection
T1070×2
Indicator Removal
T1070.004×3
File Deletion
T1218
System Binary Proxy Execution
T1218.005
Mshta
T1218.010
Regsvr32
T1564
Hide Artifacts
T1564.006
Run Virtual Instance
T1574×3
Hijack Execution Flow
T1620
Reflective Code Loading
TA0112
Defense Impairment
1 technique
T1112
Modify Registry
TA0006
Credential Access
2 techniques
T1003×3
OS Credential Dumping
T1056
Input Capture
T1056.001
Keylogging
TA0007
Discovery
5 techniques
T1012
Query Registry
T1046×3
Network Service Discovery
T1057
Process Discovery
T1082
System Information Discovery
T1518
Software Discovery
TA0008
Lateral Movement
1 technique
T1021
Remote Services
T1021.001×2
Remote Desktop Protocol
T1021.002
SMB/Windows Admin Shares
TA0009
Collection
2 techniques
T1056
Input Capture
T1056.001
Keylogging
T1113
Screen Capture
TA0011
Command and Control
7 techniques
T1071×2
Application Layer Protocol
T1071.001×3
Web Protocols
T1090
Proxy
T1105×2
Ingress Tool Transfer
T1132
Data Encoding
T1219
Remote Access Tools
T1568
Dynamic Resolution
T1572
Protocol Tunneling
TA0040
Impact
1 technique
T1657
Financial Theft
IOCS

Observables

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Tradecraft mapping48

Every observed MITRE ATT&CK technique, grouped by tactic.

Malware arsenal21

Families this actor is known to deploy, with IOCs and behavior.

Exploited CVEs8

CVEs this actor has used in known campaigns.

Detection signatures

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Observables35

Domains, IPs, and hashes tied to this actor, refreshed continuously.