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UNC2452

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reference profile · reported nexus: RU (not nationality)

Reporting regarding activity related to the SolarWinds supply chain injection has grown quickly since initial disclosure on 13 December 2020. A significant amount of press reporting has focused on the identification of the actor(s) involved, victim organizations, possible campaign timeline, and potential impact. The US Government and cyber community have also provided detailed information on how the campaign was likely conducted and some of the malware used. MITRE’s ATT&CK team — with the assistance of contributors — has been mapping techniques used by the actor group, referred to as UNC2452/Dark Halo by FireEye and Volexity respectively, as well as SUNBURST and TEARDROP malware.

Source-reported aliases: DarkHalo, StellarParticle, NOBELIUM, Solar Phoenix, Midnight Blizzard. Associations do not prove equivalence.

Target geography

Catalog-listed countries (associations, not attack counts): No country-level metadata

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Historical casebook

No dated record curated yet; absence does not establish inactivity.

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References

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https://medium.com/mitre-attack/identifying-unc2452-related-techniques-9f7b6c7f3714

https://www.fireeye.com/blog/threat-research/2020/12/evasive-attacker-leverages-solarwinds-supply-chain-compromises-with-sunburst-backdoor.html

https://news.sophos.com/en-us/2020/12/21/how-sunburst-malware-does-defense-evasion/

https://www.microsoft.com/security/blog/2020/12/18/analyzing-solorigate-the-compromised-dll-file-that-started-a-sophisticated-cyberattack-and-how-microsoft-defender-helps-protect/

https://pastebin.com/6EDgCKxd

https://github.com/fireeye/sunburst_countermeasures

https://www.microsoft.com/security/blog/2021/03/04/goldmax-goldfinder-sibot-analyzing-nobelium-malware

https://www.fireeye.com/blog/threat-research/2021/03/sunshuttle-second-stage-backdoor-targeting-us-based-entity.html

https://unit42.paloaltonetworks.com/atoms/solarphoenix/

https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/security/blog/2024/01/25/midnight-blizzard-guidance-for-responders-on-nation-state-attack/

https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/security/blog/2023/08/02/midnight-blizzard-conducts-targeted-social-engineering-over-microsoft-teams/

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