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🇷🇺Dragonfly

🇷🇺 Dragonfly is a tracked threat actor in the Clankerusecase corpus. RU-aligned. Primary motivation: State. We map 14 detection use cases to this actor across 56 MITRE ATT&CK techniques, with 0 threat-intel articles citing them.

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14Use cases

0Articles

56Techniques

0IOCs

About this actor (MITRE)

[Dragonfly](https://attack.mitre.org/groups/G0035) is a cyber espionage group that has been attributed to Russia's Federal Security Service (FSB) Center 16.(Citation: DOJ Russia Targeting Critical Infrastructure March 2022)(Citation: UK GOV FSB Factsheet April 2022) Active since at least 2010, [Dragonfly](https://attack.mitre.org/groups/G0035) has targeted defense and aviation companies, government entities, companies related to industrial control systems, and critical infrastructure sectors worldwide through supply chain, spearphishing, and drive-by compromise attacks.(Citation: Symantec Drag

Known aliases

DragonflyTEMP.IsotopeDYMALLOYBerserk BearTG-4192Crouching YetiIRON LIBERTYEnergetic BearGhost BlizzardBROMINE

Top techniques

T1003.002 · Security Account Manager T1003.003 · NTDS T1003.004 · LSA Secrets

All other tracked techniques

T1005 · Data from Local System T1012 · Query Registry T1016 · System Network Configuration Discovery T1018 · Remote System Discovery T1021.001 · Remote Desktop Protocol T1033 · System Owner/User Discovery T1036.010 · Masquerade Account Name T1053.005 · Scheduled Task T1059 · Command and Scripting Interpreter T1059.001 · PowerShell T1059.003 · Windows Command Shell T1059.006 · Python T1069.002 · Domain Groups T1070.004 · File Deletion T1071.002 · File Transfer Protocols T1074.001 · Local Data Staging T1078 · Valid Accounts T1083 · File and Directory Discovery T1087.002 · Domain Account T1098.007 · Additional Local or Domain Groups T1105 · Ingress Tool Transfer T1110 · Brute Force T1110.002 · Password Cracking T1112 · Modify Registry T1113 · Screen Capture T1114.002 · Remote Email Collection T1133 · External Remote Services T1135 · Network Share Discovery T1136.001 · Local Account T1187 · Forced Authentication T1189 · Drive-by Compromise T1190 · Exploit Public-Facing Application T1195.002 · Compromise Software Supply Chain T1203 · Exploitation for Client Execution T1204.002 · Malicious File T1210 · Exploitation of Remote Services T1221 · Template Injection T1505.003 · Web Shell T1547.001 · Registry Run Keys / Startup Folder T1560 · Archive Collected Data T1564.002 · Hidden Users T1566.001 · Spearphishing Attachment T1583.001 · Domains T1583.003 · Virtual Private Server T1584.004 · Server T1588.002 · Tool T1591.002 · Business Relationships T1595.002 · Vulnerability Scanning T1598.002 · Spearphishing Attachment T1598.003 · Spearphishing Link T1608.004 · Drive-by Target T1685.005 · Clear Windows Event Logs T1686 · Disable or Modify System Firewall

Detection use cases (14)

Dragonfly (Berserk Bear) Phishery template-injection forced auth: Office process initiating outbound SMB to external IP AI · profile SΣDD Dragonfly registry-hive credential extraction: reg.exe save of SAM/SECURITY/SYSTEM AI · profile SΣDD 1Password failed sign-in burst MITRE match 1Password impossible-travel sign-in MITRE match AI-Agent Server (PraisonAI/MCP) Spawns OS Shell or Recon LOLBin — Unauthenticated RCE Exploitation MITRE match AI/LLM Agent Framework Runtime Spawning Shell, Recon, or Egress Child Process MITRE match AI/LLM Framework Web Service Spawns Shell or Network Tool (Agent-Framework Unauthenticated RCE) 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-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