The Gorgon Group is a cybercriminal crew, possibly linked to Pakistan, targeting governmental organizations globally.
Analyst brief
The Gorgon Group (aka Subaat, ATK92, G0078) is a cybercriminal crew, possibly linked to Pakistan, that targets governmental organizations globally. They commonly deliver NanoCore, njRAT, QuasarRAT, and Remcos via Spearphishing Attachments, executed through PowerShell. Defenders should monitor for malicious attachments, suspicious PowerShell execution, and persistence mechanisms like Registry Run Keys combined with defense impairment techniques such as Disable or Modify Tools and Process Hollowing.
The Gorgon Group
Gorgon GroupSubaatATK92
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Unit 42 researchers have been tracking Subaat, an attacker, since 2017. Recently Subaat drew our attention due to renewed targeted attack activity. Part of monitoring Subaat included realizing the actor was possibly part of a larger crew of individuals responsible for carrying out targeted attacks against worldwide governmental organizations. Technical analysis on some of the attacks as well as attribution links with Pakistan actors have been already depicted by 360 and Tuisec, in which they found interesting connections to a larger group of attackers Unit 42 researchers have been tracking, which we are calling Gorgon Group.