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🌐Leafminer

🌐 Leafminer is a tracked threat actor in the Clankerusecase corpus. ??-aligned. Primary motivation: Unknown. We map 14 detection use cases to this actor across 17 MITRE ATT&CK techniques, with 0 threat-intel articles citing them.

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14Use cases

0Articles

17Techniques

0IOCs

About this actor (MITRE)

[Leafminer](https://attack.mitre.org/groups/G0077) is an Iranian threat group that has targeted government organizations and business entities in the Middle East since at least early 2017. (Citation: Symantec Leafminer July 2018)

Known aliases

LeafminerRaspite

Top techniques

T1003.001 · LSASS Memory T1003.004 · LSA Secrets T1003.005 · Cached Domain Credentials

All other tracked techniques

T1018 · Remote System Discovery T1027.010 · Command Obfuscation T1046 · Network Service Discovery T1055.013 · Process Doppelgänging T1059.007 · JavaScript T1083 · File and Directory Discovery T1110.003 · Password Spraying T1114.002 · Remote Email Collection T1136.001 · Local Account T1189 · Drive-by Compromise T1552.001 · Credentials In Files T1555 · Credentials from Password Stores T1555.003 · Credentials from Web Browsers T1588.002 · Tool

Detection use cases (14)

Leafminer (Raspite) MailSniper-style password spray against Exchange/OWA followed by successful logon AI · profile S Leafminer (Raspite) LaZagne / FireMalv credential harvesting on host AI · profile SΣ 1Password item exfiltration attempt MITRE match 1Password vault export attempted MITRE match Cross-category credential-store enumeration with rapid egress to anonymizing tunnel/CDN MITRE match Low-Code / AI Workflow Runtime Sandbox-Escape — Server Process Spawns Shell + Public Egress MITRE match Non-Browser Process Reads Browser Credential / Cookie SQLite Then Egresses to Public Destination Within 10 Minutes MITRE match npm/yarn/pnpm Install-Hook Spawn → Credential-Store Read or Worm-Payload Drop in node_modules MITRE match Package Manager / Dev-Tool Auto-Execution Triggers Non-Registry Egress or Credential-Store Access MITRE match Package Manager Install Hook Spawns Scripting Interpreter Then Touches Credential Files or Egresses Off-Registry MITRE match Package-manager child process credential fan-out with public egress (Mini Shai-Hulud / TeamPCP worm chain) MITRE match Package-manager install hook spawns interpreter that beacons to non-registry host within 120s MITRE match Post-Auth Privilege Boundary Crossing on Edge/Management Appliances (low-priv -> admin within 10m) MITRE match Server / AI-agent process spawns shell or LOLBIN with public egress — post-RCE behavioural chain MITRE match