LAPSUS$ has used Windows built-in tool ntdsutil to extract the Active Directory (AD) database.4
group
LAPSUS$ G1004
- Created
- 9 June 2022
- Last modified
- 31 July 2026
- Aliases
- LAPSUS$ · DEV-0537 · Strawberry Tempest
LAPSUS$ is cyber criminal threat group that has been active since at least mid-2021. LAPSUS$ specializes in large-scale social engineering and extortion operations, including destructive attacks without the use of ransomware. The group has targeted organizations globally, including in the government, manufacturing, higher education, energy, healthcare, technology, telecommunications, and media sectors.[1][2][3]
43
TechniquesTop 21%
13
TacticsTop 15%
1
Tool or malwareBottom 23%
0
CampaignsNone recorded
Enterprise ATT&CK only. Any Mobile or ICS rows on the same ATT&CK page are not carried.
MITRE reference G1004
LAPSUS$ has used DCSync attacks to gather credentials for privilege escalation routines.5
LAPSUS$ uploaded sensitive files, information, and credentials from a targeted organization for extortion or public release.6
LAPSUS$ has exploited unpatched vulnerabilities on internally accessible servers including JIRA, GitLab, and Confluence for privilege escalation.7
LAPSUS$ has used the AD Explorer tool to enumerate groups on a victim's network.8
LAPSUS$ has used compromised credentials and/or session tokens to gain access into a victim's VPN, VDI, RDP, and IAMs.910
Standing G1004
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
Techniques43Top 21%
79th percentile · 79% of 176 ATT&CK groups have this many Enterprise techniques or fewer.
Tactics13Top 15%
85th percentile · 85% of 176 ATT&CK groups have this many tactics spanned or fewer.
Tool or malware1Bottom 23%
23rd percentile · 77% of 176 ATT&CK groups have more tools and malware.
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 / technique4medBottom 11%
11th percentile · 89% of 176 ATT&CK groups have more detection rules per technique.
Tests / technique0med
Detection coverage G1004
705 distinct rules cover the 43 techniques recorded for this group. The 761 technique-to-rule mappings resolve to 705 distinct rules, because one rule can cover several techniques. 366 Splunk · 339 Sigma.
32 covered by at least one rule11 with no coverage705 distinct rules in total
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