Turla

Origin🇷🇺 Rússia

Techniques (MITRE ATT&CK)68

SourceMITRE ATT&CK

State sponsor: Russian FederationAttribution confidence: 50%Target categories: Government, Military

Targeted regions: France · Romania · Kazakhstan · Poland · Tajikistan · Russia · United States · Saudi Arabia · Germany · India +5

Also known as:ATK13BELUGASTURGEONBlue PythonG0010Group 88Hippo TeamIRON HUNTERITG12KRYPTONKryptonMAKERSMARKPacifier APTPfinetPopeyeSIG23SUMMITSecret BlizzardSnakeTAG_0530TURLA RELICUAC-0003UAC-0024UAC-0144UNC4210UroburosVENOMOUS BearVenomous BearWRAITHWaterbugWhiteBear

About the group

Turla is a cyber espionage threat group that has been attributed to Russia's Federal Security Service (FSB). They have compromised victims in over 50 countries since at least 2004, spanning a range of industries including government, embassies, military, education, research and pharmaceutical companies. Turla is known for conducting watering hole and spearphishing campaigns, and leveraging in-house tools and malware, such as Uroburos.

Attack chain

Plausible scenario built from the group's real techniques, ordered by the phases of an attack. Each step shows how the group typically operates.

Arsenal severity62

Impact: High

Illustrative chain derived from techniques documented in MITRE ATT&CK — it does not represent a specific past attack. Severity summarizes the known arsenal (kill-chain coverage, actively exploited CVEs, techniques).

Techniques (MITRE ATT&CK) 68

How the group operates, mapped to the MITRE ATT&CK matrix and organized by the phases of an attack.

Resource development

Web Services Virtual Private Server Server Web Services Malware Malware Tool

Initial access

Drive-by Compromise Spearphishing Link

Execution

PowerShell Windows Command Shell Visual Basic Python JavaScript Native API Malicious Link

Persistence

Registry Run Keys / Startup Folder Winlogon Helper DLL

Privilege escalation

Exploitation for Privilege Escalation Windows Management Instrumentation Event Subscription PowerShell Profile

Credential access

Brute Force Windows Credential Manager

Discovery

System Service Discovery Query Registry System Network Configuration Discovery Internet Connection Discovery Remote System Discovery System Network Connections Discovery Process Discovery Local Groups Domain Groups System Information Discovery File and Directory Discovery Local Account Domain Account Peripheral Device Discovery System Time Discovery Password Policy Discovery Security Software Discovery Group Policy Discovery

Lateral movement

SMB/Windows Admin Shares Lateral Tool Transfer

Collection

Data from Local System Data from Removable Media Databases Archive via Utility

Command and control

Web Protocols Mail Protocols Proxy Internal Proxy Web Service Bidirectional Communication Ingress Tool Transfer

Exfiltration

Exfiltration to Cloud Storage

defense-impairment

Modify Registry Code Signing Policy Modification Disable or Modify Tools

stealth

Indicator Removal from Tools Command Obfuscation Fileless Storage Match Legitimate Resource Name or Location Process Injection Dynamic-link Library Injection Local Accounts Create Process with Token Deobfuscate/Decode Files or Information File/Path Exclusions

Exploited vulnerabilities

No CVEs attributed to this group in public sources (MITRE ATT&CK). Absence of attribution does not mean absence of activity.

References

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