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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UNC4487 (threat actor)

Risk

Critical

45 techniques 42 tools/malware 1 vulnerabilities 40 IOCs 6/7 stages covered Deepest: Actions on Objectives

1 Reconnaissance

T1595

Active Scanning reconnaissance

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2 Weaponization

T1583

Acquire Infrastructure resource development

T1584

Compromise Infrastructure resource development

T1586

Compromise Accounts resource development

T1650

Acquire Access resource development

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3 Delivery

No data

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4 Exploitation

T1059

Command and Scripting Interpreter execution

T1204.004

Malicious Copy and Paste execution

T1609

Container Administration Command execution

T1651

Cloud Administration Command execution

T1548

Abuse Elevation Control Mechanism privilege escalation

CVE CVE-2020-14871

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5 Installation

T1110

Brute Force credential access

T1557

Adversary-in-the-Middle credential access

T1010

Application Window Discovery discovery

T1087

Account Discovery discovery

T1217

Browser Information Discovery discovery

T1526

Cloud Service Discovery discovery

T1538

Cloud Service Dashboard discovery

T1580

Cloud Infrastructure Discovery discovery

T1613

Container and Resource Discovery discovery

T1619

Cloud Storage Object Discovery discovery

T1037

Boot or Logon Initialization Scripts persistence

T1098

Account Manipulation persistence

T1136

Create Account persistence

T1547

Boot or Logon Autostart Execution persistence

T1554

Compromise Host Software Binary persistence

T1671

Cloud Application Integration persistence

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6 Command & Control

T1115

Clipboard Data collection

T1119

Automated Collection collection

T1123

Audio Capture collection

T1185

Browser Session Hijacking collection

T1530

Data from Cloud Storage collection

T1560

Archive Collected Data collection

T1071

Application Layer Protocol command and control

T1092

Communication Through Removable Media command and control

T1105

Ingress Tool Transfer command and control

T1021

Remote Services lateral movement

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7 Actions on Objectives

T1020

Automated Exfiltration exfiltration

T1499

Endpoint Denial of Service impact

T1531

Account Access Removal impact

T1027

Obfuscated Files or Information stealth

T1134

Access Token Manipulation stealth

T1197

BITS Jobs stealth

T1612

Build Image on Host stealth

T1074.003

T1515

Stage risk: Critical High Medium None

Tools & Malware (42)

AppDomainManager BITS BLINDINGCAN Backdoors ChillyHell ClickFix Cobalt FAKEUPDATES GitHub Global Group Policy Havex RAT Hook Hunter Interception KongTuke Leverage LummaC2 Lynx Maggie Matrix MintsLoader Netsupport Manager Payload Payload PlugX PowerShell Rhadamanthys Ryuk Ryuk Ransomware STOP SUNBURST SocGholish Telegram Trojan Windows Command Shell ZynorRAT fakeCAPTCHA inter netsh phishing systemd

Indicators of Compromise (40)

Domain

demo-cloud.space cisa.gov com.apple.loginwindow com.apple.loginwindow.plist privileges.Trust sitecustomize.py usercustomize.py pastebin.com +7 more

Filename

pcalua.exe vmtoolsd.exe scrnsave.scr Netsh.exe netsh.exe ntsd.exe notepad.exe Scriptrunner.exe +17 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

26 MITRE ATT&CK mitigations cover detected techniques

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Reconnaissance (1)

M1056 Pre-compromise

Weaponization (1)

M1056 Pre-compromise

Exploitation (16)

M1018 User Account Management M1021 Restrict Web-Based Content M1022 Restrict File and Directory Permissions M1026 Privileged Account Management M1028 Operating System Configuration +11 more

Installation (17)

M1017 User Training M1018 User Account Management M1022 Restrict File and Directory Permissions M1024 Restrict Registry Permissions M1026 Privileged Account Management +12 more

Command & Control (13)

M1017 User Training M1018 User Account Management M1022 Restrict File and Directory Permissions M1027 Password Policies M1028 Operating System Configuration +8 more

Actions on Objectives (10)

