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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LIMINAL PANDA (threat actor)

Risk

100

Critical

50 techniques 48 tools/malware 40 vulnerabilities 39 IOCs 7/7 stages covered Deepest: Actions on Objectives

1 Reconnaissance

T1598.002

Spearphishing Attachment reconnaissance

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2 Weaponization

T1584.005

Botnet resource development

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3 Delivery

T1190

Exploit Public-Facing Application initial access

T1199

Trusted Relationship initial access

T1566.001

Spearphishing Attachment initial access

T1566.002

Spearphishing Link initial access

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4 Exploitation

T1053.005

Scheduled Task execution

T1059

Command and Scripting Interpreter execution

T1059.001

PowerShell execution

T1059.003

Windows Command Shell execution

T1059.004

Unix Shell execution

T1203

Exploitation for Client Execution execution

T1204.002

Malicious File execution

T1068

Exploitation for Privilege Escalation privilege escalation

T1546

Event Triggered Execution privilege escalation

CVE CVE-2012-0158

CVE CVE-2014-1776

CVE CVE-2015-3113

CVE CVE-2015-5119

CVE CVE-2016-5195

CVE CVE-2017-0199

CVE CVE-2017-10271

CVE CVE-2017-11882

CVE CVE-2018-0798

CVE CVE-2019-0604

CVE CVE-2019-0708

CVE CVE-2019-19781

CVE CVE-2020-0688

CVE CVE-2020-10189

CVE CVE-2020-5902

CVE CVE-2021-26855

CVE CVE-2021-26857

CVE CVE-2021-26858

CVE CVE-2021-27065

CVE CVE-2021-3156

CVE CVE-2021-34473

CVE CVE-2021-4034

CVE CVE-2021-40539

CVE CVE-2021-44228

CVE CVE-2022-26134

CVE CVE-2022-42475

CVE CVE-2022-47966

CVE CVE-2023-20198

CVE CVE-2023-20273

CVE CVE-2023-34048

CVE CVE-2023-46805

CVE CVE-2023-4966

CVE CVE-2024-21887

CVE CVE-2024-3400

CVE CVE-2025-0282

CVE CVE-2025-22457

CVE CVE-2025-40947

CVE CVE-2025-40948

CVE CVE-2025-53770

CVE CVE-2025-53771

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5 Installation

T1003

OS Credential Dumping credential access

T1040

Network Sniffing credential access

T1110.001

Password Guessing credential access

T1552.004

Private Keys credential access

T1046

Network Service Discovery discovery

T1505.003

Web Shell persistence

T1547.001

Registry Run Keys / Startup Folder persistence

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6 Command & Control

T1005

Data from Local System collection

T1114

Email Collection collection

T1560.001

Archive via Utility collection

T1071

Application Layer Protocol command and control

T1071.001

Web Protocols command and control

T1071.004

DNS command and control

T1090

Proxy command and control

T1090.003

Multi-hop Proxy command and control

T1102

Web Service command and control

T1571

Non-Standard Port command and control

T1021.002

SMB/Windows Admin Shares lateral movement

T1021.004

SSH lateral movement

T1091

Replication Through Removable Media lateral movement

T1550.001

Application Access Token lateral movement

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7 Actions on Objectives

T1041

Exfiltration Over C2 Channel exfiltration

T1486

Data Encrypted for Impact impact

T1014

Rootkit stealth

T1027.002

Software Packing stealth

T1036

Masquerading stealth

T1070

Indicator Removal stealth

T1070.004

File Deletion stealth

T1078

Valid Accounts stealth

T1078.004

Cloud Accounts stealth

T1542.003

Bootkit stealth

T1045

T1065

T1533

T1574.002

Stage risk: Critical High Medium None

Tools & Malware (48)

