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Prophet Spider  (Back to overview)

aka: GOLD MELODY, UNC961

PROPHET SPIDER is an eCrime actor, active since at least May 2017, that primarily gains access to victims by compromising vulnerable web servers, which commonly involves leveraging a variety of publicly disclosed vulnerabilities. The adversary has likely functioned as an access broker — handing off access to a third party to deploy ransomware — in multiple instances.


Associated Families

There are currently no families associated with this actor.


References
2023-03-23MandiantJosh Fleischer, Rufus Brown, Ryan Tomcik
UNC961 in the Multiverse of Mandiant: Three Encounters with a Financially Motivated Threat Actor
HOLERUN LIGHTBUNNY Prophet Spider
2022-03-07CrowdStrikeChris Nguyen, Eric Loui
PROPHET SPIDER Exploits Citrix ShareFile Remote Code Execution Vulnerability CVE-2021-22941 to Deliver Webshell
Prophet Spider
2021-08-04CrowdStrikeCrowdStrike Intelligence Team, CrowdStrike IR, Falcon OverWatch Team
PROPHET SPIDER Exploits Oracle WebLogic to Facilitate Ransomware Activity
Cobalt Strike Egregor Mount Locker Prophet Spider

Credits: MISP Project