DARKSTAR
DARKSTAR is a ransomware group also referred to as COMET and Shadow. Based on the provided content, it follows a classic double-extortion ransomware model. Kaspersky reported infrastructural and tactical overlaps between DARKSTAR and the hacktivist group Twelve, including shared infrastructure, utilities, and TTPs, and assessed that the two may be related or part of the same syndicate or activity cluster. The content does not directly attribute specific victim sectors, malware families, or additional sub-groups to DARKSTAR beyond these aliases and its association with classic double extortion.
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Tradecraft
4 distinct techniques observed across reporting, grouped by tactic. Hover any cell for the evidence excerpt; click through for MITRE's full description.
Associated malware families
2 malware families attributed to this actor across reporting.
Recent activity
2 sources tracked across advisories, community write-ups, and news. New activity surfaces here as Mallory finds it.
Ransomware group linked by shared infrastructure, utilities, and TTPs with Twelve, but operating with a classic double-extortion model rather than hacktivist destructive objectives.
Ransomware intrusion set associated (infrastructure/TTP overlaps) with Twelve; described as following a classic double-extortion model (encrypt + data theft/extortion).
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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.
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