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PROMETHIUM threat group

PROMETHIUM is a threat group thought to operate from Turkey. Public reporting links it to 9 attack techniques. This free profile shows how it works, stage by stage, so you can judge the risk to you. It lists the other names the group goes by and links to every public report behind it.

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Attack techniques
9
Public reports
3
Thought to operate from
Turkey
Other names
2
Built from public reporting, with every source listed below.
Overview

Who is PROMETHIUM?

PROMETHIUM has 2 other names in security research. Below is what published reporting says about it, with a link to every report so you can check the detail yourself.

Also known as

StrongPityG0056

Security companies each give the same group their own name, so one group can have many.

What public reporting says

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.

Public reports about PROMETHIUM (3)

How it works

How does PROMETHIUM attack? Stage by stage.

Each technique is a known way attackers research, get in, stay hidden or do damage. Here are the 9 linked to PROMETHIUM, laid out from first look to final blow. Some techniques belong to more than one stage. Pick a stage to see them. Public reporting also lists 10 more specific variations of them, called sub-techniques.

Stage 5 of 15

Staying in

Making sure they keep access after a restart or a password change.

4 techniques
  • T1078Valid Accounts
  • T1205Traffic Signaling
  • T1543Create or Modify System Process
  • T1547Boot or Logon Autostart Execution
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PROMETHIUM is a threat group thought to operate from Turkey. Public reporting links it to 9 attack techniques.

Public reporting places PROMETHIUM as operating from Turkey. Attribution is never certain: it rests on the tools, infrastructure and targets researchers have seen.

Public reporting links PROMETHIUM to 9 attack techniques. Most of them are about staying in, taking control and hiding.

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