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Profile

DarkHydrus is a threat group that has targeted government agencies and educational institutions in the Middle East since at least 2016. The group heavily leverages open-source tools and custom payloads for carrying out attacks.

MITRE ATT&CK ↗

Techniques

7 ATT&CK techniques attributed to this actor.

T1059.001 PowerShell T1187 Forced Authentication T1204.002 Malicious File T1221 Template Injection T1564.003 Hidden Window T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1588.002 Tool

Software

3 malware/tools attributed to this actor.

MimikatzCobalt StrikeRogueRobin

Related corpus activity

8,571 indicators EXHIBIT techniques this actor uses. This is a shared-technique signal, not a first-party attribution to DarkHydrus.

Indicator	Type	Family	Sev	Src
cve-2023-44976	cve	ransomware	85	2
cve-2026-3102	cve	—	85	3
cve-2025-68670	cve	—	85	2
5864a697bd7b339f56b05405f29a097cd027cafdcc4e63c2aaeccccbf930605f	sha256	—	80	1
ad10ff9043d6f327045943635fcbd0c5918acb79dc998db92ee4c7dee5224710	sha256	—	80	1
64c7dd0a3a3ae49977ac05913d3878000cce14e5d8c1ee05b782bdfd648bde91	sha256	—	80	1
62a879b0d1c1649cc72b2b6f61a8f6bd888625ce6e8a7aefe0a0461e4f27c525	sha256	phishing	80	2
a7bd8869293212e1671df90d2d41b96d4933eb9408b1111bd830e111a91bb202	hash	phishing	80	2
221a39856b37e3c682f62427f1e6b965b36a2405764689c914672770a01a1fa9	sha256	—	80	1
60972abf5425c191c81bae117f1dedaea13d39bc52f367d5dff9ad1aa4b9c5ca	sha256	phishing	80	2
c099f965144bccd0b590f946659fc3c0747c54aef505b6caaca9078712f455fb	sha256	—	80	1
e5e43b0830369c39fab45363486da4d21a98c5097ea262c9816997f11c73c1c4	hash	phishing	80	2
771a47120b935e218322046e838347d722d265b91f1afdef91194a5bec86a97a	sha256	phishing	80	2
7900c2772680523cadc9fe4e07300d45500191ba64ff5b91573531b133840b14	sha256	phishing	80	2
23b37d2ebe683cec3b145b6f2234ee728b99228cf3774399fcfad9502daab9a9	sha256	phishing	80	2
bd46890121106b43f0c01ab82629400c	hash	cryptojacking	80	2
248ded4723e9f5da793e5e42d1ba7c2293dd704718f149b84b3b9b818a1f51db	sha256	phishing	80	2
5115277eabf2d22d49dcef1e155874387d8e783853bd86debf7ff58588aae35d	sha256	phishing	80	2
9758e76b601798a30d903bf05052a53df80451e5c156548ce9da828f608b6470	sha256	—	80	1
43d597783af656a35184021f5e20686896463a1712f9216e0217a2ca740e3935	sha256	phishing	80	2
5ab41cf20315d2ea1385967d588159873a65ef5581a0b78de06c0d8617894194	sha256	phishing	80	2
61e9d76f07334843df561fe4bac449fb6fdaed5e5eb91480bded225f3d265c5f	hash	phishing	80	2
669002654c264191d4660fbf757860d930175649735f81370b9f1af3658a304c	sha256	phishing	80	2
50ebf107d522326c9a9db8821fe3263aa5136964faaf5dd183657bbb52725f84	sha256	phishing	80	2
107b5aa3c4ef30b9b832e0a10b1efb1dcf433158bc6af8d890d66c0c9ed50d21	sha256	—	80	1
e4ccb2328c06710a7f0254cb6315e1b106396b0ff525f9cf3eada6e85d285c1c	sha256	—	80	1
22de84e8f29cba932cf65cf4dc1d333cb8b2e468204f97030712bee32691ac3b	sha256	phishing	80	2
6c6cbed6aad96564ed87094785be07a1	hash	phishing	80	2
55d6238b01a177e25eb7d53c943f3abea64ec073	hash	phishing	80	2
44a4ac119349f525d877728b53fe38453a516881d577679caf08ab69312a695f	sha256	phishing	80	2

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