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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Storm-2460 (threat actor)

Risk

Critical

40 techniques 42 tools/malware 40 vulnerabilities 40 IOCs 5/7 stages covered Deepest: Actions on Objectives

1 Reconnaissance

No data

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2 Weaponization

No data

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3 Delivery

T1190

Exploit Public-Facing Application initial access

T1566.001

Spearphishing Attachment initial access

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4 Exploitation

T1047

Windows Management Instrumentation execution

T1053.005

Scheduled Task execution

T1059

Command and Scripting Interpreter execution

T1059.001

PowerShell execution

T1059.003

Windows Command Shell execution

T1204.002

Malicious File execution

T1068

Exploitation for Privilege Escalation privilege escalation

T1548.002

Bypass User Account Control privilege escalation

T1548.003

Sudo and Sudo Caching privilege escalation

CVE CVE-2010-3333

CVE CVE-2011-0611

CVE CVE-2011-3544

CVE CVE-2012-0158

CVE CVE-2012-1889

CVE CVE-2012-4681

CVE CVE-2013-2460

CVE CVE-2013-2465

CVE CVE-2014-0322

CVE CVE-2014-4114

CVE CVE-2015-1641

CVE CVE-2017-0199

CVE CVE-2017-11882

CVE CVE-2017-8570

CVE CVE-2017-8759

CVE CVE-2018-0798

CVE CVE-2018-0802

CVE CVE-2018-4878

CVE CVE-2018-8174

CVE CVE-2021-3156

CVE CVE-2021-34527

CVE CVE-2021-40444

CVE CVE-2021-44228

CVE CVE-2022-22965

CVE CVE-2022-26134

CVE CVE-2022-30190

CVE CVE-2023-24489

CVE CVE-2023-36884

CVE CVE-2023-47246

CVE CVE-2024-21378

CVE CVE-2024-37085

CVE CVE-2025-29824

CVE CVE-2025-31324

CVE CVE-2025-43300

CVE CVE-2025-53770

CVE CVE-2025-54948

CVE CVE-2025-54987

CVE CVE-2025-59287

CVE CVE-2025-8088

CVE CVE-2026-24061

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5 Installation

T1003.001

LSASS Memory credential access

T1110.003

Password Spraying credential access

T1649

Steal or Forge Authentication Certificates credential access

T1012

Query Registry discovery

T1016

System Network Configuration Discovery discovery

T1018

Remote System Discovery discovery

T1033

System Owner/User Discovery discovery

T1069.002

Domain Groups discovery

T1082

System Information Discovery discovery

T1087.002

Domain Account discovery

T1098

Account Manipulation persistence

T1133

External Remote Services persistence

T1543

Create or Modify System Process persistence

T1543.003

Windows Service persistence

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6 Command & Control

T1105

Ingress Tool Transfer command and control

T1021.001

Remote Desktop Protocol lateral movement

T1021.003

Distributed Component Object Model lateral movement

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7 Actions on Objectives

T1112

Modify Registry defense impairment

T1222.001

Windows Permissions defense impairment

T1484

Domain or Tenant Policy Modification defense impairment

T1685

Disable or Modify Tools defense impairment

T1485

Data Destruction impact

T1055

Process Injection stealth

T1070.004

File Deletion stealth

T1078

Valid Accounts stealth

T1218

System Binary Proxy Execution stealth

T1218.005

Mshta stealth

T1218.011

Rundll32 stealth

T1574.001

DLL stealth

Stage risk: Critical High Medium None

Tools & Malware (42)

Azorult BRICKSTORM BlackByte BlackByte Ransomware BlankGrabber Cobalt Cobalt Strike DarkGate DarkGate malware HellCat Ransomware IcedID Interlock Lokibot Medusa Medusa Ransomware Nexus Payload Payload Phantom Stealer PipeMagic PowerShell Prestige QakBot Quasar Quasar RAT RedLine RedLine Stealer Remcos Rhysida Rundll32 Rungan backdoor Rustonotto Scheduled Tasks SolarWinds Unknown VIP Keylogger XWorm certutil njRAT phishing rhysida Ransomware rundll32

Indicators of Compromise (40)

Domain

Processes.dest Processes.user DE.CM replay.py c1.metadata c1.target.ip c1.principal.hostname c1.principal +23 more

Filename

Get-Variable.EXE CertUtil.exe rwdrv.sys hlpdrv.sys MSHTML.DLL Sc.EXE Explorer.exe Net.EXE +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

35 MITRE ATT&CK mitigations cover detected techniques

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Delivery (15)

