Gorgon Group is a threat group consisting of members who are suspected to be Pakistan-based or have other connections to Pakistan. The group has performed a mix of criminal and targeted attacks, including campaigns against government organizations in the United Kingdom, Spain, Russia, and the United States. [1]
Domain | ID | Name | Use | |
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Enterprise | T1547 | .001 | Boot or Logon Autostart Execution: Registry Run Keys / Startup Folder |
Gorgon Group malware can create a .lnk file and add a Registry Run key to establish persistence.[1] |
.009 | Boot or Logon Autostart Execution: Shortcut Modification |
Gorgon Group malware can create a .lnk file and add a Registry Run key to establish persistence.[1] |
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Enterprise | T1059 | .001 | Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell |
Gorgon Group malware can use PowerShell commands to download and execute a payload and open a decoy document on the victim’s machine.[1] |
.003 | Command and Scripting Interpreter: Windows Command Shell |
Gorgon Group malware can use cmd.exe to download and execute payloads and to execute commands on the system.[1] |
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.005 | Command and Scripting Interpreter: Visual Basic |
Gorgon Group has used macros in Spearphishing Attachments as well as executed VBScripts on victim machines.[1] |
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Enterprise | T1140 | Deobfuscate/Decode Files or Information |
Gorgon Group malware can decode contents from a payload that was Base64 encoded and write the contents to a file.[1] |
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Enterprise | T1564 | .003 | Hide Artifacts: Hidden Window |
Gorgon Group has used |
Enterprise | T1562 | .001 | Impair Defenses: Disable or Modify Tools |
Gorgon Group malware can attempt to disable security features in Microsoft Office and Windows Defender using the |
Enterprise | T1105 | Ingress Tool Transfer |
Gorgon Group malware can download additional files from C2 servers.[1] |
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Enterprise | T1112 | Modify Registry |
Gorgon Group malware can deactivate security mechanisms in Microsoft Office by editing several keys and values under |
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Enterprise | T1106 | Native API |
Gorgon Group malware can leverage the Windows API call, CreateProcessA(), for execution.[1] |
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Enterprise | T1588 | .002 | Obtain Capabilities: Tool |
Gorgon Group has obtained and used tools such as QuasarRAT and Remcos.[1] |
Enterprise | T1566 | .001 | Phishing: Spearphishing Attachment |
Gorgon Group sent emails to victims with malicious Microsoft Office documents attached.[1] |
Enterprise | T1055 | .002 | Process Injection: Portable Executable Injection |
Gorgon Group malware can download a remote access tool, ShiftyBug, and inject into another process.[1] |
.012 | Process Injection: Process Hollowing |
Gorgon Group malware can use process hollowing to inject one of its trojans into another process.[1] |
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Enterprise | T1204 | .002 | User Execution: Malicious File |
Gorgon Group attempted to get users to launch malicious Microsoft Office attachments delivered via spearphishing emails.[1] |