State-backedBelarus
Ghostwriter
Also known as UNC1151, TA445, PUSHCHA, Storm-0257, DEV-0257, UAC-0057
0mentions, 7 days
0mentions, 30 days
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Ghostwriter is referred as an 'activity set', with various incidents tied together by overlapping behavioral characteristics and personas, rather than as an actor or group in itself.
Targets: Government, Germany, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Ukraine
CVEs in recent coverage
No CVEs named alongside this actor in the last 90 days.
Recent victims
No leak-site posts on record for this group.
Recent activity
No posts or advisories have named this actor recently.
References
- https://www.fireeye.com/blog/threat-research/2020/07/ghostwriter-influence-campaign.html
- https://twitter.com/hatr/status/1377220336597483520
- https://www.mandiant.com/resources/unc1151-linked-to-belarus-government
- https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/meta-ukrainian-officials-military-targeted-by-ghostwriter-hackers
- https://blog.google/threat-analysis-group/continued-cyber-activity-in-eastern-europe-observed-by-tag
- https://blog.google/threat-analysis-group/fog-of-war-how-the-ukraine-conflict-transformed-the-cyber-threat-landscape/
- https://www.bsi.bund.de/DE/Themen/Unternehmen-und-Organisationen/Cyber-Sicherheitslage/Analysen-und-Prognosen/Threat-Intelligence/Aktive_APT-Gruppen/aktive-apt-gruppen_node.html
- https://socprime.com/blog/uac-0057-attack-detection-a-surge-in-adversary-activity-distributing-picassoloader-and-cobalt-strike-beacon/
- https://socprime.com/blog/picassoloader-and-cobalt-strike-beacon-detection-uac-0057-aka-ghostwriter-hacking-group-attacks-the-ukrainian-leading-military-educational-institution/
- https://cert.gov.ua/article/5098518
From the MISP threat-actor galaxy, MITRE ATT&CK and RansomLook (CC BY 4.0). Activity is any post or advisory Watch Floor collected that names the actor or one of its aliases.