- Category
- Criminal · Financially motivated: ransomware, fraud and theft.
- Origin
- Unknown
- Seen
- to 2026
- Status
- Active
- ATT&CK
- G1020 · 12 techniques
- Sources
- 7 sources carry it
- Identifier
- GINC-APT-0224 · mustard-tempest
What it is
Mustard Tempest is an initial access broker that has operated the SocGholish distribution network since at least 2017. Mustard Tempest has partnered with Indrik Spider to provide access for the download of additional malware including LockBit, WastedLocker, and remote access tools.
Names
The names each vendor, agency and source gives it. Naming differs by who tracks the actor, so one group carries many.
- CrowdStrike
- INDRIK SPIDER
- Mandiant
- UNC1543
- Microsoft
- DEV-0206
- Proofpoint
- TA569
- Secureworks
- GOLD PRELUDE
- Other names
- Purple Vallhund
Tools
The tools and malware families the sources tie to it.
- Cobalt Strike
- Cyber Eye RAT
- CyberGate
- SocGholish
Sources
- MITRE ATT&CK attack.mitre.org
- Malpedia malpedia.caad.fkie.fraunhofer.de