GINC-APT-0404 · Criminal

GOLD DUPONT

Also Sprite Spider, Sprite Spider, Gold Dupont.

Category
Criminal · Financially motivated: ransomware, fraud and theft.
Origin
Unknown
Motivation
Financial crime; Financial gain
Seen
2015
Sources
5 sources carry it
Identifier
GINC-APT-0404 · gold-dupont

What it is

GOLD DUPONT is a financially motivated cybercriminal threat group that specializes in post-intrusion ransomware attacks using 777 (aka Defray777 or RansomExx) malware. Active since November 2018, GOLD DUPONT establishes initial access into victim networks using stolen credentials to remote access services like virtual desktop infrastructure (VDI) or virtual private networks (VPN). From October 2019 to early 2020 the group used GOLD BLACKBURN's TrickBot malware as an initial access vector (IAV) during some intrusions. Since July 2020, the group has also used GOLD SWATHMORE's IcedID (Bokbot) malware as an IAV in some intrusions.

Names

The names each vendor, agency and source gives it. Naming differs by who tracks the actor, so one group carries many.

CrowdStrike
Sprite Spider
Other names
Sprite Spider, Gold Dupont

Targets

Sectors
Education, Healthcare, Manufacturing, Technology

Tools

The tools and malware families the sources tie to it.

  • BLACKCOFFEE
  • BlackEnergy
  • BlackNix
  • Blackshades
  • Cobalt Strike
  • Cyber Eye RAT
  • CyberGate
  • Defray777
  • DesktopNow
  • LaZagne
  • Metasploit
  • PyXie
  • Remote Utilities
  • RemoteCMD
  • RemotePC
  • SharpHound
  • Shifu
  • SystemBC
  • Vatet

Sources