APT28 G0007
Also known as IRON TWILIGHT, SNAKEMACKEREL, Swallowtail, Group 74, Sednit, Sofacy.
APT28 is a threat group that has been attributed to Russia's General Staff Main Intelligence Directorate (GRU) 85th Main Special Service Center (GTsSS) military unit 26165. This group has been active since at least 2004.
Documented targeting: Defense, Energy & Utilities
Methodology
Relevance is a match on your industry sector and technology stack against the MITRE ATT&CK v19.1 group graph (174 groups, 821 software families, 56 campaigns). It is computed deterministically from that data, with no language model in the request path. It is a relevance match, not threat-intelligence probability data: it tells you which documented actors and techniques are worth emulating for an org like yours, not a forecast that any specific group will act.
TurboPentest can autonomously exercise 7 of 101 of this actor's documented techniques today (7%). 30 are out of scope for automated testing (social engineering, denial of service, physical).
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These counts are computed from the vendored MITRE ATT&CK graph and the published coverage map, and are reproducible from source.
In-scope techniques to emphasize
Known software
Mimikatz, CHOPSTICK, Net, JHUHUGIT, ADVSTORESHELL, XTunnel, Downdelph, HIDEDRV, USBStealer, CORESHELL, OLDBAIT, certutil, XAgentOSX, Komplex, Responder, Tor, Winexe, Forfiles, DealersChoice, Koadic.
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Launch this pentestFrequently asked questions
Who is APT28 (G0007)?
APT28 is a threat group that has been attributed to Russia's General Staff Main Intelligence Directorate (GRU) 85th Main Special Service Center (GTsSS) military unit 26165. This group has been active since at least 2004.
What sectors does APT28 target?
Based on MITRE ATT&CK, APT28 has been observed targeting Defense, Energy & Utilities.
Can TurboPentest test for APT28?
TurboPentest can autonomously exercise 7 of 101 of this actor's documented techniques today. 57 more need internal or assumed-breach access (the Adversarial-Depth tier), and the rest are out of scope for automated testing.
What does it cost to emulate APT28?
An Audit-Ready pentest starts at $99 per target. If it surfaces zero actionable findings, your next pentest is free.
Reviewed by
Michel Chamberland, Founder & CEO of IntegSec. CISSP, OSCP, OSCE, with 20+ years in offensive security, alumni of IBM X-Force Red and Trustwave SpiderLabs.
Last reviewed July 30, 2026.