Threat Group Cards: A Threat Actor Encyclopedia Archived: 2026-04-05 22:23:16 UTC APT group: FIN13 Names FIN13 (Mandiant) Country [Unknown] Motivation Financial crime, Financial gain First seen 2016 Description (Mandiant) Since 2017, Mandiant has been tracking FIN13, an industrious and versatile financially motivated threat actor conducting long-term intrusions in Mexico with an activity timeframe stretching back as early as 2016. FIN13's operations have several noticeable differences from current cybercriminal data theft and ransomware extortion trends. Although their operations continue through the present day, in many ways FIN13’s intrusions are like a time capsule of traditional financial cybercrime from days past. Instead of today’s prevalent “smash and grab” ransomware groups, FIN13 takes their time to gather information to perform fraudulent money transfers. Rather than relying heavily on attack frameworks such as Cobalt Strike, the majority of FIN13 intrusions involve heavy use of custom passive backdoors and tools to lurk in environments for the long haul. Also see Elephant Beetle. Observed Countries: Mexico. Tools used BLUEAGAVE, BUSTEDPIPE, CLOSEWATCH, DRAWSTRING, GetUserSPNS.vbs, GoBot2, HOTLANE, JSPRAT, LATCHKEY, MAILSLOT, NIGHTJAR, nmap, PORTHOLE, PowerSploit, ProcDump, SHELLSWEEP, SIXPACK, SPINOFF, SWEARJAR, Tiny SHell. Information Last change to this card: 25 January 2022 Download this actor card in PDF or JSON format Source: https://apt.etda.or.th/cgi-bin/showcard.cgi?u=9179aa71-961e-4518-bbb9-0ea87fcb31c7 https://apt.etda.or.th/cgi-bin/showcard.cgi?u=9179aa71-961e-4518-bbb9-0ea87fcb31c7 Page 1 of 1