Kill Chain & Diamond Model Analysis

Map a threat actor or campaign across the Cyber Kill Chain and Diamond Model of Intrusion.

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APT45 (threat actor)

Risk

Critical

23 techniques 117 tools/malware 3 vulnerabilities 40 IOCs 7/7 stages covered Deepest: Actions on Objectives

1 Reconnaissance

T1590

Gather Victim Network Information reconnaissance

T1590.005

IP Addresses reconnaissance

T1592

Gather Victim Host Information reconnaissance

T1592.002

Software reconnaissance

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2 Weaponization

T1587.001

Malware resource development

T1588

Obtain Capabilities resource development

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3 Delivery

T1189

Drive-by Compromise initial access

T1190

Exploit Public-Facing Application initial access

T1195

Supply Chain Compromise initial access

T1566

Phishing initial access

T1566.001

Spearphishing Attachment initial access

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4 Exploitation

T1203

Exploitation for Client Execution execution

T1204

User Execution execution

T1204.002

Malicious File execution

T1068

Exploitation for Privilege Escalation privilege escalation

CVE CVE-2021-44228

CVE CVE-2023-42793

CVE CVE-2026-35273

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5 Installation

T1049

System Network Connections Discovery discovery

T1057

Process Discovery discovery

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6 Command & Control

T1005

Data from Local System collection

T1071.001

Web Protocols command and control

T1105

Ingress Tool Transfer command and control

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7 Actions on Objectives

T1048

Exfiltration Over Alternative Protocol exfiltration

T1027

Obfuscated Files or Information stealth

T1086

Stage risk: Critical High Medium None

Tools & Malware (117)

APT38 Agent Tesla Akira AppleJeus Backdoors BeaverTail BlackByte BlackCat Brute Ratel C4 Bumblebee Carbanak Carbanak Group malware Chisel Clop Cobalt Confucius Conti Custom malware Custom tools Dark DarkHotel Darkside Ransomware Diavol Dora RAT Dtrack (Preft) Ebury SSH backdoor Embargo Ransomware Enigma? Global Gold Southfield RaaS Guard Hafnium Hard? Hermit Hive Hunters International IcedID Indrik Spider Keyhole Kimsuky Kinsing Latrodectus LockBit 3.0 MAUI MAUI Ransomware Machete Masscan Medusa Mimikatz Moonstone Sleet MuddyWater Naikon Nexus Ngrok Octopus OilRig Open-source tools OutSteel PINEFLOWER Android malware PLAY PLUTONIUM Panda? Pikabot Plankton? Play Polaris? Posh? PuTTY/Plink QakBot REvil Ransomware-as-a-Service RTM Trojan Remote Monitoring & Management tools Remote access tools Revenge RAT Rifdoor RomCom RAT SHATTEREDGLASS SMALLTIGER STORM? Sabbath Ransomware Saint Bot ShadowPad ShatterED Glass SideWinder SilverEye? Sliver Snowflake? Sonar?? Star? Stealth? Steampunk? Stellar? Stonefly? Storm? Submarine? Sudoku? Sunflower? Support? TEMP.Hermit TRITON TigerRAT TrickBot Trojan Turbine? Turla Valefor Virgo? Void WWT? Wargame? Water Galura RaaS (Qilin) Winnti Workhorse? Zero-day exploits gh0st RAT masscan phishing

Indicators of Compromise (40)

Domain

TEMP.Tick TEMP.Veles TEMP.Zagros TEMP.Jumper TEMP.Periscope TEMP.Hex Mallory.ai b.aqdrmf +31 more

Email Address

rocke@live.cn

ATT&CK Tactic Coverage

Reconnaissance Resource Development Initial Access Execution Persistence Privilege Escalation Defense Evasion Credential Access Discovery Lateral Movement Collection Command & Control Exfiltration Impact

Recommended Mitigations

24 MITRE ATT&CK mitigations cover detected techniques

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Reconnaissance (1)

M1056 Pre-compromise

Weaponization (1)

M1056 Pre-compromise

Delivery (18)

M1013 Application Developer Guidance M1016 Vulnerability Scanning M1017 User Training M1018 User Account Management M1021 Restrict Web-Based Content +13 more

Exploitation (10)

M1017 User Training M1019 Threat Intelligence Program M1021 Restrict Web-Based Content M1031 Network Intrusion Prevention M1033 Limit Software Installation +5 more

Command & Control (3)

M1031 Network Intrusion Prevention M1037 Filter Network Traffic M1057 Data Loss Prevention

Actions on Objectives (10)

