- Category
- State · Attributed to a state or working for one.
- Origin
- Türkiye(high confidence)
- Motivation
- Information theft and espionage
- Seen
- 2012–2026
- Status
- Active
- ATT&CK
- G0056 · 11 techniques
- Sources
- 11 sources carry it
- Identifier
- GINC-APT-0052 · promethium
TürkiyeWhat it is
PROMETHIUM is an activity group focused on espionage that has been active since at least 2012. The group has conducted operations globally with a heavy emphasis on Turkish targets. PROMETHIUM has demonstrated similarity to another activity group called NEODYMIUM due to overlapping victim and campaign characteristics.
Names
The names each vendor, agency and source gives it. Naming differs by who tracks the actor, so one group carries many.
- Microsoft
- Magenta Dust
- MITRE ATT&CK
- G0056
- Qihoo 360
- APT-C-41
- Other names
- Promethium, StrongPity, SmallPity, StrongPity
Attribution
Each attribution is a claim: who makes it, and to whom. Western and Eastern sources are kept apart, as they often disagree.
Western sources
- ETDA / ThaiCERTTürkiye
- MISP Galaxy (CFR tagging)Türkiye
- MicrosoftTürkiye
- ThreatActor.info (Malpedia et al.)Türkiye · high
Chinese and Russian sources
- Qihoo 360Türkiye
Targets
- Countries
- Algeria, Belgium, Canada, Colombia, Cote d'Ivoire, Egypt, France, Germany, India, Iraq, Italy, Morocco, Netherlands, Poland, Senegal, South Africa, Syria, Tunisia, Türkiye, United States, Vietnam
Tools
The tools and malware families the sources tie to it.
- StrongPity
- Truvasys
Sources
- MITRE ATT&CK attack.mitre.org
- ETDA Threat Group Card apt.etda.or.th
- Malpedia malpedia.caad.fkie.fraunhofer.de
- Qihoo 360 apt.360.net