Star Blizzard
[Star Blizzard](https://attack.mitre.org/groups/G1033) is a cyber espionage and influence group originating in Russia that has been active since at least 2019. [Star Blizzard](https://attack.mitre.org/groups/G1033) campaigns align closely with Russian state interests and have included persistent phishing and credential theft against academic, defense, government, NGO, and think tank organizations in NATO countries, particularly the US and the UK.(Citation: Microsoft Star Blizzard August 2022)(Citation: CISA Star Blizzard Advisory December 2023)(Citation: StarBlizzard)(Citation: Google TAG COLDRIVER January 2024)
Properties
- stix_id
- intrusion-set--9b36c218-4d80-4ec6-a68d-cc2886bbe410
- signal_observed_at
- 2026-09-11T17:55:00+00:00
- type
- intrusion-set
MITRE ATT&CK Techniques (20)
Adversaries may buy, lease, rent, or obtain infrastructure that can be used during targeting. A wide variety of infrastructure exists for hosting and
Adversaries may acquire domains that can be used during targeting. Domain names are the human readable names used to represent one or more IP addresse
Adversaries may create email accounts that can be used during targeting. Adversaries can use accounts created with email providers to further their op
Adversaries may compromise email accounts that can be used during targeting. Adversaries can use compromised email accounts to further their operation
Adversaries may setup email forwarding rules to collect sensitive information. Adversaries may abuse email forwarding rules to monitor the activities
Adversaries may gather information about the victim's identity that can be used during targeting. Information about identities may include a variety o
Adversaries may impersonate a trusted person or organization in order to persuade and trick a target into performing some action on their behalf. For
Adversaries may abuse various implementations of JavaScript for execution. JavaScript (JS) is a platform-independent scripting language (compiled just
An adversary may rely upon a user opening a malicious file in order to gain execution. Users may be subjected to social engineering to get them to ope
Adversaries may target an Exchange server, Office 365, or Google Workspace to collect sensitive information. Adversaries may leverage a user's credent
Adversaries may search freely available websites and/or domains for information about victims that can be used during targeting. Information about vic
Adversaries may create and cultivate social media accounts that can be used during targeting. Adversaries can create social media accounts that can be
Adversaries may send spearphishing emails with a malicious attachment in an attempt to gain access to victim systems. Spearphishing attachment is a sp
Adversaries may send spearphishing messages with a malicious attachment to elicit sensitive information that can be used during targeting. Spearphishi
Adversaries may send spearphishing messages with a malicious link to elicit sensitive information that can be used during targeting. Spearphishing for
An adversary may steal web application or service session cookies and use them to gain access to web applications or Internet services as an authentic
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
Adversaries may upload malware to third-party or adversary controlled infrastructure to make it accessible during targeting. Malicious software can in
Adversaries may obtain and abuse credentials of existing accounts as a means of gaining Initial Access, Persistence, Privilege Escalation, or Defense
Adversaries can use stolen session cookies to authenticate to web applications and services. This technique bypasses some multi-factor authentication
Software & Tools (1)
[Spica](https://attack.mitre.org/software/S1140) is a custom backdoor written in Rust that has been used by [Star Blizzard](https://attack.mitre.org/g
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