Poseidon Group
Poseidon Group is a Portuguese-speaking threat group that has been active since at least 2005. The group has a history of using information exfiltrated from victims to blackmail victim companies into contracting the Poseidon Group as a security firm. [1]
Techniques Used
| Domain | ID | Name | Use | |
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| Enterprise | T1087 | .001 | Account Discovery: Local Account |
Poseidon Group searches for administrator accounts on both the local victim machine and the network.[1] |
| .002 | Account Discovery: Domain Account |
Poseidon Group searches for administrator accounts on both the local victim machine and the network.[1] |
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| Enterprise | T1059 | .001 | Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell |
The Poseidon Group's Information Gathering Tool (IGT) includes PowerShell components.[1] |
| Enterprise | T1036 | .005 | Masquerading: Match Legitimate Name or Location |
Poseidon Group tools attempt to spoof anti-virus processes as a means of self-defense.[1] |
| Enterprise | T1003 | OS Credential Dumping |
Poseidon Group conducts credential dumping on victims, with a focus on obtaining credentials belonging to domain and database servers.[1] |
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| Enterprise | T1057 | Process Discovery |
After compromising a victim, Poseidon Group lists all running processes.[1] |
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| Enterprise | T1049 | System Network Connections Discovery |
Poseidon Group obtains and saves information about victim network interfaces and addresses.[1] |
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| Enterprise | T1007 | System Service Discovery |
After compromising a victim, Poseidon Group discovers all running services.[1] |
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