Astaroth Backdoor malware Backdoors Bemstour CVE-2017-11882 China Chopper Cobalt Cobalt Strike Cobalt Strike (used by adversary) CordScan Custom PowerShell scripts Custom malware Custom tools Emissary Fscan GTPDOOR Global Hafnium HyperBro Imperial Kitten Labyrinth Chollima Leverage Naikon Nexus Ninja Payload Payload PingPong backdoor PingPull PlugX PowerShell ProxyChains Responder SIGTRANslator STOP Samurai ShadowPad Spear-phishing TinyShell Tsunami Unknown Web Shells Wicked Winnti iptables wrapper binary phishing route sgsnemu2 SGSN emulator

Indicators of Compromise (39)

Domain

TEMP.Zagros TEMP.Periscope libcord.so proxychains.conf dbus.log packet.pcap installnow.sh httpd.conf +5 more

Filename

bitsadmin.exe ntdsutil.exe netsh.exe wmic.exe certutil.exe

SHA-256 Hash

4480b58979cc913c27673b2f681335deb1627e9ba95073a941f4cd6d6bcd6181 97d4c9b5750d614face73d11ba8532e53594332af53f4c07c1543195225b76eb ad9fef1b86b57a504cfa1cfbda2e2ac509750035bff54e1ca06f7ff311d94689 bf5806cebc5d1a042f87abadf686fb623613ed33591df1a944b5e7879fb189c8 78c579319734a81c0e6d08f1b9ac59366229f1256a0b0d5661763f6931c3b63c 4668561d60daeb7a4a50a9c3e210a4343f92cadbf2d52caab5684440da6bf562 65143ccb5a955a22d6004033d073ecb49eba9227237a46929495246e36eff8e1 16294086be1cc853f75e864a405f31e2da621cb9d6a59f2a71a2fca4e268b6c2 +4 more

IPv4 Address

172.104.236.0 45.76.215.0 45.33.77.0 139.162.156.0 167.179.91.0 45.32.116.0 207.148.24.0 172.104.79.0 +1 more

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

39 MITRE ATT&CK mitigations cover detected techniques

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Reconnaissance (2)

M1017 User Training M1054 Software Configuration

Weaponization (1)

M1056 Pre-compromise

Delivery (16)

M1016 Vulnerability Scanning M1017 User Training M1018 User Account Management M1021 Restrict Web-Based Content M1026 Privileged Account Management +11 more

Exploitation (16)

M1017 User Training M1018 User Account Management M1019 Threat Intelligence Program M1021 Restrict Web-Based Content M1026 Privileged Account Management +11 more

Installation (18)

M1015 Active Directory Configuration M1017 User Training M1018 User Account Management M1022 Restrict File and Directory Permissions M1025 Privileged Process Integrity +13 more

Command & Control (19)

M1013 Application Developer Guidance M1018 User Account Management M1020 SSL/TLS Inspection M1021 Restrict Web-Based Content M1026 Privileged Account Management +14 more

Actions on Objectives (20)

M1013 Application Developer Guidance M1015 Active Directory Configuration M1017 User Training M1018 User Account Management M1022 Restrict File and Directory Permissions +15 more

Detection Coverage

46 strategies

7/7 stages covered

Reconnaissance (1)

DET0865 Detection of Spearphishing Attachment

Weaponization (1)

DET0883 Detection of Botnet

Delivery (4)

DET0080 Exploit Public-Facing Application – mult... DET0107 Detection Strategy for Spearphishing Lin... DET0236 Detection Strategy for Spearphishing Att... DET0488 Detect abuse of Trusted Relationships (t...

