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PROMETHIUM  (Back to overview)

aka: G0056, StrongPity

PROMETHIUM is an activity group that has been active as early as 2012. The group primarily uses Truvasys, a first-stage malware that has been in circulation for several years. Truvasys has been involved in several attack campaigns, where it has masqueraded as one of server common computer utilities, including WinUtils, TrueCrypt, WinRAR, or SanDisk. In each of the campaigns, Truvasys malware evolved with additional features—this shows a close relationship between the activity groups behind the campaigns and the developers of the malware.

Associated Families
win.strongpity
References
2022-03-23 ⋅ ⋅ Qianxin ⋅ Red Raindrop Team
Analysis of Attack Activity of PROMETHIUM Disguised
StrongPity
2021-12-09 ⋅ Minerva Labs ⋅ Natalie Zargarov
A new StrongPity variant hides behind Notepad++ installation
StrongPity
2021-11-30 ⋅ ⋅ Qianxin ⋅ Red Raindrop Team
Cyberspace's Magic Eye: PROMETHIUM Fakes attack activity analysis of NotePads and installation packages
StrongPity
2021-11-05 ⋅ Blackberry ⋅ The BlackBerry Research & Intelligence Team
Hunter Becomes Hunted: Zebra2104 Hides a Herd of Malware
Cobalt Strike DoppelDridex Mount Locker Phobos StrongPity
2021-05-24 ⋅ Anchored Narratives on Threat Intelligence and Geopolitics ⋅ RJM
Tracking StrongPity with Yara
StrongPity
2021-04-18 ⋅ Anchored Narratives on Threat Intelligence and Geopolitics ⋅ RJM
Recover your files with StrongPity
StrongPity
2021-02-28 ⋅ PWC UK ⋅ PWC UK
Cyber Threats 2020: A Year in Retrospect
elf.wellmess FlowerPower PowGoop 8.t Dropper Agent.BTZ Agent Tesla Appleseed Ave Maria Bankshot BazarBackdoor BLINDINGCAN Chinoxy Conti Cotx RAT Crimson RAT DUSTMAN Emotet FriedEx FunnyDream Hakbit Mailto Maze METALJACK Nefilim Oblique RAT Pay2Key PlugX QakBot REvil Ryuk StoneDrill StrongPity SUNBURST SUPERNOVA TrickBot TurlaRPC Turla SilentMoon WastedLocker WellMess Winnti ZeroCleare APT10 APT23 APT27 APT31 APT41 BlackTech BRONZE EDGEWOOD Inception Framework MUSTANG PANDA Red Charon Red Nue Sea Turtle Tonto Team
2021-02-01 ⋅ Medium 0xthreatintel ⋅ 0xthreatintel
Uncovering APT-C-41 (StrongPity) Backdoor
StrongPity
2020-12-31 ⋅ cyble ⋅ cybleinc
StrongPity APT Extends Global Reach with New Infrastructure
StrongPity
2020-12-21 ⋅ Cisco Talos ⋅ JON MUNSHAW
2020: The year in malware
WolfRAT Prometei Poet RAT Agent Tesla Astaroth Ave Maria CRAT Emotet Gozi IndigoDrop JhoneRAT Nanocore RAT NjRAT Oblique RAT SmokeLoader StrongPity WastedLocker Zloader
2020-10-30 ⋅ ⋅ 360 ⋅ Threat Intelligence Center
蓝色魔眼（APT-C-41）组织首次针对我国重要机构定向攻击活动披露
StrongPity
2020-06-30 ⋅ Bitdefender ⋅ Alexandru Maximciuc, Cristina Vatamanu, Liviu Arsene, Radu Tudorica
StrongPity APT - Revealing Trojanized Tools, Working Hours and Infrastructure
StrongPity
2020-06-29 ⋅ Cisco Talos ⋅ Paul Rascagnères, Vitor Ventura, Warren Mercer
PROMETHIUM extends global reach with StrongPity3 APT
StrongPity
2019-01-01 ⋅ MITRE ⋅ MITRE ATT&CK
Group description: NEODYMIUM
NEODYMIUM PROMETHIUM
2019-01-01 ⋅ MITRE ⋅ MITRE ATT&CK
Group description: PROMETHIUM
PROMETHIUM
2018-03-09 ⋅ Adam Senft, Bill Marczak, Jakub Dalek, John Scott-Railton, Ron Deibert, Sarah McKune
Sandvine’s PacketLogic Devices Used to Deploy Government Spyware in Turkey and Redirect Egyptian Users to Affiliate Ads?
StrongPity
2017-12-08 ⋅ ESET Research ⋅ Filip Kafka
StrongPity2 spyware replaces FinFisher in MitM campaign – ISP involved?
StrongPity
2016-12-14 ⋅ Microsoft ⋅ Microsoft Defender ATP Research Team
Twin zero-day attacks: PROMETHIUM and NEODYMIUM target individuals in Europe
PROMETHIUM
2016-10-12 ⋅ Twitter (@PhysicalDrive0) ⋅ PhysicalDrive0
Tweet on StrongPity
StrongPity
2016-10-06 ⋅ Virus Bulletin ⋅ Kurt Baumgartner
On the StrongPity Waterhole Attacks Targeting Italian and Belgian Encryption Users
PROMETHIUM
2016-10-03 ⋅ Kaspersky Labs ⋅ Kurt Baumgartner
On the StrongPity Waterhole Attacks Targeting Italian and Belgian Encryption Users
StrongPity
Credits: MISP Project