Frankenstein is a threat actor/campaign tracked in the provided content as using spearphishing emails with trojanized Microsoft Word documents for initial access. Reported post-compromise activity includes use of PowerShell to run a series of base64-encoded commands that acted as a stager and enumerated hosts; use of Empire to automatically gather the username, domain name, machine name, and other system information, including obtaining the compromised machine's name; and use of WMI queries to determine whether analysis tools were running on a compromised system. The content also states that Frankenstein communicated with command-and-control infrastructure via an encrypted RC4 byte stream and AES-CBC. The name appears in the content as "Frankenstein" and no additional aliases or sub-groups are provided.
Mallory correlates actor tradecraft and target patterns against your stack, your sector, and your geography. See overlap before they land.
6 distinct techniques observed across reporting, grouped by tactic. Hover any cell for the evidence excerpt; click through for MITRE's full description.
2 malware families attributed to this actor across reporting.
1 CVE this actor has used in observed campaigns. 1 of them exploited in the wild.
22 indicators attributed to this actor: domains, IPs, hashes, and other artifacts pulled from reporting. View more in app.
9 sources tracked across advisories, community write-ups, and news. New activity surfaces here as Mallory finds it.
Referenced in ATT&CK v10 release notes under 'Group changes'; no operational details provided in this content.
Listed as a tagged threat actor associated with CVE-2017-11882 exploitation/detection use case context; no specific campaign details provided.
Used WMI queries to identify analysis tools on compromised systems.
Activity cluster that used Empire to automate collection of host and user information.
Match sector + geo + tech-stack targeting against your real footprint.
Every observed MITRE ATT&CK technique, grouped by tactic.
Families this actor is known to deploy, with IOCs and behavior.
CVEs this actor has used in known campaigns.
YARA, Sigma, Snort, and vendor rules, auto-deployed to your SIEM.
Domains, IPs, and hashes tied to this actor, refreshed continuously.