Exploitation (9)

DET0010 Behavioral Detection of Event Triggered... DET0202 Behavioral Detection of Windows Command... DET0287 Exploitation for Client Execution – cros... DET0294 User Execution – Malicious File via down... DET0384 Behavioral Detection of Unix Shell Execu... +4 more

Installation (7)

DET0234 Credential Dumping via Sensitive Memory... DET0314 Detection Strategy for Network Sniffing... DET0365 Detect Registry and Startup Folder Persi... DET0376 Behavioral Detection Strategy for Networ... DET0394 Web Shell Detection via Server Behavior... +2 more

Command & Control (14)

DET0027 Detection of Web Protocol-Based C2 Over... DET0185 Behavioral Detection Strategy for Use Al... DET0227 Detection Strategy for Non-Standard Port... DET0298 Detect Archiving via Utility (T1560.001) DET0301 Removable Media Execution Chain Detectio... +9 more

Actions on Objectives (10)

DET0023 Obfuscated Binary Unpacking Detection vi... DET0127 Behavioral Detection of Masquerading Acr... DET0140 Behavioral Detection of Malicious File D... DET0150 Detection Strategy for File Creation or... DET0184 Behavioral Detection of Indicator Remova... +5 more

Diamond Model of Intrusion

Adversary · Capability · Infrastructure · Victim

Completeness

4/4

Adversary

Confidence

60%

LIMINAL PANDA

Type: Unknown Active

UNC6384 CL-STA-0969 the LightBasin activity cluster

Infrastructure 22 IOC(s)

50%

Domain

TEMP.Zagros TEMP.Periscope libcord.so proxychains.conf dbus.log +8

IPv4 Address

172.104.236.0 45.76.215.0 45.33.77.0 139.162.156.0 167.179.91.0 +4

Artifacts (17)

bitsadmin.exe ntdsutil.exe netsh.exe wmic.exe certutil.exe 4480b58979cc913c27673b2f681335deb1627e9ba95073a941f4cd6d6bcd6181 +11

Capability

50%

50 technique(s) 48 tool(s)/malware 40 CVE(s)

Astaroth Backdoor malware Backdoors Bemstour CVE-2017-11882 China Chopper Cobalt Cobalt Strike +40

T1045 T1065 T1533 T1574.002

collection

T1005 T1114 T1560.001

command and control

T1071 T1071.001 T1071.004 T1090 +3

credential access

T1003 T1040 T1110.001 T1552.004

Victim

70%

Targeted Sectors

telecommunications government defense financial-services non-profit education energy critical-infrastructure aerospace pharmaceutical maritime media think-tank information-technology healthcare gaming legal-services hospitality aviation transportation

Targeted Countries

CN US RU KP JP IL BR AU VN IN CA GB DE UA KR TW BY

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)

T1598.002

Capability (Malware)

Astaroth Backdoor malware Backdoors

Infrastructure

TEMP.Zagros TEMP.Periscope libcord.so

2 Weaponization

Capability (Techniques)

T1584.005

Capability (Malware)

Astaroth Backdoor malware Backdoors

Infrastructure

TEMP.Zagros TEMP.Periscope libcord.so

3 Delivery

Capability (Techniques)

T1190 T1199 T1566.001 T1566.002

Capability (Malware)

Astaroth Backdoor malware Backdoors

Infrastructure

TEMP.Zagros TEMP.Periscope libcord.so

4 Exploitation

Capability (Techniques)

T1053.005 T1059 T1059.001 T1059.003 T1059.004

Capability (Malware)

Astaroth Backdoor malware Backdoors

Infrastructure

TEMP.Zagros TEMP.Periscope libcord.so

5 Installation

Capability (Techniques)

T1003 T1040 T1110.001 T1552.004 T1046

Capability (Malware)

Astaroth Backdoor malware Backdoors

Infrastructure

TEMP.Zagros TEMP.Periscope libcord.so

6 Command & Control

Capability (Techniques)

T1005 T1114 T1560.001 T1071 T1071.001

Capability (Malware)

Astaroth Backdoor malware Backdoors

Infrastructure

TEMP.Zagros TEMP.Periscope libcord.so

7 Actions on Objectives

Capability (Techniques)

T1041 T1486

Capability (Malware)

Astaroth Backdoor malware Backdoors

Infrastructure

TEMP.Zagros TEMP.Periscope libcord.so