Cobalt Group has used Remote Desktop Protocol to conduct lateral movement.9
group
Cobalt Group G0080
- Created
- 17 October 2018
- Last modified
- 31 July 2026
- Aliases
- Cobalt Group · GOLD KINGSWOOD · Cobalt Gang · Cobalt Spider
Cobalt Group is a financially motivated threat group that has primarily targeted financial institutions since at least 2016. The group has conducted intrusions to steal money via targeting ATM systems, card processing, payment systems and SWIFT systems. Cobalt Group has mainly targeted banks in Eastern Europe, Central Asia, and Southeast Asia. One of the alleged leaders was arrested in Spain in early 2018, but the group still appears to be active. The group has been known to target organizations in order to use their access to then compromise additional victims.[1][2][3][4][5][6][7] Reporting indicates there may be links between Cobalt Group and both the malware Carbanak and the group Carbanak.[8]
34
Techniques70th pct
9
Tactics52nd pct
6
Tools & malware67th pct
0
CampaignsNone recorded
Enterprise ATT&CK only. Any Mobile or ICS rows on the same ATT&CK page are not carried.
MITRE reference G0080
Cobalt Group obfuscated several scriptlets and code used on the victim’s machine, including through use of XOR and RC4.1011
Cobalt Group has added persistence by registering the file name for the next stage malware under HKCU\Environment\UserInitMprLogonScript.12
Cobalt Group leveraged an open-source tool called SoftPerfect Network Scanner to perform network scanning.131415
Cobalt Group has created Windows tasks to establish persistence.16
Cobalt Group has injected code into trusted processes.17
Standing G0080
Reach is how much of ATT&CK this group touches. Coverage is how well defended each thing it does is, as a median per technique rather than a total — a total would just restate the reach. Each figure is ranked against all 176 ATT&CK groups only where that population actually spreads. Where most of the population shares one value, a percentile would rank the tie instead of the entity, so the raw value is shown and no rank is claimed.
Reach
Techniques3470th pct
70th percentile · 70% of 176 ATT&CK groups have this many Enterprise techniques or fewer.
Tactics952nd pct
52nd percentile · 52% of 176 ATT&CK groups have this many tactics spanned or fewer.
Tools & malware667th pct
67th percentile · 67% of 176 ATT&CK groups have this many tools and malware or fewer.
Campaigns089% tie · 4 values
89% of the population shares a single value across only 4 distinct values, so a percentile here would rank the tie, not the entity.
Coverage
Rules / technique33medTop 18%
82nd percentile · 82% of 176 ATT&CK groups have this many detection rules per technique or fewer.
Tests / technique4med
Detection coverage G0080
1341 distinct rules cover the 34 techniques recorded for this group. The 1544 technique-to-rule mappings resolve to 1341 distinct rules, because one rule can cover several techniques. 899 Sigma · 442 Splunk.
34 covered by at least one rule1341 distinct rules in total
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