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Cobalt

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Cobalt

G00801 report from 1 vendor· last reported 2026-06-24

A criminal group dubbed Cobalt is behind synchronized ATM heists that saw machines across Europe, CIS countries (including Russia), and Malaysia being raided simultaneously, in the span of a few hours. The group has been active since June 2016, and their latest attacks happened in July and August.

Vendor aliases (6)

The same group is tracked under different names by different vendors.

VendorName
OSINTCobalt Group
OSINTCobalt Gang
OSINTGOLD KINGSWOOD
OSINTCOBALT SPIDER
OSINTG0080
OSINTMule Libra

MITRE ATT&CK techniques (36)

Indicators of compromise

domainC:\Windows\ImmersiveControlPanel
domainC:\ProgramData
domainC:\ProgramData\KasperskyLab
hash1F65544978B8EA0E745E573B8EE9684B
hash24FCEBDEECBA65004FDB0923763D74FD
hashD98F568496512E4F98670C61C97CB07A
hashAA3086BE652C8B20B0B29B2730D57119
hashA514D1BB62D7916475946FE7C07AC0AA
hash9CBD560F820C95D7C38342CD558CB5C6
domainHKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run
domainC:\ADriveLogs_Logs\SystemSettings.exe
domainkaspersky.com
hashC559CC68986933200FD5D9E4388E2F58
hashB3352B42432DEDC4A519F011DC8B5D5A
hash9C872A0D5D5A38950E8B9AC9B488BE3F
domainconnect-microsoft.com
domainms-record.com
domainms-record.top
domainms-tray.top

Top 19 by how many reports mention them.

Report timeline

Every report in the Global Intel Library that names Cobalt, newest first. Open any report to see the full analysis with provenance.

  1. Kaspersky2026-06-24
    StrikeShark: investigating a new campaign delivering Cobalt Strike through SharkLoader
    T1071.001T1574.002T1566.001T1053.005T1567.002T1055T1547.001T1059.001
    original

Threat feed IOCs (0)

Indicators from free threat feeds (abuse.ch ThreatFox, AlienVault OTX) attributed to Cobalt. Each row shows why it was linked and where it came from.

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Public research & publications (24)

Open-source reports about this actor collected from MISP Galaxy and MITRE ATT&CK.