Threat Actor

Carbanak

Also known as: Carbanak, Anunak

Carbanak is a cybercriminal group that has used Carbanak malware to target financial institutions since at least 2013. Carbanak may be linked to groups tracked separately as Cobalt Group and FIN7 that have also used Carbanak malware.

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Techniques
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Software
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indicators on this record

Properties

Last source
MITRE ATT&CK
STIX ID
intrusion-set--55033a4d-3ffe-46b2-99b4-2c1541e9ce1c
In Signal since
initial import (Sep 2026)
Retrieved at
2026-11-01T16:36:58+00:00
Type
intrusion-set

MITRE ATT&CK Techniques (9)

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Bidirectional Communication (T1102.002)

Adversaries may use an existing, legitimate external Web service as a means for sending commands to and receiving output from a compromised system ove

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Disable or Modify System Firewall (T1686)

Adversaries may disable or modify host-based or network firewalls to impair defensive mechanisms and enable further action. Once an adversary has gath

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Masquerade Task or Service (T1036.004)

Adversaries may attempt to manipulate the name of a task or service to make it appear legitimate or benign. Tasks/services executed by the Task Schedu

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Match Legitimate Resource Name or Location (T1036.005)

Adversaries may match or approximate the name or location of legitimate files, Registry keys, or other resources when naming/placing them. This is don

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Remote Access Tools (T1219)

An adversary may use legitimate remote access tools to establish an interactive command and control channel within a network. Remote access tools crea

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Rundll32 (T1218.011)

Adversaries may abuse rundll32.exe to proxy execution of malicious code. Using rundll32.exe, vice executing directly (i.e. [Shared Modules](https://at

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Tool (T1588.002)

Adversaries may buy, steal, or download software tools that can be used during targeting. Tools can be open or closed source, free or commercial. A to

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Valid Accounts (T1078)

Adversaries may obtain and abuse credentials of existing accounts as a means of gaining Initial Access, Persistence, Privilege Escalation, or Defense

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Windows Service (T1543.003)

Adversaries may create or modify Windows services to repeatedly execute malicious payloads as part of persistence. When Windows boots up, it starts pr

Software & Tools (4)

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Carbanak [malware]

Carbanak is a full-featured, remote backdoor used by a group of the same name ([Carbanak](https://attack.mi

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MimiKatz [malware]

Mimikatz is a credential dumper capable of obtaining plaintext Windows account logins and passwords, along

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PsExec [tool]

PsExec is a free Microsoft tool that can be used to execute a program on another computer. It is used by IT

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netsh [tool]

netsh is a scripting utility used to interact with networking components on local or remote systems. (Citat

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