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PingCastle is a legitimate Active Directory security assessment and reconnaissance utility. In the provided reporting, it is described as being used for Active Directory reconnaissance, including by the financially motivated threat actor Octo Tempest alongside ADRecon, and it is also listed by Kaspersky as a utility shared across ransomware-linked groups including Crypt Ghouls, MorLock, BlackJack, and Twelve. The cited use cases are focused on post-compromise enumeration of Active Directory environments. No specific infection vector, persistence mechanism, or indicators of compromise for PingCastle itself are provided in the content.
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4 distinct threat actors attributed by public researchers. Open in Mallory to see the full evidence chain and overlapping campaigns.
"...utilities, including SoftPerfect Network Scanner, PingCastle..."
"...utilities, including SoftPerfect Network Scanner, PingCastle..."
"...utilities, including SoftPerfect Network Scanner, PingCastle..."
"...utilities, including SoftPerfect Network Scanner, PingCastle..."
7 distinct techniques documented for this family, organized by ATT&CK tactic.
Il s’intéresse particulièrement à l’Active Directory du SI... TA505 utilisait le logiciel de requête d’Active Directory nommé AdFind sur un contrôleur de domaine pour cartographier intégralement un SI
Initial bulk-export of users, groups, and device information is closely followed by enumerating data and resources readily available to the user’s profile... AAD bulk downloads of user, groups, and devices.
PingCastle’s job is to map the network and find the shortest path to the next exploitable machine by grabbing SMB information through the response packets sent by the SMB servers.
1 indicator attributed across vendor reports, sandbox runs, and researcher write-ups. Full values are available in Mallory.
File hashes (MD5, SHA-1, SHA-256) from samples and reports.
1 sources tracked across advisories, community write-ups, and news. New activity surfaces here as Mallory finds it.
Match every observed IP, domain, and hash against your live telemetry.
Named campaigns wielding this family, with evidence pinned to each claim.
CVEs this family uses for access and lateral movement.
YARA, Sigma, Snort, and vendor rules, auto-deployed to your SIEM.
Every documented technique, ranked by evidence weight.
Reddit, Mastodon, and CTI community discussion around this family.