PLUTONIUM is an alias of the known APT group APT38

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PLUTONIUM is an advanced persistent threat (APT) that has been active since at least 2013 and is believed to be associated with Russian intelligence agencies. It targets government, military, diplomatic, and political organizations in various countries around the world. The group uses a variety of tactics such as spear-phishing emails, watering hole attacks, and exploiting vulnerabilities in software to gain access to their target\'s networks. Once inside, they steal sensitive information and use it for espionage purposes or sell it on the black market. PLUTONIUM is considered a highly sophisticated threat actor that has been able to evade detection by security researchers and law enforcement agencies.

Techniques, tactics and practices:

PLUTONIUM uses a variety of techniques to gain access to their target\'s networks. Some of these include spear-phishing emails that contain malicious attachments or links, watering hole attacks where they compromise legitimate websites and inject them with malware, exploiting vulnerabilities in software such as Adobe Flash Player, Microsoft Office, and Java, among others. They also use social engineering tactics to trick their targets into revealing sensitive information like login credentials or download infected files from the internet. Once inside a network, they can move laterally across it using tools like Mimikatz, which allows them to dump passwords for other accounts on the same system. PLUTONIUM is known to be highly sophisticated and has been able to evade detection by security researchers and law enforcement agencies.