M1017 User Training M1018 User Account Management M1022 Restrict File and Directory Permissions M1030 Network Segmentation M1031 Network Intrusion Prevention +5 more

Detection Coverage

22 strategies

7/7 stages covered

Reconnaissance (4)

DET0815 Detection of IP Addresses DET0826 Detection of Gather Victim Host Informat... DET0869 Detection of Gather Victim Network Infor... DET0888 Detection of Software

Weaponization (2)

DET0850 Detection of Obtain Capabilities DET0872 Detection of Malware

Delivery (5)

DET0070 Detection Strategy for Phishing across p... DET0080 Exploit Public-Facing Application – mult... DET0176 Drive-by Compromise — Behavior-based, Mu... DET0236 Detection Strategy for Spearphishing Att... DET0537 Behavioral detection for Supply Chain Co...

Exploitation (4)

DET0287 Exploitation for Client Execution – cros... DET0294 User Execution – Malicious File via down... DET0478 User Execution – multi-surface behavior... DET0514 Detection Strategy for Exploitation for...

Installation (2)

DET0034 Detection of Adversarial Process Discove... DET0320 Detection of System Network Connections...

Command & Control (3)

DET0027 Detection of Web Protocol-Based C2 Over... DET0060 Detect Ingress Tool Transfers via Behavi... DET0380 Detection of Local Data Collection Prior...

Actions on Objectives (2)

DET0131 Behavioral Detection Strategy for Exfilt... DET0378 Behavioral Detection of Obfuscated Files...

Diamond Model of Intrusion

Adversary · Capability · Infrastructure · Victim

Completeness

4/4

Adversary

Confidence

60%

APT45

Type: Unknown Active

GRASS NEPTUNE Onyx Sleet North Korean Andariel Silent Chollima +16 more

Infrastructure 39 IOC(s)

50%

Domain

TEMP.Tick TEMP.Veles TEMP.Zagros TEMP.Jumper TEMP.Periscope +34

Artifacts (1)

rocke@live.cn

Capability

50%

23 technique(s) 117 tool(s)/malware 3 CVE(s)

APT38 Agent Tesla Akira AppleJeus Backdoors BeaverTail BlackByte BlackCat +109

T1086

collection

T1005

command and control

T1071.001 T1105

discovery

T1049 T1057

Victim

70%

Targeted Sectors

government financial-services defense telecommunications healthcare education manufacturing non-profit media critical-infrastructure energy pharmaceutical aviation hospitality aerospace nuclear retail information-technology think-tank transportation mining chemical gaming legal-services entertainment oil-gas maritime construction utilities

Targeted Countries

CN US KP RU JP IR GB UA VN IL AU KR SA PK TW AE IN SG DE BY TR MX ES PL CA RO FR NG IT LB AZ KZ

Diamond Model Meta-Features

Phase

Actions on Objectives

Result

Active

Direction

Adversary → Infrastructure → Victim

Methodology

Unknown

Adversary → Capability

Adversary → Infrastructure

Capability → Victim

Infrastructure → Victim

Diamond Model edges

Activity Threads Kill chain phase → Diamond Model event mapping

1 Reconnaissance

Capability (Techniques)

T1590 T1590.005 T1592 T1592.002

Capability (Malware)

APT38 Agent Tesla Akira

Infrastructure

TEMP.Tick TEMP.Veles TEMP.Zagros

2 Weaponization

Capability (Techniques)

T1587.001 T1588

Capability (Malware)

APT38 Agent Tesla Akira

Infrastructure

TEMP.Tick TEMP.Veles TEMP.Zagros

3 Delivery

Capability (Techniques)

T1189 T1190 T1195 T1566 T1566.001

Capability (Malware)

APT38 Agent Tesla Akira

Infrastructure

TEMP.Tick TEMP.Veles TEMP.Zagros

4 Exploitation

Capability (Techniques)

T1203 T1204 T1204.002 T1068

Capability (Malware)

APT38 Agent Tesla Akira

Infrastructure

TEMP.Tick TEMP.Veles TEMP.Zagros

5 Installation

Capability (Techniques)

T1049 T1057

Capability (Malware)

APT38 Agent Tesla Akira

Infrastructure

TEMP.Tick TEMP.Veles TEMP.Zagros

6 Command & Control

Capability (Techniques)

T1005 T1071.001 T1105

Capability (Malware)

APT38 Agent Tesla Akira

Infrastructure

TEMP.Tick TEMP.Veles TEMP.Zagros

7 Actions on Objectives

Capability (Techniques)

T1048

Capability (Malware)

APT38 Agent Tesla Akira

Infrastructure

TEMP.Tick TEMP.Veles TEMP.Zagros