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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PayTool (threat actor)

Risk

Critical

64 techniques 42 tools/malware 0 vulnerabilities 39 IOCs 7/7 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

T1566

Phishing initial access

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4 Exploitation

T1059

Command and Scripting Interpreter execution

T1059.001

PowerShell execution

T1609

Container Administration Command execution

T1651

Cloud Administration Command execution

T1548

Abuse Elevation Control Mechanism privilege escalation

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5 Installation

T1040

Network Sniffing credential access

T1110

Brute Force credential access

T1557

Adversary-in-the-Middle credential access

T1007

System Service Discovery discovery

T1010

Application Window Discovery discovery

T1087

Account Discovery discovery

T1201

Password Policy 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

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

T1560

Archive Collected Data collection

T1071

Application Layer Protocol command and control

T1092

Communication Through Removable Media command and control

T1104

Multi-Stage Channels command and control

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7 Actions on Objectives

T1112

Modify Registry defense impairment

T1578

Modify Cloud Compute Infrastructure defense impairment

T1020

Automated Exfiltration exfiltration

T1531

Account Access Removal impact

T1036

Masquerading stealth

T1078

Valid Accounts stealth

T1134

Access Token Manipulation stealth

T1197

BITS Jobs stealth

T1612

Build Image on Host stealth

T1065

T1150

T1233

T1272

T1281

T1314

T1329

T1332

T1346

T1398

T1405

T1410

T1420

T1437

T1442

T1459

T1503

T1562

Stage risk: Critical High Medium None

Tools & Malware (42)

AppDomainManager BITS Backdoors ClickFix Cloudflare Workers Cursor Exploitation tools GitHub Global Group Policy Hook Infostealer Interception Keyloggers Leverage MSBuild Malware Payloads Microsoft Defender XDR Microsoft OneDrive Microsoft Teams PLAY Payload Payload Phishing emails PowerShell Process Hollowing PsExec Quasar Remote access tools Rundll32 STOP ScreenConnect Unknown Visual Studio Code Windows Command Shell curl inter macOS ClickFix netsh netsh.exe phishing systemd

Indicators of Compromise (39)

Domain

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

Filename

vmtoolsd.exe scrnsave.scr Netsh.exe netsh.exe ntsd.exe notepad.exe pcalua.exe Scriptrunner.exe +16 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

29 MITRE ATT&CK mitigations cover detected techniques

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Reconnaissance (1)

M1056 Pre-compromise

Weaponization (1)

M1056 Pre-compromise

Delivery (6)

M1017 User Training M1021 Restrict Web-Based Content M1031 Network Intrusion Prevention M1047 Audit M1049 Antivirus/Antimalware +1 more

Exploitation (15)

M1018 User Account Management M1021 Restrict Web-Based Content M1022 Restrict File and Directory Permissions M1026 Privileged Account Management M1028 Operating System Configuration +10 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 (9)

M1017 User Training M1018 User Account Management M1028 Operating System Configuration M1029 Remote Data Storage M1031 Network Intrusion Prevention +4 more

Actions on Objectives (19)

M1013 Application Developer Guidance M1015 Active Directory Configuration M1017 User Training M1018 User Account Management M1022 Restrict File and Directory Permissions +14 more

Detection Coverage

46 strategies

7/7 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

Delivery (1)

DET0070 Detection Strategy for Phishing across p...

Exploitation (5)

DET0065 Detection Strategy for Container Adminis... DET0345 Detection Strategy for Abuse Elevation C... DET0455 Abuse of PowerShell for Arbitrary Execut... DET0516 Behavioral Detection of Command and Scri... DET0545 Detection Strategy for Cloud Administrat...

Installation (18)

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... DET0161 Password Policy Discovery – cross-platfo... +13 more

Command & Control (8)

DET0090 Cross-host C2 via Removable Media Relay DET0186 Automated File and API Collection Detect... DET0221 Behavioral Detection Strategy for T1123... DET0228 Detect Multi-Stage Command and Control C... DET0341 Clipboard Data Access with Anomalous Con... +3 more

Actions on Objectives (9)

DET0098 Detect abuse of Windows BITS Jobs for do... DET0120 Account Access Removal via Multi-Platfor... DET0127 Behavioral Detection of Masquerading Acr... DET0280 Behavior-Based Registry Modification Det... DET0283 Behavior-chain detection for T1134 Acces... +4 more

Diamond Model of Intrusion

Adversary · Capability · Infrastructure · Victim

Completeness

4/4

Adversary

Confidence

60%

PayTool

Type: Unknown Active

tracked as services other system resources public key cryptography one private +8 more

Infrastructure 15 IOC(s)

50%

Domain

demo-cloud.space com.apple.loginwindow com.apple.loginwindow.plist privileges.Trust sitecustomize.py +10

Artifacts (24)

vmtoolsd.exe scrnsave.scr Netsh.exe netsh.exe ntsd.exe notepad.exe +18

Capability

50%

64 technique(s) 42 tool(s)/malware

AppDomainManager BITS Backdoors ClickFix Cloudflare Workers Cursor Exploitation tools GitHub +34

T1065 T1150 T1233 T1272 +14

collection

T1115 T1119 T1123 T1185 +1

command and control

T1071 T1092 T1104

credential access

T1040 T1110 T1557

Victim

70%

Targeted Sectors

financial-services education government media defense non-profit healthcare food-agriculture energy information-technology critical-infrastructure

Targeted Countries

US IR IL SA RU SY

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 Backdoors

Infrastructure

demo-cloud.space com.apple.loginwindow com.apple.loginwindow.plist

2 Weaponization

Capability (Techniques)

T1583 T1584 T1586 T1650

Capability (Malware)

AppDomainManager BITS Backdoors

Infrastructure

demo-cloud.space com.apple.loginwindow com.apple.loginwindow.plist

3 Delivery

Capability (Techniques)

T1566

Capability (Malware)

AppDomainManager BITS Backdoors

Infrastructure

demo-cloud.space com.apple.loginwindow com.apple.loginwindow.plist

4 Exploitation

Capability (Techniques)

T1059 T1059.001 T1609 T1651 T1548

Capability (Malware)

AppDomainManager BITS Backdoors

Infrastructure

demo-cloud.space com.apple.loginwindow com.apple.loginwindow.plist

5 Installation

Capability (Techniques)

T1040 T1110 T1557 T1007 T1010

Capability (Malware)

AppDomainManager BITS Backdoors

Infrastructure

demo-cloud.space com.apple.loginwindow com.apple.loginwindow.plist

6 Command & Control

Capability (Techniques)

T1115 T1119 T1123 T1185 T1560

Capability (Malware)

AppDomainManager BITS Backdoors

Infrastructure

demo-cloud.space com.apple.loginwindow com.apple.loginwindow.plist

7 Actions on Objectives

Capability (Techniques)

T1020 T1531

Capability (Malware)

AppDomainManager BITS Backdoors

Infrastructure

demo-cloud.space com.apple.loginwindow com.apple.loginwindow.plist