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ShinyHunters

Review this actor's tracked leak-site claims, published reporting, and attributed threat evidence.

extortion239 leak-site claims, all timeLatest observed leak-site post 2026-10-02

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ShinyHunters

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Executive facts

Actor
ShinyHunters
Kind
extortion
Actor record created
2026-07-06
Latest observed
2026-10-02
Leak-site claims
239
ATT&CK group
G1057
Catalogued techniques
46
How linked to MITRE:
MITRE's name or alias matches this group

Scope

Tracked sectors
Business & Professional Services, Education, Financial Services, Retail, Technology
Claim records
2026-01-23 to 2026-10-02
News stories naming this group
2026-02-26 to 2026-10-28
Suspected origin
[Unknown]
Motivation
Financial gain

Vulnerability events linked to this group

No dated vulnerability events are attached to this group's linked vulnerabilities.

Verified techniques

Derived only from this actor's stored verified ATT&CK group-to-technique mappings (ATT&CK 20.0); phases are not scored. MITRE group provenance.

Defensive actions

  • M1018User Account Management13 techniques
  • M1017User Training12 techniques
  • M1032Multi-factor Authentication8 techniques
  • M1047Audit8 techniques
  • M1056Pre-compromise8 techniques
  • M1026Privileged Account Management7 techniques
  • M1027Password Policies6 techniques
  • M1036Account Use Policies5 techniques
  • M1037Filter Network Traffic5 techniques
  • M1051Update Software5 techniques

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Most-claimed sectorsBusiness & Professional ServicesEducationFinancial ServicesRetailTechnology
Activity window in this site's data

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Claim records
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News stories naming this group
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Verified ATT&CK phases represented

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Origin and motivation
Suspected origin
[Unknown]
Motivation
Financial gain

Attributed by ETDA Threat Group Cards (Source last updated: ), by an exact name or alias match.

Claims posted under this group's name or leak-site brand
239 on this site
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Leak-site claim activity

Claims per month, 2026-01 to 2026-10. Peak 44 in 2026-04.

2026-012026-10
Show monthly counts as a table
MonthClaims
2026-0116
2026-0222
2026-0332
2026-0444
2026-0532
2026-0642
2026-079
2026-0829
2026-0911
2026-102

0 additional claims without a disclosure date

Defensive actions

The MITRE ATT&CK mitigations countering the most of this group's known techniques, derived automatically from MITRE's own group and mitigation data. Each links to the full guidance with NIST 800-53 controls and authoritative configuration sources.

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Detection rules

SigmaHQ detection rules mapped to this group's MITRE ATT&CK techniques. One technique maps to many rules, so this shows the top few by status and severity, with a link to the full set on SigmaHQ.

Detection rules for ShinyHuntersShowing 8 of 259
Author: Florian Roth (Nextron Systems), Arnim Rupp

Detection prerequisites: Log source: antivirus

False positives: Unlikely

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title: Antivirus - Exploitation Framework Signature
id: 238527ad-3c2c-4e4f-a1f6-92fd63adb864
status: stable
description: |
    Detects a highly relevant Antivirus alert that reports an exploitation framework.
    This event must not be ignored just because the AV has blocked the malware but investigate, how it came there in the first place.
references:
    - https://www.nextron-systems.com/?s=antivirus
    - https://www.virustotal.com/gui/file/925b0b28472d4d79b4bf92050e38cc2b8f722691c713fc28743ac38551bc3797
    - https://www.virustotal.com/gui/file/8f8daabe1c8ceb5710949283818e16c4aa8059bf2ce345e2f2c90b8692978424
    - https://www.virustotal.com/gui/file/d9669f7e3eb3a9cdf6a750eeb2ba303b5ae148a43e36546896f1d1801e912466
author: Florian Roth (Nextron Systems), Arnim Rupp
date: 2018-09-09
modified: 2026-06-15
tags:
    - attack.execution
    - attack.t1203
    - attack.command-and-control
    - attack.t1219.002
logsource:
    category: antivirus
detection:
    selection:
        Signature|contains:
            - 'ATK/Cobalt'
            - 'Backdoor.Cobalt'
            - 'Beacon'
            - 'Brutel'
            - 'BruteR'
            - 'CbltStr'
            - 'CobaltStr'
            - 'COBALT.SMD'
            - 'COBEACON'
            - 'Cometer'
            - 'Exploit.Script.CVE'
            - 'IISExchgSpawnCMD'
            - 'Metasploit'
            - 'Meterpreter'
            - 'MeteTool'
            - 'Mpreter'
            - 'MsfShell'
            - 'PowerSploit'
            - 'Razy'
            - 'Rozena'
            - 'Sbelt'
            - 'Seatbelt'
            - 'Sliver'
            - 'Swrort'
    condition: selection
falsepositives:
    - Unlikely
level: critical
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Author: Florian Roth (Nextron Systems)

