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Turla G0010

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Also known as: IRON HUNTER, Group 88, Waterbug, WhiteBear, Snake, Krypton, Venomous Bear, Secret Blizzard, BELUGASTURGEON

Updated at source on Jul 31, 2026 · View on MITRE ATT&CK

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associated CVEs

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Techniques

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Malware and tools

Turla is a cyber espionage threat group that has been attributed to Russia's Federal Security Service (FSB). They have compromised victims in over 50 countries since at least 2004, spanning a range of industries including government, embassies, military, education, research and pharmaceutical companies. Turla is known for conducting watering hole and spearphishing campaigns, and leveraging in-house tools and malware, such as Uroburos.

Exploited vulnerabilities

CVEs cited by MITRE ATT&CK for this group, with the source excerpt. Records not yet published here appear without a link.

ATT&CK does not cite CVEs for this group.

Techniques by tactic

Resource Development

T1583.006 Web Services T1584.003 Virtual Private Server T1584.004 Server T1584.006 Web Services T1587.001 Malware T1588.001 Malware T1588.002 Tool

Initial Access

T1078.003 Local Accounts T1189 Drive-by Compromise T1566.002 Spearphishing Link

Execution

T1059.001 PowerShell T1059.003 Windows Command Shell T1059.005 Visual Basic T1059.006 Python T1059.007 JavaScript T1106 Native API T1204.001 Malicious Link

Persistence

T1078.003 Local Accounts T1112 Modify Registry T1546.003 Windows Management Instrumentation Event Subscription T1546.013 PowerShell Profile T1547.001 Registry Run Keys / Startup Folder T1547.004 Winlogon Helper DLL

Privilege Escalation

T1055 Process Injection T1055.001 Dynamic-link Library Injection T1068 Exploitation for Privilege Escalation T1078.003 Local Accounts T1134.002 Create Process with Token T1546.003 Windows Management Instrumentation Event Subscription T1546.013 PowerShell Profile T1547.001 Registry Run Keys / Startup Folder T1547.004 Winlogon Helper DLL

Stealth

T1027.005 Indicator Removal from Tools T1027.010 Command Obfuscation T1027.011 Fileless Storage T1036.005 Match Legitimate Resource Name or Location T1055 Process Injection T1055.001 Dynamic-link Library Injection T1078.003 Local Accounts T1134.002 Create Process with Token T1140 Deobfuscate/Decode Files or Information T1564.012 File/Path Exclusions

Defense Impairment

T1112 Modify Registry T1553.006 Code Signing Policy Modification T1685 Disable or Modify Tools

Credential Access

T1110 Brute Force T1555.004 Windows Credential Manager

Discovery

T1007 System Service Discovery T1012 Query Registry T1016 System Network Configuration Discovery T1016.001 Internet Connection Discovery T1018 Remote System Discovery T1049 System Network Connections Discovery T1057 Process Discovery T1069.001 Local Groups T1069.002 Domain Groups T1082 System Information Discovery T1083 File and Directory Discovery T1087.001 Local Account T1087.002 Domain Account T1120 Peripheral Device Discovery T1124 System Time Discovery T1201 Password Policy Discovery T1518.001 Security Software Discovery T1615 Group Policy Discovery

Lateral Movement

T1021.002 SMB/Windows Admin Shares T1570 Lateral Tool Transfer

Collection

T1005 Data from Local System T1025 Data from Removable Media T1213.006 Databases T1560.001 Archive via Utility

Command and Control

T1071.001 Web Protocols T1071.003 Mail Protocols T1090 Proxy T1090.001 Internal Proxy T1102 Web Service T1102.002 Bidirectional Communication T1105 Ingress Tool Transfer

Exfiltration

T1567.002 Exfiltration to Cloud Storage

Malware and tools

CarbonMalwareS0335
ComRATMalwareS0126
CrutchMalwareS0538
EpicMalwareS0091
GazerMalwareS0168
HyperStackMalwareS0537
KazuarMalwareS0265
KOPILUWAKMalwareS1075
LightNeuronMalwareS0395
LunarLoaderMalwareS1143
LunarMailMalwareS1142
LunarWebMalwareS1141
MosquitoMalwareS0256
PenquinMalwareS0587
PowerStallionMalwareS0393
TinyTurlaMalwareS0668
UroburosMalwareS0022
ArpToolS0099
certutilToolS0160
EmpireToolS0363
IronNetInjectorToolS0581
MimikatzToolS0002
NBTscanToolS0590
nbtstatToolS0102
NetToolS0039
netstatToolS0104
PsExecToolS0029
RegToolS0075
SysteminfoToolS0096
TasklistToolS0057

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