Threat actor
Star Blizzard
Last fetched
Star Blizzard is a threat actor tracked in WhisperGraph's MITRE ATT&CK corpus, observed using 20 techniques and also known as 4 other names.
Also known as
SEABORGIUM, Callisto Group, TA446, COLDRIVER
Description
[Star Blizzard](https://attack.mitre.org/groups/G1033) is a cyber espionage and influence group originating in Russia that has been active since at least 2019. [Star Blizzard](https://attack.mitre.org/groups/G1033) campaigns align closely with Russian state interests and have included persistent phishing and credential theft against academic, defense, government, NGO, and think tank organizations in NATO countries, particularly the US and the UK.(Citation: Microsoft Star Blizzard August 2022)(Citation: CISA Star Blizzard Advisory December 2023)(Citation: StarBlizzard)(Citation: Google TAG COLDRIVER January 2024)
Techniques by tactic
Attributed infrastructure
Infrastructure with a published ATTRIBUTED_TO link to Star Blizzard in WhisperGraph. Attribution is sparse graph-wide — this list is rarely exhaustive.
- etia.caHOSTNAME
- groy.ccHOSTNAME
- gliderrompercycl.comHOSTNAME
- guach.netHOSTNAME
- muvb.netHOSTNAME
- divekickspolic.orgHOSTNAME
- stuseamandesilt.orgHOSTNAME
References
- https://attack.mitre.org/groups/G1033
- https://www.cisa.gov/news-events/cybersecurity-advisories/aa23-341a
- https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/security/blog/2022/08/15/disrupting-seaborgiums-ongoing-phishing-operations/
- https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/security/blog/2023/12/07/star-blizzard-increases-sophistication-and-evasion-in-ongoing-attacks/
- https://blog.google/threat-analysis-group/google-tag-coldriver-russian-phishing-malware/
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Related pages
Pivot from Star Blizzard 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.