UNC5976 is a suspected Russian cyber-espionage cluster assessed with high confidence to have a Russian nexus. It is operationally distinct from UNC6293 and UNC7005 and primarily targets military, aerospace, defense-industrial-base, and NGO or think-tank entities, with a particular focus on Ukraine and Armenia. The cluster conducts phishing operations using file-sharing and cloud-service impersonation to induce victims to authenticate through legitimate Google OAuth flows and authorize attacker-controlled cloud projects. This enables automated collection of authentication tokens and can provide persistent access to victim accounts without requiring repeated multifactor-authentication prompts. UNC5976 has used dedicated infrastructure for post-compromise activity and has shifted portions of its phishing hosting away from Google infrastructure following disruption efforts. The group has also deployed the malicious Excel add-in HEADRUSH, which leads to an HTML Application downloader, in activity associated with Ukrainian aerospace targeting. Additional observed activity includes phishing using malicious RDP connection files and drone-themed decoys impersonating defense organizations.
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21 distinct techniques observed across reporting, grouped by tactic. Hover any cell for the evidence excerpt; click through for MITRE's full description.
3 malware families attributed to this actor across reporting.
62 indicators attributed to this actor: domains, IPs, hashes, and other artifacts pulled from reporting. View more in app.
12 sources tracked across advisories, community write-ups, and news. New activity surfaces here as Mallory finds it.
A distinct suspected Russian espionage cluster that abuses cloud-services branding and OAuth flows to steal authentication tokens. It has also used the HEADRUSH malicious Excel add-in against Ukrainian aerospace targets.
Conducting Russian-linked OAuth-phishing operations using Google Drive lookalike infrastructure to obtain authorization tokens and access victim account data.
Distinct Russian-aligned espionage cluster focused on OAuth phishing, cloud infrastructure, and heavier malware tooling, primarily targeting Ukraine and Armenia.
Suspected Russian cyber-espionage cluster using phishing, OAuth abuse, and malware to compromise victims via persistent social engineering.
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