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Threat actors are known persons or groups responsible for security incidents.

Object Attributes

A threat actor object contains the following attributes:

aggregations: <dictionary> dictionary of commonalities between the different IoCs associated with the threat actor, grouped by IoC type (files, URLs, domains, IP addresses).
- domains: <dictionary> technical commonalities among all domains tied to a threat actor.
- files: <dictionary> technical commonalities among all files tied to a threat actor.
- ip_addresses: <dictionary> technical commonalities among all IP addresses tied to a threat actor.
- urls: <dictionary> technical commonalities among all URLs tied to a threat actor.
alt_names: <list of strings> list of alternative names / aliases by which the threat actor is known.
alt_names_details: <list of dictionaries> dictionary of alternative names / aliases by which the threat actor is known, including additional data such as the confidence of the information.
- confidence: <string> confidence on the information or the attribution of the alternative name to the threat actor.
- description: <string> additional information related to the alternative name.
- first_seen: <integer> the first time that alternative name was attributed to the threat actor (UTC timestamp).
- last_seen: <integer> the last time that alternative name was attributed to the threat actor (UTC timestamp).
- value: <string> alternative name / alias.
capabilities: <list of dictionaries> list of capabilities associated with the threat actor.
- confidence: <string> the confidence of the threat actor's associated capability.
- description: <string> description of the capability.
- first_seen: <integer> the first time when the capability was associated with the threat actor (UTC timestamp).
- last_seen: <integer> the first time when the capability was associated with the threat actor (UTC timestamp).
- value: <string> capability associated with the threat actor.
collection_type: <string> identifies the type of the object. For threat actors the value of this attribute is threat_actor.
counters: <dictionary> dictionary of counters of related objects.
- domains: <integer> number of domains related to the threat actor.
- files: <integer> number of files related to the threat actor.
- iocs: <integer> number of IoCs (files + URLs + domains + IP addresses) related to the threat actor.
- ip_addresses: <integer> number of IP addresses related to the threat actor.
- subscribers: <integer> number of users subscribed to the threat actor.
- urls: <integer> number of URLs related to the threat actor.
creation_date: <integer> threat actor object creation date (UTC timestamp).
description: <string> description / context about the threat actor.
detection_names: <list of dictionaries> list of detection names and extra context.
- confidence: <string> the confidence of the detection.
- description: <string> descriptive information related to the detection.
- first_seen: <integer> the first time when the detection was associated with the threat actor (UTC timestamp).
- last_seen: <integer> the last time when the detection was associated with the threat actor (UTC timestamp).
- value: <string> the detection name.
first_seen_details: <list of dictionaries> dictionaries with additional information related to the threat actor's first activity, differentiating between confirmed and suspected activity.
- confidence: <string> confidence on the information or the attribution of the first activity seen related to the threat actor.
- description: <string> description / additional information about the first activity seen of the threat actor.
- first_seen: <integer> the first time this first activity date has been attributed to the threat actor (UTC timestamp).
- last_seen: <integer> the last time this first activity date has been attributed to the threat actor (UTC timestamp).
- value: <string> date when the first observation about that threat actor was made ("YYYY-MM-DDTHH:mm:ssZ" format).
last_modification_date: <integer> last time when the threat actor's information was updated (UTC timestamp).
last_seen_details: <list of dictionaries> dictionaries with additional information related to the threat actor's last activity, differentiating between confirmed and unconfirmed activity.
- confidence: <string> confidence on the information or the attribution of the last activity seen related to the threat actor.
- description: <string> description / additional information about the last activity seen of the threat actor.
- first_seen: <integer> the first time this last activity date has been attributed to the threat actor (UTC timestamp).
- last_seen: <integer> the last time this last activity date has been attributed to the threat actor (UTC timestamp).
- value: <string> date when the last observation about that threat actor was made ("YYYY-MM-DDTHH:mm:ssZ" format).
link: <string> URL to extra resources.
merged_actors: <list of dictionaries> list of actors confirmed to be part of a larger group (current threat actor) to which they were merged.
- confidence: <string> confidence on the information or the attribution of the merged threat actor to the current threat actor.
- description: <string> description / additional information about the merged actor (e.g. reference to its report - actor ID).
- first_seen: <integer> the first time this merged threat actor was attributed to the current threat actor (UTC timestamp).
- last_seen: <integer> the last time this merged threat actor was attributed to the current threat actor (UTC timestamp).
- value: <string> name of the merged threat actor.
malware_roles: <list of dictionaries> the list of malware roles used by the threat actor.
- confidence: <string> the confidence of the associated malware role.
- description: <string> descriptive information related to the associated malware role.
- first_seen: <integer> the first time when the malware role was associated with the threat actor(UTC timestamp).
- last_seen: <integer> the last time when the malware role was associated with the threat actor (UTC timestamp).
- value: <string> the malware role name.
motivations: <list of dictionaries> motivations of the threat actor such as espionage, financial gain, etc.
- confidence: <string> confidence on the associated motivation.
- description: <string> description / additional information about the associated motivation.
- first_seen: <integer> the first time this motivation was attributed to the current threat actor (UTC timestamp).
- last_seen: <integer> the last time this motivation was attributed to the current threat actor (UTC timestamp).
- value: <string> motivation name.
name: <string> threat actor's name.
operating_systems: <list of dictionaries> operating systems targeted by the threat actor. Possible values: Android, BSD, FreeBSD, Linux, Mac, Unix, VMkernel, Windows, iOS.
- confidence: <string> the confidence that the operating system is affected by the threat actor.
- description: <string> descriptive information related to the targeted operating system.
- first_seen: <integer> the first time when the operating system was targeted by the threat actor (UTC timestamp).
- last_seen: <integer> the last time when the operating system was targeted by the threat actor (UTC timestamp).
- value: <string> operating system name.
origin: <string> identifies the source of the information. Partner for curated objects from trusted partners and security researchers and Google Threat Intelligence for curated objects from our Google TI experts.
private: <boolean> whether the threat actor object is private or not.
recent_activity_relative_change: <float> ratio of change between the last two "recent activity" periods. Note: "recent activity" refers to a period of 14 days.
recent_activity_summary: <list of integers> time series representing the activity of the indicators of compromise related to the threat actor. (2 weeks)
sponsor_region: <string> the main country or region suspected to sponsor the threat actor.
source_region: <string> the main country or region where this threat actor is known to be based.
source_regions_hierarchy: <list of dictionaries> country or region from which the threat actor of interest is known to originate.
- confidence: <string> confidence on the information or the threat actor's source region association.
- country: <string> country from which the threat actor of interest is known to originate.
- country_iso2: <string> source country in ISO 3166 Alpha2 - code format.
- description: <string> description / additional information about the threat actor's motivation.
- first_seen: <integer> the first time this source region was attributed to the current threat actor (UTC timestamp).
- last_seen:<integer> the last time this source region was attributed to the current threat actor (UTC timestamp).
- region: <string> region from which the threat actor of interest is known to originate.
- source: <string> information's supplier.
- sub_region: <string> subregion from which the threat actor of interest is known to originate.
status: <string> indicates if the object has attributes pending to be computed again (e.g. top_icon_md5 after making changes). The possible values are PENDING_RECOMPUTE and COMPUTED.
summary_stats: <list of dictionaries> stats associated with the threat actor.
- first_submission_date: <dictionaries> the minimun (min), maximun (max) and average (avg) values of the first_submission_date of all the IoCs associated to the threat actor.
- last_submission_date: <dictionaries> the minimun (min), maximun (max) and average (avg) values of the last_submission_date of all the IoCs associated to the threat actor.
- files_detections: <dictionaries> the minimun (min), maximun (max) and average (avg) values of the files_detections of all the IoCs associated to the threat actor.
- urls_detections: <dictionaries> the minimun (min), maximun (max) and average (avg) values of the urls_detections of all the IoCs associated to the threat actor.
tags: <list of strings> tags associated with the threat actor.
targeted_industries: <list of strings> list of industries known to be targeted by the threat actor.
targeted_industries_tree: <list of dictionaries> list of industries and industry groups known to be targeted by the threat actor.
- confidence: <string> confidence on the information or the threat actor's targeted industry association.
- description: <string> description / additional information related to the threat actor's targeted industry.
- first_seen: <integer> the first time this targeted industry was associated with the current threat actor (UTC timestamp).
- industry: <string> threat actor's targeted sub-industry.
- industry_group: <string> threat actor's targeted industry group.
- last_seen: <integer> the last time this targeted industry was associated with the current threat actor (UTC timestamp).
- source: <string> information's supplier.
targeted_regions: <list of strings> list of regions and countries known to be targeted by the threat actor.
targeted_regions_hierarchy: <list of dictionaries> list of regions and countries known to be targeted by the threat actor.
- confidence: <string> confidence on the information or the threat actor's targeted region association.
- country: <string> threat actor's targeted country.
- country_iso2: <string> targeted country in ISO 3166 Alpha2 - code format.
- description: <string> description / additional information related to the threat actor's targeted region.
- first_seen: <integer> the first time this targeted region was associated with the current threat actor (UTC timestamp).
- last_seen:<integer> the last time this targeted region was associated with the current threat actor (UTC timestamp).
- region: <string> threat actor's targeted region.
- source: <string> information's supplier.
- sub_region: <string> threat actor's targeted sub-region.
tlp: <string> it indicates the sensitivity of the information and defines the boundaries for how and with whom the data can be shared. Available values are: RED, AMBER, GREEN, CLEAR .
top_icon_md5: <list of strings> list of the 3 most frequent icons among the threat actor IoCs (file's icons, URLs and domain's favicons). Favicons are represented by their MD5 hash.

