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🇷🇺Conti

🇷🇺 Conti is a tracked threat actor in the Clankerusecase corpus. Attributed to RU. Primary motivation: Criminal. We map 26 detection use cases to this actor across 80 MITRE ATT&CK techniques, with 1 threat-intel article citing them. Active in our corpus from 2026-07-25 to 2026-07-25.

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26Use cases

1Articles

80Techniques

0IOCs

Known aliases

ContiWizard SpiderTrickBot GroupGOLD ULRICKUNC1878TEMP.MixMasterGrim SpiderFIN12GOLD BLACKBURNITG23Periwinkle TempestDEV-0193Pistachio TempestDEV-0237

Top techniques

T1021.001 · Remote Desktop Protocol T1190 · Exploit Public-Facing Application T1195.002 · Compromise Software Supply Chain

All other tracked techniques

T1003 · OS Credential Dumping T1003.001 · LSASS Memory T1003.002 · Security Account Manager T1003.003 · NTDS T1005 · Data from Local System T1016 · System Network Configuration Discovery T1018 · Remote System Discovery T1021 · Remote Services T1021.002 · SMB/Windows Admin Shares T1021.006 · Windows Remote Management T1027 · Obfuscated Files or Information T1027.010 · Command Obfuscation T1033 · System Owner/User Discovery T1036.004 · Masquerade Task or Service T1041 · Exfiltration Over C2 Channel T1047 · Windows Management Instrumentation T1048.003 · Exfiltration Over Unencrypted Non-C2 Protocol T1053.005 · Scheduled Task T1055 · Process Injection T1055.001 · Dynamic-link Library Injection T1059.001 · PowerShell T1059.003 · Windows Command Shell T1059.005 · Visual Basic T1070.001 · T1070.001 T1070.004 · File Deletion T1071.001 · Web Protocols T1074 · Data Staged T1074.001 · Local Data Staging T1078 · Valid Accounts T1078.002 · Domain Accounts T1082 · System Information Discovery T1087.002 · Domain Account T1098.001 · Additional Cloud Credentials T1105 · Ingress Tool Transfer T1112 · Modify Registry T1133 · External Remote Services T1135 · Network Share Discovery T1136.001 · Local Account T1136.002 · Domain Account T1176 · Software Extensions T1197 · BITS Jobs T1204.001 · Malicious Link T1204.002 · Malicious File T1210 · Exploitation of Remote Services T1218 · System Binary Proxy Execution T1218.011 · Rundll32 T1219 · Remote Access Tools T1222.001 · Windows Permissions T1486 · Data Encrypted for Impact T1489 · Service Stop T1490 · Inhibit System Recovery T1518.001 · Security Software Discovery T1518.002 · Backup Software Discovery T1528 · Steal Application Access Token T1539 · Steal Web Session Cookie T1543.003 · Windows Service T1547.001 · Registry Run Keys / Startup Folder T1547.004 · Winlogon Helper DLL T1550.002 · Pass the Hash T1552.006 · Group Policy Preferences T1553.002 · Code Signing T1555.003 · Credentials from Web Browsers T1555.004 · Windows Credential Manager T1557.001 · Name Resolution Poisoning and SMB Relay T1558.003 · Kerberoasting T1560.001 · Archive via Utility T1562.001 · T1562.001 T1566 · Phishing T1566.001 · Spearphishing Attachment T1566.002 · Spearphishing Link T1567.002 · Exfiltration to Cloud Storage T1569.002 · Service Execution T1570 · Lateral Tool Transfer T1585.002 · Email Accounts T1588.002 · Tool T1588.003 · Code Signing Certificates T1685 · Disable or Modify Tools

Detection use cases (26)

Conti / Wizard Spider pre-encryption recovery inhibition burst (vssadmin + bcdedit + backup-service kill) AI · profile SDD Conti / Wizard Spider LSASS dump via comsvcs.dll MiniDump followed by ADFind/nltest domain recon AI · profile SΣDD DevMan/Funky Mantis locker execution by known SHA256/MD5 hash Bespoke DevMan ransomware encryption artifacts: .devman extension and deterministic ransom note Bespoke DevMan pre-encryption recovery inhibition and event-log clearing Bespoke Suspicious browser extension installation Internal Infostealer — non-browser process accessing browser cookie/login DBs Internal Phishing-link click correlated to endpoint execution Internal Email attachment opened from external sender Internal Office app spawning script/LOLBin child process Internal Remote service execution — PsExec / SMB lateral movement Internal OAuth consent / suspicious app grant Internal Ransomware-style mass file rename / extension change Internal LSASS process access / dump (credential theft) Internal 1Password impossible-travel sign-in MITRE match AI-Agent Server (PraisonAI/MCP) Spawns OS Shell or Recon LOLBin — Unauthenticated RCE Exploitation MITRE match Auth-Bypass on Public-Facing Service → Post-Exploit Action on Same Host (≤10 min) MITRE match Brand-Impersonation Domain Fetch Followed by User-Context Loader Within 10 Minutes MITRE match Cross-category credential-store enumeration with rapid egress to anonymizing tunnel/CDN MITRE match Cross-Platform ClickFix Paste-to-Pipe Loader (UI-Parent Shell with Decode-and-Execute Payload) MITRE match Developer package install spawning script-host with non-registry C2 within 5 minutes MITRE match Developer/Data-tooling Daemon Spawns Shell Child Seconds After POST to Runner/Exec Endpoint MITRE match Edge-service post-exploitation chain: internet-facing daemon → child shell or token redemption within 10 min of external request MITRE match Internet-Exposed AI Agent/LLM Service Spawns Shell or LOLBin After Inbound Connection MITRE match Internet-Facing Service Process Spawning Unix Shell or Ingress-Tool LOLBin (Edge Zero-Day Post-Exploit) MITRE match Internet-facing service process spawns shell/LOLBin within minutes of public inbound connection — post-RCE command execution MITRE match

Threat-intel articles (1)

crit DevMan RaaS Portal Centralizes Payload Builds, Victim Management, and Affiliate Payouts · 2026-07-25