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NEODYMIUM

NEODYMIUM is an activity group that conducted a campaign in May 2016 and has heavily targeted Turkish victims. The group has demonstrated similarity to another activity group called PROMETHIUM due to overlapping victim and campaign characteristics. [1] [2] NEODYMIUM is reportedly associated closely with BlackOasis operations, but evidence that the group names are aliases has not been identified. [3]

ID: G0055
Aliases: NEODYMIUM
Version: 1.0

Alias Descriptions

NameDescription
NEODYMIUM[1] [2]

Software

IDNameTechniques
S0176WingbirdDLL Side-Loading, Exploitation for Privilege Escalation, File Deletion, LSASS Driver, New Service, Process Injection, Security Software Discovery, Service Execution, System Information Discovery

References

  1. Microsoft. (2016, December 14). Twin zero-day attacks: PROMETHIUM and NEODYMIUM target individuals in Europe. Retrieved November 27, 2017.
  2. Anthe, C. et al. (2016, December 14). Microsoft Security Intelligence Report Volume 21. Retrieved November 27, 2017.
  1. Bing, C. (2017, October 16). Middle Eastern hacking group is using FinFisher malware to conduct international espionage. Retrieved February 15, 2018.