Threat actor
SaintBear
Last fetched
SaintBear is a threat actor tracked in WhisperGraph's MITRE ATT&CK corpus, observed using 0 techniques and also known as 14 other names.
Also known as
UNC2589, TA471, UAC-0056, Nascent Ursa, Nodaria, FROZENVISTA, Storm-0587, DEV-0587, Saint Bear, Lorec53, EMBER BEAR, Lorec Bear, Bleeding Bear, Cadet Blizzard
Description
A group targeting UA state organizations using the GraphSteel and GrimPlant malware.
Techniques by tactic
No ATT&CK techniques are recorded for SaintBear in WhisperGraph.
Attributed infrastructure
None published. WhisperGraph carries no ATTRIBUTED_TO edge to SaintBear today — this states the absence of a published link, not that SaintBear has no infrastructure.
References
- https://malpedia.caad.fkie.fraunhofer.de/details/win.graphsteel
- https://cert.gov.ua/article/38374
- https://blog.malwarebytes.com/threat-intelligence/2022/04/new-uac-0056-activity-theres-a-go-elephant-in-the-room/
- https://www.intezer.com/blog/research/elephant-malware-targeting-ukrainian-orgs/
- https://www.sentinelone.com/blog/threat-actor-uac-0056-targeting-ukraine-with-fake-translation-software/
- https://unit42.paloaltonetworks.com/atoms/nascentursa/
- https://symantec-enterprise-blogs.security.com/blogs/threat-intelligence/nodaria-ukraine-infostealer
- https://blog.google/threat-analysis-group/fog-of-war-how-the-ukraine-conflict-transformed-the-cyber-threat-landscape/
- https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/security/blog/2023/06/14/cadet-blizzard-emerges-as-a-novel-and-distinct-russian-threat-actor/
- https://circleid.com/posts/20230412-probing-lorec53-phishing-through-the-dns-microscope
- https://nsfocusglobal.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/Analysis-Report-on-Lorec53-Group.pdf
- https://www.crowdstrike.com/en-us/blog/who-is-ember-bear/
- https://attack.mitre.org/groups/G1003/
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Related pages
Pivot from SaintBear 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.