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UAC-0082

Also known asuac_0082

UAC-0082, also identified in the provided content as Sandworm, is a destructive threat actor associated by CERT-UA with Russia’s GRU. In the cited January 2023 intrusion against Ukraine’s national news agency Ukrinform, CERT-UA attributed the attack to UAC-0082 (Sandworm) and assessed that reconnaissance of the victim environment occurred no later than 2022-12-07, with the final stage beginning on 2023-01-17. The operation aimed to disrupt integrity and availability by overwriting files and disks with zeroes or arbitrary data and then deleting them. Identified tooling included CaddyWiper and ZeroWipe for Windows, planned execution of the legitimate Sysinternals utility SDelete via a batch file (news.bat), AwfulShred for Linux, and BidSwipe for FreeBSD. The attackers attempted centralized malware distribution through a Group Policy Object that created scheduled tasks. Reported activity also included PowerShell with encoded commands, copying Windows Security event logs, DNS record enumeration with dnscmd, and icacls/takeown operations targeting explorer.exe. CERT-UA noted the attack achieved only partial success, including impact on several data storage systems. The provided content also states that the Telegram channel CyberArmyofRussia_Reborn uniquely highlights destructive activity attributed to this group in addition to DDoS and defacement claims. Known alias in the content: Sandworm.

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MITRE ATT&CK

Tradecraft

13 distinct techniques observed across reporting, grouped by tactic. Hover any cell for the evidence excerpt; click through for MITRE's full description.

8 of 15 tactics20 techniques×N= number of intelligence reports citing this technique
MITRE ATT&CK
TA0001
Initial Access
1 technique
T1190
Exploit Public-Facing Application
TA0002
Execution
2 techniques
T1053
Scheduled Task/Job
T1059
Command and Scripting Interpreter
T1059.001
PowerShell
T1059.003
Windows Command Shell
T1059.004
Unix Shell
TA0003
Persistence
2 techniques
T1053
Scheduled Task/Job
T1505
Server Software Component
T1505.003
Web Shell
TA0004
Privilege Escalation
2 techniques
T1053
Scheduled Task/Job
T1484
Domain or Tenant Policy Modification
T1484.001
Group Policy Modification
TA0112
Defense Impairment
1 technique
T1484
Domain or Tenant Policy Modification
T1484.001
Group Policy Modification
TA0007
Discovery
2 techniques
T1018
Remote System Discovery
T1083
File and Directory Discovery
TA0011
Command and Control
2 techniques
T1090
Proxy
T1090.003
Multi-hop Proxy
T1105
Ingress Tool Transfer
TA0040
Impact
1 technique
T1485
Data Destruction
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