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FIN13 threat group

FIN13 is a threat group thought to operate from Russia. Public reporting links it to 42 attack techniques. This free profile shows how it works, stage by stage, so you can judge the risk to you. It lists the other names the group goes by and links to every public report behind it.

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Attack techniques
42
Public reports
4
Thought to operate from
Russia
Other names
2
Built from public reporting, with every source listed below.
Overview

Who is FIN13?

FIN13 has 2 other names in security research. Below is what published reporting says about it, with a link to every report so you can check the detail yourself.

Also known as

TG2003Elephant Beetle

Security companies each give the same group their own name, so one group can have many.

What public reporting says

Since 2017, Mandiant has been tracking FIN13, an industrious and versatile financially motivated threat actor conducting long-term intrusions in Mexico with an activity timeframe stretching back as early as 2016. Although their operations continue through the present day, in many ways FIN13's intrusions are like a time capsule of traditional financial cybercrime from days past. Instead of today's prevalent smash-and-grab ransomware groups, FIN13 takes their time to gather information to perform fraudulent money transfers. Rather than relying heavily on attack frameworks such as Cobalt Strike, the majority of FIN13 intrusions involve heavy use of custom passive backdoors and tools to lurk in environments for the long haul.

Public reports about FIN13 (4)

How it works

How does FIN13 attack? Stage by stage.

Each technique is a known way attackers research, get in, stay hidden or do damage. Here are the 42 linked to FIN13, laid out from first look to final blow. Some techniques belong to more than one stage. Pick a stage to see them. Public reporting also lists 33 more specific variations of them, called sub-techniques.

Stage 5 of 15

Staying in

Making sure they keep access after a restart or a password change.

8 techniques
  • T1053Scheduled Task/Job
  • T1078Valid Accounts
  • T1098Account Manipulation
  • T1133External Remote Services
  • T1136Create Account
  • T1505Server Software Component
  • T1547Boot or Logon Autostart Execution
  • T1556Modify Authentication Process
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FIN13 is a threat group thought to operate from Russia. Public reporting links it to 42 attack techniques.

Public reporting places FIN13 as operating from Russia. Attribution is never certain: it rests on the tools, infrastructure and targets researchers have seen.

Public reporting links FIN13 to 42 attack techniques. Most of them are about staying in, looking around and hiding.

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