Relationships

In addition to the previously described attributes, threat actor objects contain relationships with other objects in our dataset that can be retrieved as explained in the Relationships section.

The following table shows a summary of available relationships.

Relationship	Return object type
associations	List of all objects (Reports, Campaigns, IoC collections, Malware families, Software and Toolkits, Vulnerabilities, Threat Actors) associated with the current threat actor, without filtering by the object type.
attack_techniques	List of MITRE ATT&CK techniques.
campaigns	List of associated collections of type Campaign objects.
collections	List of associated collections of type IoC collection objects.
comments	List of Comments.
domains	List of Domains associated with the threat actor.
editors	List of users, groups and data connectors that can edit this threat actor (only available to the owner or editor of the entity).
files	List of Files associated with the threat actor.
hunting_rulesets	List of curated YARA rulesets assigned by the entity owner.
ip_addresses	List of IP addresses associated with the threat actor.
malware_families	List of associated collections of type Malware family objects.
owner	User who created the object.
related_collections	List of collection objects of type (Reports, Campaigns, IoC collections, Malware families, Software and Toolkits, Vulnerabilities, Threat Actors) containing IoCs associated with this entity.
reports	List of associated collections of type Report objects.
software_toolkits	List of associated collections of type Software or Toolkit objects.
suspected_threat_actors	List of collections of type threat actors that are suspected, not yet confirmed, to be part of the same group.
threat_actors	List of other collections of type threat actors associated with the current threat actor.
urls	List of URLs associated with the threat actor.
viewers	List of users, groups and data connectors that can view the entity (only available to the owner or editor of the entity).
vulnerabilities	List of associated collections of type Vulnerability objects.
yara_rulesets	List of crowdsourced YARA rulesets matching at least one file associated with this threat actor.