DarkHydrus
IntrusionSet · ATTACK:enterprise:G0079
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{
"id": "ATTACK:enterprise:G0079",
"title": "DarkHydrus",
"type": "IntrusionSet",
"source_url": "https://attack.mitre.org/groups/G0079",
"snapshot": "enterprise-attack-20.0.json",
"status": "active",
"rights": "Source metadata only; source notices retained; no operational prose or payloads",
"review_status": "machine-extracted; source-specific checks passed, editorial review pending",
"stix_id": "intrusion-set--6b9ebeb5-20bf-48b0-afb7-988d769a2f01",
"external_id": "G0079",
"domain": "enterprise",
"created": "2018-10-17T00:14:20.652Z",
"modified": "2026-07-31T20:48:36.928Z",
"version": "1.3",
"aliases": [
"DarkHydrus"
],
"tactics": [
],
"source_references": [
{
"source_name": "DarkHydrus"
},
{
"source_name": "Unit 42 DarkHydrus July 2018",
"url": "https://researchcenter.paloaltonetworks.com/2018/07/unit42-new-threat-actor-group-darkhydrus-targets-middle-east-government/"
},
{
"source_name": "Unit 42 Playbook Dec 2017",
"url": "https://pan-unit42.github.io/playbook_viewer/"
}
]
}Explicit source assertions (10)
First 80 shown here; the complete set is in this record’s JSON and plaintext. Each relationship retains its source and locator. No inferred relationships are added.
ATTACK:enterprise:G0079 → uses → ATTACK:enterprise:S0002
MITRE ATT&CK: Source assertion; no new actor identity, alias equivalence, CVE exploitation or causal inference. Procedure prose omitted.
Assertion source · Locator: relationship--17aef45b-9a3c-4192-af31-4a21300a90e0
Unit 42 DarkHydrus July 2018 · Unit 42 Playbook Dec 2017ATTACK:enterprise:G0079 → uses → ATTACK:enterprise:T1204.002
MITRE ATT&CK: Source assertion; no new actor identity, alias equivalence, CVE exploitation or causal inference. Procedure prose omitted.
Assertion source · Locator: relationship--2b91534d-4687-457b-bcb0-96be9357fa6d
Unit 42 DarkHydrus July 2018 · Unit 42 Playbook Dec 2017ATTACK:enterprise:G0079 → uses → ATTACK:enterprise:T1187
MITRE ATT&CK: Source assertion; no new actor identity, alias equivalence, CVE exploitation or causal inference. Procedure prose omitted.
Assertion source · Locator: relationship--2db02b07-4dd3-4810-9103-1f8d7bd46a60
Unit 42 Phishery Aug 2018ATTACK:enterprise:G0079 → uses → ATTACK:enterprise:S0270
MITRE ATT&CK: Source assertion; no new actor identity, alias equivalence, CVE exploitation or causal inference. Procedure prose omitted.
Assertion source · Locator: relationship--87f40abf-4ee5-4f56-8150-97e0dd823a93
Unit 42 DarkHydrus July 2018 · Unit42 DarkHydrus Jan 2019ATTACK:enterprise:G0079 → uses → ATTACK:enterprise:S0154
MITRE ATT&CK: Source assertion; no new actor identity, alias equivalence, CVE exploitation or causal inference. Procedure prose omitted.
Assertion source · Locator: relationship--8d1da663-a3eb-4464-9be1-b43b8671e599
Unit 42 DarkHydrus July 2018 · Unit 42 Playbook Dec 2017ATTACK:enterprise:G0079 → uses → ATTACK:enterprise:T1564.003
MITRE ATT&CK: Source assertion; no new actor identity, alias equivalence, CVE exploitation or causal inference. Procedure prose omitted.
Assertion source · Locator: relationship--ab3cf933-236f-4255-9ca6-24826f9bbe99
Unit 42 DarkHydrus July 2018ATTACK:enterprise:G0079 → uses → ATTACK:enterprise:T1059.001
MITRE ATT&CK: Source assertion; no new actor identity, alias equivalence, CVE exploitation or causal inference. Procedure prose omitted.
Assertion source · Locator: relationship--da3fc762-2ac5-4ab7-8c77-6df2f06b5680
Unit 42 DarkHydrus July 2018 · Unit 42 Playbook Dec 2017ATTACK:enterprise:G0079 → uses → ATTACK:enterprise:T1566.001
MITRE ATT&CK: Source assertion; no new actor identity, alias equivalence, CVE exploitation or causal inference. Procedure prose omitted.
Assertion source · Locator: relationship--e3425903-a09d-44e2-b033-daadc8208ff5
Unit 42 Phishery Aug 2018 · Unit 42 DarkHydrus July 2018 · Unit 42 Playbook Dec 2017ATTACK:enterprise:G0079 → uses → ATTACK:enterprise:T1221
MITRE ATT&CK: Source assertion; no new actor identity, alias equivalence, CVE exploitation or causal inference. Procedure prose omitted.
Assertion source · Locator: relationship--e3a3186e-2ce7-4d46-836e-dc024464ede7
Unit 42 Phishery Aug 2018ATTACK:enterprise:G0079 → uses → ATTACK:enterprise:T1588.002
MITRE ATT&CK: Source assertion; no new actor identity, alias equivalence, CVE exploitation or causal inference. Procedure prose omitted.
Assertion source · Locator: relationship--fd49b386-9455-4a23-b5eb-b673e58b9d3a
Unit 42 DarkHydrus July 2018