Turla
Turla is a Russian-based threat group that has infected victims in over 45 countries, spanning multiple industries, including government, embassies, military, education, research, and pharmaceutical since 2004. This group reportedly had heightened activity in mid-2015. Turla has conducted watering hole and spear phishing campaigns, and has leveraged in-house tools and malware. Turla’s espionage platform is primarily used against Windows systems, but has also been used against macOS and Linux systems.
Other names for this threat
Krypton, Snake, Turla Group, VENOMOUS BEAR, Waterbug, WhiteBear
This is a collection of rules based on the presence of indicators of compromise publicly reported as associated with this malicious actor.
Suspicious DNS Request - Turla Related Domain Observed
Description
This detection identifies a request to resolve a domain publicly reported as associated with this malicious actor. Malicious actors may use compromised websites for malicious purposes. This detection is powered by the Rapid7 Threat Command Threat Library.
Recommendation
This alert may have been caused by normal web browsing activity by the end user. Review the alert in question. If necessary, rebuild the host from a known, good source and have the user change their password.
MITRE ATT&CK Techniques
- Acquire Infrastructure - T1583
- Domains - T1583.001
- Compromise Infrastructure - T1584
- Domains - T1584.001
Suspicious Process - Turla Related Binary Executed
Description
This detection identifies the execution of a file with a hash publicly reported as associated with this malicious actor. Malicious actors may use common System Administration tools for malicious purposes. This detection is powered by the Rapid7 Threat Command Threat Library.
Recommendation
Review the alert in question. If necessary, rebuild the host from a known, good source and have the user change their password.
Suspicious Web Request - Turla Related Domain Observed
Description
This detection identifies a request to a domain publicly reported as associated with this malicious actor. Malicious actors may compromise websites for malicious purposes. This detection is powered by the Rapid7 Threat Command Threat Library.
Recommendation
This alert may have been caused by normal web browsing activity by the end user. Review the alert in question. If necessary, rebuild the host from a known, good source and have the user change their password.
MITRE ATT&CK Techniques
- Acquire Infrastructure - T1583
- Domains - T1583.001
- Virtual Private Server - T1583.003
- Server - T1583.004
- Compromise Infrastructure - T1584
- Domains - T1584.001
- Virtual Private Server - T1584.003
- Server - T1584.004