Detection prerequisites: Platform: windows · Log source: process_creation

False positives: Unknown

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title: Droppers Exploiting CVE-2017-11882
id: 678eb5f4-8597-4be6-8be7-905e4234b53a
status: stable
description: Detects exploits that use CVE-2017-11882 to start EQNEDT32.EXE and other sub processes like mshta.exe
references:
    - https://www.hybrid-analysis.com/sample/2a4ae284c76f868fc51d3bb65da8caa6efacb707f265b25c30f34250b76b7507?environmentId=100
    - https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/exploit-available-dangerous-ms-office-rce-vuln-called-thebenygreen-
    - https://github.com/embedi/CVE-2017-11882
author: Florian Roth (Nextron Systems)
date: 2017-11-23
modified: 2021-11-27
tags:
    - attack.execution
    - attack.t1203
    - attack.t1204.002
    - attack.initial-access
    - attack.t1566.001
    - cve.2017-11882
    - detection.emerging-threats
logsource:
    category: process_creation
    product: windows
detection:
    selection:
        ParentImage|endswith: '\EQNEDT32.EXE'
    condition: selection
falsepositives:
    - Unknown
level: critical
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Author: Florian Roth (Nextron Systems)

Detection prerequisites: Platform: windows · Log source: process_creation

False positives: Unknown

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title: Exploit for CVE-2015-1641
id: 7993792c-5ce2-4475-a3db-a3a5539827ef
status: stable
description: Detects Winword starting uncommon sub process MicroScMgmt.exe as used in exploits for CVE-2015-1641
references:
    - https://www.virustotal.com/en/file/5567408950b744c4e846ba8ae726883cb15268a539f3bb21758a466e47021ae8/analysis/
    - https://www.hybrid-analysis.com/sample/5567408950b744c4e846ba8ae726883cb15268a539f3bb21758a466e47021ae8?environmentId=100
author: Florian Roth (Nextron Systems)
date: 2018-02-22
modified: 2021-11-27
tags:
    - attack.stealth
    - attack.t1036.005
    - cve.2015-1641
    - detection.emerging-threats
logsource:
    category: process_creation
    product: windows
detection:
    selection:
        ParentImage|endswith: '\WINWORD.EXE'
        Image|endswith: '\MicroScMgmt.exe'
    condition: selection
falsepositives:
    - Unknown
level: critical
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Author: Florian Roth (Nextron Systems)

Detection prerequisites: Platform: windows · Log source: process_creation

False positives: Unlikely

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title: Potential Russian APT Credential Theft Activity
id: b83f5166-9237-4b5e-9cd4-7b5d52f4d8ee
status: stable
description: Detects Russian group activity as described in Global Threat Report 2019 by Crowdstrike
references:
    - https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/5743766-Global-Threat-Report-2019.html
author: Florian Roth (Nextron Systems)
date: 2019-02-21
modified: 2023-03-08
tags:
    - attack.credential-access
    - attack.t1552.001
    - attack.t1003.003
    - detection.emerging-threats
logsource:
    category: process_creation
    product: windows
detection:
    selection_xcopy:
        CommandLine|contains|all:
            - 'xcopy /S /E /C /Q /H \\\\'
            - '\sysvol\'
    selection_adexplorer:
        CommandLine|contains|all:
            - 'adexplorer -snapshot "" c:\users\'
            - '\downloads\'
            - '.snp'
    condition: 1 of selection_*
falsepositives:
    - Unlikely
level: critical
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Author: Demyan Sokolin @_drd0c, Teymur Kheirkhabarov @HeirhabarovT, oscd.community

Detection prerequisites: Platform: windows · Service: system

False positives: Not provided by SigmaHQ.

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title: Zerologon Exploitation Using Well-known Tools
id: 18f37338-b9bd-4117-a039-280c81f7a596
status: stable
description: This rule is designed to detect attempts to exploit Zerologon (CVE-2020-1472) vulnerability using mimikatz zerologon module or other exploits from machine with "kali" hostname.
references:
    - https://www.secura.com/blog/zero-logon
    - https://bi-zone.medium.com/hunting-for-zerologon-f65c61586382
author: 'Demyan Sokolin @_drd0c, Teymur Kheirkhabarov @HeirhabarovT, oscd.community'
date: 2020-10-13
modified: 2021-05-30
tags:
    - attack.t1210
    - attack.lateral-movement
logsource:
    service: system
    product: windows
detection:
    selection:
        EventID:
            - 5805
            - 5723
    keywords:
        - kali
        - mimikatz
    condition: selection and keywords
level: critical
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Author: Ecco, E.M. Anhaus, oscd.community