M1017 User Training M1018 User Account Management M1026 Privileged Account Management M1028 Operating System Configuration M1030 Network Segmentation +5 more

Detection Coverage

43 strategies

6/7 stages covered

Reconnaissance (1)

DET0830 Detection of Active Scanning

Weaponization (4)

DET0876 Detection of Compromise Accounts DET0884 Detection of Acquire Access DET0885 Detection of Compromise Infrastructure DET0895 Detection of Acquire Infrastructure

Exploitation (5)

DET0065 Detection Strategy for Container Adminis... DET0340 User Execution – Malicious Copy & Paste... DET0345 Detection Strategy for Abuse Elevation C... DET0516 Behavioral Detection of Command and Scri... DET0545 Detection Strategy for Cloud Administrat...

Installation (16)

DET0013 Detection of Local Browser Artifact Acce... DET0096 Account Manipulation Behavior Chain Dete... DET0097 Detection of Application Window Enumerat... DET0112 Boot or Logon Initialization Scripts Det... DET0169 Detection Strategy for Cloud Infrastruct... +11 more

Command & Control (10)

DET0060 Detect Ingress Tool Transfers via Behavi... DET0090 Cross-host C2 via Removable Media Relay DET0186 Automated File and API Collection Detect... DET0221 Behavioral Detection Strategy for T1123... DET0269 Behavioral Detection Strategy for Remote... +5 more

Actions on Objectives (7)

DET0098 Detect abuse of Windows BITS Jobs for do... DET0120 Account Access Removal via Multi-Platfor... DET0208 Endpoint Resource Saturation and Crash P... DET0283 Behavior-chain detection for T1134 Acces... DET0378 Behavioral Detection of Obfuscated Files... +2 more

Diamond Model of Intrusion

Adversary · Capability · Infrastructure · Victim

Completeness

4/4

Adversary

Confidence

60%

UNC4487

Type: Unknown Active

tracked as services other system resources public key cryptography one private +10 more

Infrastructure 15 IOC(s)

50%

Domain

demo-cloud.space cisa.gov com.apple.loginwindow com.apple.loginwindow.plist privileges.Trust +10

Artifacts (25)

pcalua.exe vmtoolsd.exe scrnsave.scr Netsh.exe netsh.exe ntsd.exe +19

Capability

50%

45 technique(s) 42 tool(s)/malware 1 CVE(s)

AppDomainManager BITS BLINDINGCAN Backdoors ChillyHell ClickFix Cobalt FAKEUPDATES +34

T1074.003 T1515

collection

T1115 T1119 T1123 T1185 +2

command and control

T1071 T1092 T1105

credential access

T1110 T1557

Victim

70%

Targeted Sectors

media defense financial-services healthcare energy information-technology manufacturing gaming government

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)

T1595

Capability (Malware)

AppDomainManager BITS BLINDINGCAN

Infrastructure

demo-cloud.space cisa.gov com.apple.loginwindow

2 Weaponization

Capability (Techniques)

T1583 T1584 T1586 T1650

Capability (Malware)

AppDomainManager BITS BLINDINGCAN

Infrastructure

demo-cloud.space cisa.gov com.apple.loginwindow

4 Exploitation

Capability (Techniques)

T1059 T1204.004 T1609 T1651 T1548

Capability (Malware)

AppDomainManager BITS BLINDINGCAN

Infrastructure

demo-cloud.space cisa.gov com.apple.loginwindow

5 Installation

Capability (Techniques)

T1110 T1557 T1010 T1087 T1217

Capability (Malware)

AppDomainManager BITS BLINDINGCAN

Infrastructure

demo-cloud.space cisa.gov com.apple.loginwindow

6 Command & Control

Capability (Techniques)

T1115 T1119 T1123 T1185 T1530

Capability (Malware)

AppDomainManager BITS BLINDINGCAN

Infrastructure

demo-cloud.space cisa.gov com.apple.loginwindow

7 Actions on Objectives

Capability (Techniques)

T1020 T1499 T1531

Capability (Malware)

AppDomainManager BITS BLINDINGCAN

Infrastructure

demo-cloud.space cisa.gov com.apple.loginwindow