FORENSIA

THREAT_ACTOR · G0138

Andariel

Also known as: Andariel, Silent Chollima, PLUTONIUM, Onyx Sleet

Profile

Andariel is a North Korean state-sponsored threat group that has been active since at least 2009. Andariel has primarily focused its operations--which have included destructive attacks--against South Korean government agencies, military organizations, and a variety of domestic companies; they have also conducted cyber financial operations against ATMs, banks, and cryptocurrency exchanges. Andariel's notable activity includes Operation Black Mine, Operation GoldenAxe, and Campaign Rifle. Andariel is considered a sub-set of Lazarus Group, and has been attributed to North Korea's Reconnaissance General Bureau. North Korean group definitions are known to have significant overlap, and some security researchers report all North Korean state-sponsored cyber activity under the name Lazarus Group instead of tracking clusters or subgroups.

MITRE ATT&CK ↗

Techniques

12 ATT&CK techniques attributed to this actor.

Software

2 malware/tools attributed to this actor.

gh0st RATRifdoor

Related corpus activity

9,448 indicators EXHIBIT techniques this actor uses. This is a shared-technique signal, not a first-party attribution to Andariel.

IndicatorTypeFamilySevSrc
cve-2023-44976cveransomware852
cve-2026-0740cve851
cve-2025-68670cve852
cve-2026-3102cve853
cve-2025-34117cve851
cve-2026-1969cve851
cve-2026-22584cve852
cve-2025-11837cve852
cve-2024-1781cve851
cve-2014-2321cve851
cve-2020-22653cve852
cve-2025-2492cve852
cve-2013-7471cve851
cve-2021-29441cve851
cve-2025-66478cve852
cve-2025-0921cve852
cve-2021-27076cve851
cve-2013-3307cve852
cve-2016-15047cve854
cve-2025-34054cve854
cve-2018-8007cve851
cve-2025-23304cve852
cve-2021-4045cve851
cve-2020-17456cve851
cve-2016-5681cve852
cve-2020-22658cve852
cve-2022-47945cve851
cve-2017-18377cve851
cve-2021-25646cve851
cve-2026-3844cve851

Showing the top 30 by severity of 9,448.