What public reporting says
This threat actor targets organizations in the satellite communications, telecommunications, geospatial-imaging, and defense sectors in the United States and Southeast Asia for espionage purposes.
Thrip threat group
Thrip is an espionage group with suspected backing from Unknown. Public reporting links it to 4 attack techniques, and to attacks on private sector organisations, with 1 country or victim named. This free profile shows how it works and who it targets, so you can judge the risk to you.
- Attack techniques
- 4
- Countries and victims named
- 1
- Thought to operate from
- Not known
- Suspected backing
- Unknown
- Motive
- Espionage
- Other names
- 2
Built from public reporting, with every source listed below.
Overview
Who is Thrip?
Thrip 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
G0076ATK78
Security companies each give the same group their own name, so one group can have many.
Public reports about Thrip (5)
- Thripcfr.org (opens in a new tab)
- Thrip Hits Satellite Telecoms Defense Targetssymantec.com (opens in a new tab)
- Groupsmitre.org (opens in a new tab)
- Report2020CrowdStrikeGlobalThreatReportcrowdstrike.com · PDF (opens in a new tab)
- THALES THREAT HANDBOOK 2022 Light Version 1thalesgroup.com · 2022 · PDF (opens in a new tab)
How it works
How does Thrip attack? Stage by stage.
Each technique is a known way attackers research, get in, stay hidden or do damage. Here are the 4 linked to Thrip, 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 3 more specific variations of them, called sub-techniques.
Stage 2 of 15
1 techniquePreparation
Setting up accounts, servers and tools to use in the attack.
- T1588Obtain Capabilities
Targets
Who does Thrip go after?
The sectors and places named in public reporting about this group. If yours is on the list, it is worth knowing how they work and which flaws they use.
Countries and victims named (1)
- 01United States
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Thrip is an espionage group with suspected backing from Unknown. Public reporting links it to 4 attack techniques, and to attacks on private sector organisations, with 1 country or victim named.
Public reporting places Thrip as a group with suspected backing from Unknown. Attribution is never certain: it rests on the tools, infrastructure and targets researchers have seen.
In public reporting, sectors named include private sector, and 1 countries and victims are named, including United States.
Public reporting links Thrip to 4 attack techniques. Most of them are about preparing tools and infrastructure, running code and keeping contact with their servers.
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