- 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
- ETDA Threat Group Card apt.etda.or.th
- Malpedia malpedia.caad.fkie.fraunhofer.de