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NSO Group - Cyber Threat Intelligence
These indicators were collected during the VulDB CTI analysis of the actor known as NSO Group. The activity monitoring correlates data from social media, forums, chat rooms, and darknet markets. It helps to determine associated actors, specific activities, expected intentions, emerging research, and ongoing attacks. Our unique predictive model is able to forecast activities and their characteristics.
Live data and more analysis capabilities are available at https://vuldb.com/?actor.nso_group
Campaigns
The following campaigns are known and can be associated with NSO Group:
- Amnesty International Attacks
- Mansoor Attack
- Pegasus
Countries
These countries are directly (e.g. origin of attacks) or indirectly (e.g. access by proxy) associated with NSO Group:
- DE
- US
- CN
- ...
There are 11 more country items available. Please use our online service to access the data.
IOC - Indicator of Compromise
These indicators of compromise (IOC) indicate associated network resources which are known to be part of research and attack activities of NSO Group.
| ID | IP address | Hostname | Campaign | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 3.13.132.96 | ec2-3-13-132-96.us-east-2.compute.amazonaws.com | Pegasus | Medium |
| 2 | 3.16.75.157 | ec2-3-16-75-157.us-east-2.compute.amazonaws.com | Pegasus | Medium |
| 3 | 13.58.85.100 | ec2-13-58-85-100.us-east-2.compute.amazonaws.com | Pegasus | Medium |
| 4 | 13.59.79.240 | ec2-13-59-79-240.us-east-2.compute.amazonaws.com | Pegasus | Medium |
| 5 | 18.191.63.125 | ec2-18-191-63-125.us-east-2.compute.amazonaws.com | Pegasus | Medium |
| 6 | 18.217.13.50 | ec2-18-217-13-50.us-east-2.compute.amazonaws.com | Pegasus | Medium |
| 7 | 18.225.12.72 | ec2-18-225-12-72.us-east-2.compute.amazonaws.com | Pegasus | Medium |
| 8 | 23.239.16.143 | li685-143.members.linode.com | Pegasus | High |
| 9 | ... | ... | ... | ... |
There are 31 more IOC items available. Please use our online service to access the data.
TTP - Tactics, Techniques, Procedures
Tactics, techniques, and procedures (TTP) summarize the suspected ATT&CK techniques used by NSO Group. This data is unique as it uses our predictive model for actor profiling.
| ID | Technique | Weakness | Description | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | T1040 | CWE-294 | Authentication Bypass by Capture-replay | High |
| 2 | T1059.007 | CWE-79, CWE-80 | Cross Site Scripting | High |
| 3 | T1068 | CWE-264, CWE-284 | Execution with Unnecessary Privileges | High |
| 4 | ... | ... | ... | ... |
There are 8 more TTP items available. Please use our online service to access the data.
IOA - Indicator of Attack
These indicators of attack (IOA) list the potential fragments used for technical activities like reconnaissance, exploitation, privilege escalation, and exfiltration by NSO Group. This data is unique as it uses our predictive model for actor profiling.
| ID | Type | Indicator | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | File | /admin/info.php |
High |
| 2 | File | /cgi? |
Low |
| 3 | File | /etc/controller-agent/agent.conf |
High |
| 4 | File | /forms/web_importTFTP |
High |
| 5 | File | /forum/away.php |
High |
| 6 | File | /graphql |
Medium |
| 7 | File | /localhost/u |
Medium |
| 8 | File | /out.php |
Medium |
| 9 | File | /PluXml/core/admin/parametres_edittpl.php |
High |
| 10 | File | /public_html/admin/plugins/bad_behavior2/blacklist.php |
High |
| 11 | File | /rom-0 |
Low |
| 12 | File | /root/run/adm.php?admin-ediy&part=exdiy |
High |
| 13 | File | /v2/devices/add |
High |
| 14 | File | /var/ipfire/backup/bin/backup.pl |
High |
| 15 | File | /wp-json/wc/v3/webhooks |
High |
| 16 | File | adclick.php |
Medium |
| 17 | File | AddEvent.php |
Medium |
| 18 | File | admin.php |
Medium |
| 19 | ... | ... | ... |
There are 152 more IOA items available (file, library, argument, input value, pattern, network port). Please use our online service to access the data.
References
The following list contains external sources which discuss the actor and the associated activities:
- https://citizenlab.ca/2016/08/million-dollar-dissident-iphone-zero-day-nso-group-uae/
- https://citizenlab.ca/2018/07/nso-spyware-targeting-amnesty-international/
- https://citizenlab.ca/2021/08/bahrain-hacks-activists-with-nso-group-zero-click-iphone-exploits/
- https://www.amnesty.org/en/latest/research/2021/07/forensic-methodology-report-how-to-catch-nso-groups-pegasus/
- https://www.nsogroup.com
Literature
The following articles explain our unique predictive cyber threat intelligence:
- VulDB Cyber Threat Intelligence Documentation
- Cyber Threat Intelligence - Early Anticipation of Attacks
License
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