Threat actor
BOSS SPIDER
Last fetched
BOSS SPIDER is a threat actor tracked in WhisperGraph's MITRE ATT&CK corpus, observed using 0 techniques and also known as 1 other name.
Also known as
GOLD LOWELL
Description
Throughout 2018, CrowdStrike Intelligence tracked BOSS SPIDER as it regularly updated Samas ransomware and received payments to known Bitcoin (BTC) addresses. This consistent pace of activity came to an abrupt halt at the end of November 2018 when the U.S. DoJ released an indictment for Iran-based individuals Faramarz Shahi Savandi and Mohammad Mehdi Shah Mansouri, alleged members of the group.
Techniques by tactic
No ATT&CK techniques are recorded for BOSS SPIDER in WhisperGraph.
Attributed infrastructure
None published. WhisperGraph carries no ATTRIBUTED_TO edge to BOSS SPIDER today — this states the absence of a published link, not that BOSS SPIDER has no infrastructure.
References
- https://www.crowdstrike.com/resources/reports/2019-crowdstrike-global-threat-report/
- https://www.secureworks.com/research/threat-profiles/gold-lowell
- https://www.secureworks.com/blog/samsam-converting-opportunity-into-profit
- https://www.secureworks.com/blog/samas-ransomware
- https://www.secureworks.com/blog/ransomware-deployed-by-adversary
- https://www.secureworks.com/research/samsam-ransomware-campaigns
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Related pages
Pivot from BOSS SPIDER into its techniques, tactics and any attributed infrastructure.
Queries
Resolves the slug to this actor, merging every duplicate node sharing the same name.
MATCH (a:ACTOR)
WHERE a.name =~ $pattern OR any(x IN a.aliases WHERE x =~ $pattern)
RETURN a.id AS id, a.name AS name, a.aliases AS aliases, a.description AS description,
a.references AS references, a.campaigns AS campaigns
LIMIT 25Techniques this actor uses, grouped by the tactic each one serves.
MATCH (a:ACTOR {name: $name})-[:USES_TECHNIQUE]->(t:ATTACK_PATTERN)
OPTIONAL MATCH (t)-[:USES_TACTIC]->(tac:ATTACK_PATTERN)
RETURN t.id AS techniqueId, t.name AS techniqueName, tac.id AS tacticId, tac.name AS tacticName
LIMIT 1000Infrastructure publicly attributed to this actor.
MATCH (n)-[:ATTRIBUTED_TO]->(a:ACTOR {name: $name})
RETURN labels(n)[0] AS kind, n.name AS name
LIMIT 25Or query Whisper from your own LLM workflow via the Whisper MCP server.