M1016 Vulnerability Scanning M1017 User Training M1018 User Account Management M1021 Restrict Web-Based Content M1026 Privileged Account Management +10 more

Exploitation (18)

M1017 User Training M1018 User Account Management M1019 Threat Intelligence Program M1021 Restrict Web-Based Content M1022 Restrict File and Directory Permissions +13 more

Installation (21)

M1015 Active Directory Configuration M1017 User Training M1018 User Account Management M1021 Restrict Web-Based Content M1022 Restrict File and Directory Permissions +16 more

Command & Control (11)

M1018 User Account Management M1026 Privileged Account Management M1028 Operating System Configuration M1030 Network Segmentation M1031 Network Intrusion Prevention +6 more

Actions on Objectives (21)

M1013 Application Developer Guidance M1015 Active Directory Configuration M1017 User Training M1018 User Account Management M1021 Restrict Web-Based Content +16 more

Detection Coverage

40 strategies

5/7 stages covered

Delivery (2)

DET0080 Exploit Public-Facing Application – mult... DET0236 Detection Strategy for Spearphishing Att...

Exploitation (9)

DET0052 Behavioral Detection Strategy for Abuse... DET0202 Behavioral Detection of Windows Command... DET0294 User Execution – Malicious File via down... DET0364 Behavioral Detection Strategy for WMI Ex... DET0388 Detection Strategy for T1548.002 – Bypas... +4 more

Installation (14)

DET0093 Behavioral Detection of User Discovery v... DET0096 Account Manipulation Behavior Chain Dete... DET0129 Domain Account Enumeration Across Platfo... DET0195 Behavioral Detection of System Network C... DET0209 Detection of Registry Query for Environm... +9 more

Command & Control (3)

DET0060 Detect Ingress Tool Transfers via Behavi... DET0285 Multi-Event Behavioral Detection for DCO... DET0327 Multi-event Detection Strategy for RDP-B...

Actions on Objectives (12)

DET0081 Detection of Proxy Execution via Trusted... DET0140 Behavioral Detection of Malicious File D... DET0146 Detection of Data Destruction Across Pla... DET0201 Detection Strategy for Hijack Execution... DET0270 Detection of Domain or Tenant Policy Mod... +7 more

Diamond Model of Intrusion

Adversary · Capability · Infrastructure · Victim

Completeness

4/4

Adversary

Confidence

60%

Storm-2460

Type: Unknown Active

tracked as CVE-2025-29824 Mustang Panda Secret Blizzard Google Sheets +4 more

Infrastructure 31 IOC(s)

50%

Domain

Processes.dest Processes.user DE.CM replay.py c1.metadata +26

Artifacts (9)

Get-Variable.EXE CertUtil.exe rwdrv.sys hlpdrv.sys MSHTML.DLL Sc.EXE +3

Capability

50%

40 technique(s) 42 tool(s)/malware 40 CVE(s)

Azorult BRICKSTORM BlackByte BlackByte Ransomware BlankGrabber Cobalt Cobalt Strike DarkGate +34

command and control

T1105

credential access

T1003.001 T1110.003 T1649

defense impairment

T1112 T1222.001 T1484 T1685

discovery

T1012 T1016 T1018 T1033 +3

Victim

70%

Targeted Sectors

government financial-services defense telecommunications healthcare education non-profit maritime energy utilities information-technology manufacturing transportation critical-infrastructure media think-tank aviation legal-services

Targeted Countries

CN US RU TW UA GB RO IR NL FR KP CA MX IN DE ES IT JP BR SA PK

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

3 Delivery

Capability (Techniques)

T1190 T1566.001

Capability (Malware)

Azorult BRICKSTORM BlackByte

Infrastructure

Processes.dest Processes.user DE.CM

4 Exploitation

Capability (Techniques)

T1047 T1053.005 T1059 T1059.001 T1059.003

Capability (Malware)

Azorult BRICKSTORM BlackByte

Infrastructure

Processes.dest Processes.user DE.CM

5 Installation

Capability (Techniques)

T1003.001 T1110.003 T1649 T1012 T1016

Capability (Malware)

Azorult BRICKSTORM BlackByte

Infrastructure

Processes.dest Processes.user DE.CM

6 Command & Control

Capability (Techniques)

T1105 T1021.001 T1021.003

Capability (Malware)

Azorult BRICKSTORM BlackByte

Infrastructure

Processes.dest Processes.user DE.CM

7 Actions on Objectives

Capability (Techniques)

T1485

Capability (Malware)

Azorult BRICKSTORM BlackByte

Infrastructure

Processes.dest Processes.user DE.CM