- Category
- Hacktivist · Political or nationalist, often disruption and leaks.
- Origin
- Unknown
- Sources
- 5 sources carry it
- Identifier
- GINC-APT-0403 · ghostsec
What it is
GhostSec is a hacktivist group that emerged as an offshoot of Anonymous. They primarily focused on counterterrorism efforts and monitoring online activities associated with terrorism. They gained prominence following the 2015 Charlie Hebdo shooting in Paris and the rise of ISIS.
Names
The names each vendor, agency and source gives it. Naming differs by who tracks the actor, so one group carries many.
- Other names
- Ghost Security
Tools
The tools and malware families the sources tie to it.
- Ghost
Sources
- Malpedia malpedia.caad.fkie.fraunhofer.de