TA551 is a financially-motivated threat group that has been active since at least 2018. 1 The group has primarily targeted English, German, Italian, and Japanese speakers through email-based malware distribution campaigns. 2
- Secureworks GOLD CABIN
- Unit 42 TA551 Jan 2021
Claims and citations
Every claim comes from a writer; provenance is the writer's assertion, not a review verdict from this directory. Validity reads by citation year.
| predicate | object | Valid | Conf. | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| uses_technique | tech_t1218.010 | 2021 → … | 100 | src_mitre_attck_enterprise |
| uses_technique | tech_t1589.002 | 2021 → … | 100 | src_mitre_attck_enterprise |
| uses_technique | tech_t1204.002 | 2021 → … | 100 | src_mitre_attck_enterprise |
| uses_technique | tech_t1218.011 | 2021 → … | 100 | src_mitre_attck_enterprise |
| uses_technique | tech_t1027.003 | 2021 → … | 100 | src_mitre_attck_enterprise |
| uses_technique | tech_t1566.001 | 2021 → … | 100 | src_mitre_attck_enterprise |
| uses_technique | tech_t1132.001 | 2021 → … | 100 | src_mitre_attck_enterprise |
| uses_technique | tech_t1568.002 | 2021 → … | 100 | src_mitre_attck_enterprise |
| uses_technique | tech_t1027.010 | 2021 → … | 100 | src_mitre_attck_enterprise |
| uses_technique | tech_t1071.001 | 2021 → … | 100 | src_mitre_attck_enterprise |
| uses_technique | tech_t1105 | 2021 → … | 100 | src_mitre_attck_enterprise |
| uses_technique | tech_t1218.005 | 2021 → … | 100 | src_mitre_attck_enterprise |
| uses_technique | tech_t1059.003 | 2021 → … | 100 | src_mitre_attck_enterprise |
| uses_technique | tech_t1036 | 2021 → … | 100 | src_mitre_attck_enterprise |
Technique use
| ATT&CK | Technique | platforms |
|---|---|---|
| T1027.003 | Steganography | — |
| T1027.010 | Command Obfuscation | — |
| T1036 | Masquerading | — |
| T1059.003 | Windows Command Shell | — |
| T1071.001 | Web Protocols | — |
| T1105 | Ingress Tool Transfer | — |
| T1132.001 | Standard Encoding | — |
| T1204.002 | Malicious File | — |
| T1218.005 | Mshta | — |
| T1218.010 | Regsvr32 | — |
| T1218.011 | Rundll32 | — |
| T1566.001 | Spearphishing Attachment | — |
| T1568.002 | Domain Generation Algorithms | — |
| T1589.002 | Email Addresses | — |
Aliases
GOLD CABIN · Shathak · TA551
Reading and review
Records are auto-ingested and not human-reviewed. Confidence is the writer's 0–100 value; bands split at ≥80 / 50–79 / <50 into high / medium / low. The four trust axes (synthetic, lifecycle, band, source count) stay separate and never merge into one score.