Source assertions are not new attribution claims. No sole inventor or transitive actor-CVE inference. { "record": { "id": "ATTACK:mobile:G0007", "title": "APT28", "type": "IntrusionSet", "source_url": "https://attack.mitre.org/groups/G0007", "snapshot": "mobile-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--bef4c620-0787-42a8-a96d-b7eb6e85917c", "external_id": "G0007", "domain": "mobile", "created": "2017-05-31T21:31:48.664Z", "modified": "2026-07-31T20:48:44.067Z", "version": "5.3", "aliases": [ "APT28", "IRON TWILIGHT", "SNAKEMACKEREL", "Swallowtail", "Group 74", "Sednit", "Sofacy", "Pawn Storm", "Fancy Bear", "STRONTIUM", "Tsar Team", "Threat Group-4127", "TG-4127", "Forest Blizzard", "FROZENLAKE", "GruesomeLarch" ], "tactics": [ ], "source_references": [ { "source_name": "SNAKEMACKEREL" }, { "source_name": "Fancy Bear" }, { "source_name": "Tsar Team" }, { "source_name": "APT28" }, { "source_name": "STRONTIUM" }, { "source_name": "FROZENLAKE" }, { "source_name": "Forest Blizzard" }, { "source_name": "GruesomeLarch" }, { "source_name": "IRON TWILIGHT" }, { "source_name": "Threat Group-4127" }, { "source_name": "TG-4127" }, { "source_name": "Pawn Storm" }, { "source_name": "Swallowtail" }, { "source_name": "Group 74" }, { "source_name": "Accenture SNAKEMACKEREL Nov 2018", "url": "https://www.accenture.com/t20181129T203820Z__w__/us-en/_acnmedia/PDF-90/Accenture-snakemackerel-delivers-zekapab-malware.pdf#zoom=50" }, { "source_name": "Crowdstrike DNC June 2016", "url": "https://www.crowdstrike.com/blog/bears-midst-intrusion-democratic-national-committee/" }, { "source_name": "Leonard TAG 2023", "url": "https://blog.google/threat-analysis-group/ukraine-remains-russias-biggest-cyber-focus-in-2023/" }, { "source_name": "US District Court Indictment GRU Oct 2018", "url": "https://www.justice.gov/opa/page/file/1098481/download" }, { "source_name": "GRIZZLY STEPPE JAR", "url": "https://www.us-cert.gov/sites/default/files/publications/JAR_16-20296A_GRIZZLY%20STEPPE-2016-1229.pdf" }, { "source_name": "ESET Zebrocy May 2019", "url": "https://www.welivesecurity.com/2019/05/22/journey-zebrocy-land/" }, { "source_name": "ESET Sednit Part 3", "url": "http://www.welivesecurity.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/eset-sednit-part3.pdf" }, { "source_name": "Sofacy DealersChoice", "url": "https://researchcenter.paloaltonetworks.com/2018/03/unit42-sofacy-uses-dealerschoice-target-european-government-agency/" }, { "source_name": "FireEye APT28 January 2017", "url": "https://www.mandiant.com/sites/default/files/2021-09/APT28-Center-of-Storm-2017.pdf" }, { "source_name": "FireEye APT28", "url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20151022204649/https://www.fireeye.com/content/dam/fireeye-www/global/en/current-threats/pdfs/rpt-apt28.pdf" }, { "source_name": "Ars Technica GRU indictment Jul 2018", "url": "https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2018/07/from-bitly-to-x-agent-how-gru-hackers-targeted-the-2016-presidential-election/" }, { "source_name": "TrendMicro Pawn Storm Dec 2020", "url": "https://www.trendmicro.com/en_us/research/20/l/pawn-storm-lack-of-sophistication-as-a-strategy.html" }, { "source_name": "Securelist Sofacy Feb 2018", "url": "https://securelist.com/a-slice-of-2017-sofacy-activity/83930/" }, { "source_name": "Kaspersky Sofacy", "url": "https://securelist.com/sofacy-apt-hits-high-profile-targets-with-updated-toolset/72924/" }, { "source_name": "Nearest Neighbor Volexity", "url": "https://www.volexity.com/blog/2024/11/22/the-nearest-neighbor-attack-how-a-russian-apt-weaponized-nearby-wi-fi-networks-for-covert-access/" }, { "source_name": "Palo Alto Sofacy 06-2018", "url": "https://researchcenter.paloaltonetworks.com/2018/06/unit42-sofacy-groups-parallel-attacks/" }, { "source_name": "Talos Seduploader Oct 2017", "url": "https://blog.talosintelligence.com/2017/10/cyber-conflict-decoy-document.html" }, { "source_name": "Microsoft Threat Actor Naming July 2023", "url": "https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-365/security/intelligence/microsoft-threat-actor-naming?view=o365-worldwide" }, { "source_name": "Microsoft STRONTIUM New Patterns Cred Harvesting Sept 2020", "url": "https://www.microsoft.com/security/blog/2020/09/10/strontium-detecting-new-patters-credential-harvesting/" }, { "source_name": "Microsoft STRONTIUM Aug 2019", "url": "https://msrc-blog.microsoft.com/2019/08/05/corporate-iot-a-path-to-intrusion/" }, { "source_name": "DOJ GRU Indictment Jul 2018", "url": "https://cdn.cnn.com/cnn/2018/images/07/13/gru.indictment.pdf" }, { "source_name": "Cybersecurity Advisory GRU Brute Force Campaign July 2021", "url": "https://media.defense.gov/2021/Jul/01/2002753896/-1/-1/1/CSA_GRU_GLOBAL_BRUTE_FORCE_CAMPAIGN_UOO158036-21.PDF" }, { "source_name": "NSA/FBI Drovorub August 2020", "url": "https://media.defense.gov/2020/Aug/13/2002476465/-1/-1/0/CSA_DROVORUB_RUSSIAN_GRU_MALWARE_AUG_2020.PDF" }, { "source_name": "SecureWorks TG-4127", "url": "https://www.secureworks.com/research/threat-group-4127-targets-hillary-clinton-presidential-campaign" }, { "source_name": "Secureworks IRON TWILIGHT Active Measures March 2017", "url": "https://www.secureworks.com/research/iron-twilight-supports-active-measures" }, { "source_name": "Secureworks IRON TWILIGHT Profile", "url": "https://www.secureworks.com/research/threat-profiles/iron-twilight" }, { "source_name": "Symantec APT28 Oct 2018", "url": "https://www.symantec.com/blogs/election-security/apt28-espionage-military-government" }, { "source_name": "Sednit" }, { "source_name": "Sofacy" } ] }, "assertions": [ { "id": "mobile:relationship--3e3cad6c-dd73-43c9-bf99-d4796ba97fb1", "subject": "ATTACK:mobile:G0007", "predicate": "uses", "object": "ATTACK:mobile:S0314", "asserted_by": "MITRE ATT&CK", "source_url": 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