Threat actor
Mustard Tempest
Last fetched
Mustard Tempest is a threat actor tracked in WhisperGraph's MITRE ATT&CK corpus, observed using 12 techniques and also known as 5 other names.
Also known as
DEV-0206, Purple Vallhund, TA569, GOLD PRELUDE, UNC1543
Description
[Mustard Tempest](https://attack.mitre.org/groups/G1020) is an initial access broker that has operated the [SocGholish](https://attack.mitre.org/software/S1124) distribution network since at least 2017. [Mustard Tempest](https://attack.mitre.org/groups/G1020) has partnered with [Indrik Spider](https://attack.mitre.org/groups/G0119) to provide access for the download of additional malware including LockBit, [WastedLocker](https://attack.mitre.org/software/S0612), and remote access tools.(Citation: Microsoft Ransomware as a Service)(Citation: Microsoft Threat Actor Naming July 2023)(Citation: Secureworks Gold Prelude Profile)(Citation: SocGholish-update)
Techniques by tactic
Attributed infrastructure
None published. WhisperGraph carries no ATTRIBUTED_TO edge to Mustard Tempest today — this states the absence of a published link, not that Mustard Tempest has no infrastructure.
References
- https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/security/blog/2022/05/09/ransomware-as-a-service-understanding-the-cybercrime-gig-economy-and-how-to-protect-yourself/
- http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/security/blog/2022/10/27/raspberry-robin-worm-part-of-larger-ecosystem-facilitating-pre-ransomware-activity/
- https://attack.mitre.org/groups/G1020
- https://www.proofpoint.com/us/blog/threat-insight/part-1-socgholish-very-real-threat-very-fake-update
- https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-365/security/intelligence/microsoft-threat-actor-naming?view=o365-worldwide
- https://www.secureworks.com/research/threat-profiles/gold-prelude
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Related pages
Pivot from Mustard Tempest 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.