Detection prerequisites: Platform: windows · Log source: process_creation

False positives: Admin activity; Scripts and administrative tools used in the monitored environment

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title: Fsutil Suspicious Invocation
id: add64136-62e5-48ea-807e-88638d02df1e
status: stable
description: |
  Detects suspicious parameters of fsutil (deleting USN journal, configuring it with small size, etc).
  Might be used by ransomwares during the attack (seen by NotPetya and others).
references:
    - https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-server/administration/windows-commands/fsutil-usn
    - https://github.com/redcanaryco/atomic-red-team/blob/f339e7da7d05f6057fdfcdd3742bfcf365fee2a9/atomics/T1070/T1070.md
    - https://eqllib.readthedocs.io/en/latest/analytics/c91f422a-5214-4b17-8664-c5fcf115c0a2.html
    - https://github.com/albertzsigovits/malware-notes/blob/558898932c1579ff589290092a2c8febefc3a4c9/Ransomware/Lockbit.md
    - https://blog.cluster25.duskrise.com/2023/05/22/back-in-black-blackbyte-nt
author: Ecco, E.M. Anhaus, oscd.community
date: 2019-09-26
modified: 2023-09-09
tags:
    - attack.impact
    - attack.stealth
    - attack.t1070
    - attack.t1485
logsource:
    category: process_creation
    product: windows
detection:
    selection_img:
        - Image|endswith: '\fsutil.exe'
        - OriginalFileName: 'fsutil.exe'
    selection_cli:
        CommandLine|contains:
            - 'deletejournal'        # usn deletejournal ==> generally ransomware or attacker
            - 'createjournal'        # usn createjournal ==> can modify config to set it to a tiny size
            - 'setZeroData'          # file setZeroData  ==> empties a file with zeroes
    condition: all of selection_*
falsepositives:
    - Admin activity
    - Scripts and administrative tools used in the monitored environment
level: high
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Author: Florian Roth (Nextron Systems)

Detection prerequisites: Log source: dns

False positives: Legitimate crypto coin mining

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title: Monero Crypto Coin Mining Pool Lookup
id: b593fd50-7335-4682-a36c-4edcb68e4641
status: stable
description: Detects suspicious DNS queries to Monero mining pools
references:
    - https://www.nextron-systems.com/2021/10/24/monero-mining-pool-fqdns/
author: Florian Roth (Nextron Systems)
date: 2021-10-24
tags:
    - attack.impact
    - attack.t1496
    - attack.exfiltration
    - attack.t1567
logsource:
    category: dns
detection:
    selection:
        query|contains:
            - 'pool.minexmr.com'
            - 'fr.minexmr.com'
            - 'de.minexmr.com'
            - 'sg.minexmr.com'
            - 'ca.minexmr.com'
            - 'us-west.minexmr.com'
            - 'pool.supportxmr.com'
            - 'mine.c3pool.com'
            - 'xmr-eu1.nanopool.org'
            - 'xmr-eu2.nanopool.org'
            - 'xmr-us-east1.nanopool.org'
            - 'xmr-us-west1.nanopool.org'
            - 'xmr-asia1.nanopool.org'
            - 'xmr-jp1.nanopool.org'
            - 'xmr-au1.nanopool.org'
            - 'xmr.2miners.com'
            - 'xmr.hashcity.org'
            - 'xmr.f2pool.com'
            - 'xmrpool.eu'
            - 'pool.hashvault.pro'
    condition: selection
falsepositives:
    - Legitimate crypto coin mining
level: high
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Author: Nate Guagenti (neu5ron)

Detection prerequisites: Platform: zeek · Service: http

False positives: Exploits that were attempted but unsuccessful.; Scanning attempts with the abnormal use of the HTTP POST method with no indication of code execution within the HTTP Client (Request) body. An example would be vulnerability scanners trying to identify unpatched versions while not actually exploiting the vulnerability. See description for investigation tips.

