Threat actor
Ghostwriter
Last fetched
Ghostwriter is a threat actor tracked in WhisperGraph's MITRE ATT&CK corpus, observed using 0 techniques and also known as 6 other names.
Also known as
UNC1151, TA445, PUSHCHA, Storm-0257, DEV-0257, UAC-0057
Description
Ghostwriter is referred as an 'activity set', with various incidents tied together by overlapping behavioral characteristics and personas, rather than as an actor or group in itself.
Techniques by tactic
No ATT&CK techniques are recorded for Ghostwriter in WhisperGraph.
Attributed infrastructure
None published. WhisperGraph carries no ATTRIBUTED_TO edge to Ghostwriter today — this states the absence of a published link, not that Ghostwriter has no infrastructure.
References
- https://www.fireeye.com/blog/threat-research/2020/07/ghostwriter-influence-campaign.html
- https://twitter.com/hatr/status/1377220336597483520
- https://www.mandiant.com/resources/unc1151-linked-to-belarus-government
- https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/meta-ukrainian-officials-military-targeted-by-ghostwriter-hackers
- https://blog.google/threat-analysis-group/continued-cyber-activity-in-eastern-europe-observed-by-tag
- https://blog.google/threat-analysis-group/fog-of-war-how-the-ukraine-conflict-transformed-the-cyber-threat-landscape/
- https://www.bsi.bund.de/DE/Themen/Unternehmen-und-Organisationen/Cyber-Sicherheitslage/Analysen-und-Prognosen/Threat-Intelligence/Aktive_APT-Gruppen/aktive-apt-gruppen_node.html
- https://socprime.com/blog/uac-0057-attack-detection-a-surge-in-adversary-activity-distributing-picassoloader-and-cobalt-strike-beacon/
- https://socprime.com/blog/picassoloader-and-cobalt-strike-beacon-detection-uac-0057-aka-ghostwriter-hacking-group-attacks-the-ukrainian-leading-military-educational-institution/
- https://cert.gov.ua/article/5098518
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Related pages
Pivot from Ghostwriter 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.