About this actor
Symantec researchers have uncovered a previously unknown attack group that is targeting government and military targets, including several overseas embassies of an Eastern European country, and military and defense targets in the Middle East. This group eschews custom malware and uses living off the land (LotL) tactics and publicly available hack tools to carry out activities that bear all the hallmarks of a cyber espionage campaign. The group, which we have given the name Gallmaker, has been operating since at least December 2017, with its most recent activity observed in June 2018.
Source: MITRE ATT&CK
Names & naming systems
Each vendor coins its own name for the same actor. Where a name follows a known scheme we attribute it; the rest are listed honestly as unclassified.
MITRE ATT&CKG-number catalogue id
Unclassifiedno scheme matched
How we know this
- Data origin
- MITRE ATT&CK Imported from the MITRE ATT&CK STIX bundle as an intrusion-set object.
- Techniques
- MITRE ATT&CK STIX mappings — 11 ATT&CK techniques on file.
- Named victims
- None on file.
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Activity timeline
No activity events recorded.
Profile
| CVE | Risk | CVSS | EPSS | Published | Products |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No attributed CVEs. | |||||
T1027Obfuscated Files or Information ↗T1059Command and Scripting Interpreter ↗T1059.001PowerShell ↗T1204User Execution ↗T1204.002Malicious File ↗T1559Inter-Process Communication ↗T1559.002Dynamic Data Exchange ↗T1560Archive Collected Data ↗T1560.001Archive via Utility ↗T1566Phishing ↗T1566.001Spearphishing Attachment ↗
Mitigating controls (NIST 800-53)
| Control | Techniques covered | Coverage |
|---|---|---|
CM-2 | 11 / 11 | 100% |
SI-3 | 11 / 11 | 100% |
SI-4 | 11 / 11 | 100% |
CM-6 | 9 / 11 | 82% |
SC-7 | 8 / 11 | 73% |
SI-2 | 8 / 11 | 73% |
RA-5 | 7 / 11 | 64% |
AC-4 | 6 / 11 | 55% |
CM-7 | 6 / 11 | 55% |
CA-7 | 5 / 11 | 45% |
SI-7 | 5 / 11 | 45% |
AC-3 | 4 / 11 | 36% |
AC-6 | 4 / 11 | 36% |
CM-8 | 4 / 11 | 36% |
IA-9 | 4 / 11 | 36% |
Co-occurring actors
None.
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