Threat actor
Storm-1567
Last fetched
Storm-1567 is a threat actor tracked in WhisperGraph's MITRE ATT&CK corpus, observed using 0 techniques and also known as 3 other names.
Also known as
Akira, PUNK SPIDER, GOLD SAHARA
Description
Storm-1567 is the threat actor behind the Ransomware-as-a-Service Akira. They attacked Swedish organizations in March 2023. This ransomware utilizes the ChaCha encryption algorithm, PowerShell, and Windows Management Instrumentation (WMI). Microsoft's Defender for Endpoint successfully blocked a large-scale hacking campaign carried out by Storm-1567, highlighting the effectiveness of their security solution.
Techniques by tactic
No ATT&CK techniques are recorded for Storm-1567 in WhisperGraph.
Attributed infrastructure
None published. WhisperGraph carries no ATTRIBUTED_TO edge to Storm-1567 today — this states the absence of a published link, not that Storm-1567 has no infrastructure.
References
- https://news.sophos.com/en-us/2023/12/20/cryptoguard-an-asymmetric-approach-to-the-ransomware-battle/
- https://securelist.com/crimeware-report-fakesg-akira-amos/111483/
- https://www.trellix.com/en-us/about/newsroom/stories/research/akira-ransomware.html
- https://blog.sekoia.io/sekoia-io-mid-2023-ransomware-threat-landscape
- https://decoded.avast.io/threatresearch/avast-q2-2023-threat-report/
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Related pages
Pivot from Storm-1567 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.