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title: OMIGOD HTTP No Authentication RCE - CVE-2021-38647
id: ab6b1a39-a9ee-4ab4-b075-e83acf6e346b
status: stable
description: |
    Detects the exploitation of OMIGOD (CVE-2021-38647) which allows remote execute (RCE) commands as root with just a single unauthenticated HTTP request.
    Verify, successful, exploitation by viewing the HTTP client (request) body to see what was passed to the server (using PCAP).
    Within the client body is where the code execution would occur. Additionally, check the endpoint logs to see if suspicious commands or activity occurred within the timeframe of this HTTP request.
references:
    - https://www.wiz.io/blog/omigod-critical-vulnerabilities-in-omi-azure
    - https://twitter.com/neu5ron/status/1438987292971053057?s=20
author: Nate Guagenti (neu5ron)
date: 2021-09-20
modified: 2025-11-03
tags:
    - attack.privilege-escalation
    - attack.initial-access
    - attack.execution
    - attack.lateral-movement
    - attack.t1068
    - attack.t1190
    - attack.t1203
    - attack.t1021.006
    - attack.t1210
    - detection.emerging-threats
    - cve.2021-38647
logsource:
    product: zeek
    service: http
    definition: Enable the builtin Zeek script that logs all HTTP header names by adding "@load policy/protocols/http/header-names" to your local.zeek config file. The script can be seen here for reference https://github.com/zeek/zeek/blob/d957f883df242ef159cfd846884e673addeea7a5/scripts/policy/protocols/http/header-names.zeek
detection:
    selection:
        status_code: 200
        uri: /wsman
        method: POST
    auth_header:
        client_header_names|contains: 'AUTHORIZATION'
    too_small_http_client_body:
        request_body_len: 0
    # winrm_ports:
    #    id.resp_p:
    #        -  5985
    #        -  5986
    #        -  1270
    condition: selection and not auth_header and not too_small_http_client_body
    # condition: selection and winrm_ports and not auth_header and not too_small_http_client_body # Enable this to only perform search on default WinRM ports, however those ports are sometimes changed and therefore this is disabled by default to give a broader coverage of this rule
falsepositives:
    - Exploits that were attempted but unsuccessful.
    - Scanning attempts with the abnormal use of the HTTP POST method with no indication of code execution within the HTTP Client (Request) body. An example would be vulnerability scanners trying to identify unpatched versions while not actually exploiting the vulnerability. See description for investigation tips.
level: high
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Validation tests

Atomic Red Team validating tests mapped to this group's MITRE ATT&CK techniques, shown beside the detection rules so you can validate the detections. This shows the top few, with a link to the full set on GitHub. Descriptive metadata only, never the attack commands.

Validating tests for ShinyHuntersShowing 8 of 175
Platforms: linux, macos

Find Drone CI configuration files (.drone.yml), which may contain credentials, secrets, or sensitive environment variables used in Drone CI/CD pipelines.

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Platforms: linux, macos

Find GitLab CI configuration files (.gitlab-ci.yml), which may contain credentials, secrets, or sensitive environment variables.

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Platforms: linux, macos

Find Jenkinsfiles, which may contain credentials, secrets, or sensitive environment variables used in Jenkins CI/CD pipelines.

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Platforms: linux, macos

Find Travis CI configuration files (.travis.yml), which may contain credentials, secrets, or sensitive environment variables.

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Platforms: windows

Adfind tool can be used for reconnaissance in an Active directory environment. This example has been documented by ransomware actors enumerating Active Directory Computer Objects reference- http://www.joeware.net/freetools/tools/adfind/, https://www.fireeye.com/blog/threat-research/2019/04/pick-six-intercepting-a-fin6-intrusion.html

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Platforms: windows

Adfind tool can be used for reconnaissance in an Active directory environment. This example has been documented by ransomware actors enumerating Active Directory Domain Controller Objects reference- http://www.joeware.net/freetools/tools/adfind/, https://www.fireeye.com/blog/threat-research/2019/04/pick-six-intercepting-a-fin6-intrusion.html

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Platforms: windows

Adfind tool can be used for reconnaissance in an Active directory environment. This example has been documented by ransomware actors enumerating Active Directory Subnet Objects reference- http://www.joeware.net/freetools/tools/adfind/, https://www.fireeye.com/blog/threat-research/2019/04/pick-six-intercepting-a-fin6-intrusion.html

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Platforms: linux, macos, iaas:aws

This atomic runs several API calls (sts:GetCallerIdentity, s3:ListBuckets, iam:GetAccountSummary, iam:ListRoles, iam:ListUsers, iam:GetAccountAuthorizationDetails, ec2:DescribeSnapshots, cloudtrail:DescribeTrails, guardduty:ListDetectors) from the context of an EC2 instance role. This simulates an attacker compromising an EC2 instance and running initial discovery commands on it. This atomic test leverages a tool called stratus-red-team built by DataDog (https://github.com/DataDog/stratus-red-team). Stratus Red Team is a self-contained binary. You can use it to easily detonate offensive attack techniques against a live cloud environment. Ref: https://stratus-red-team.cloud/attack-techniques/AWS/aws.discovery.ec2-enumerate-from-instance/

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News stories naming this group
101 on this site

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