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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ITSecTeam (threat actor)

Risk

High

9 techniques 44 tools/malware 3 vulnerabilities 40 IOCs 5/7 stages covered Deepest: Actions on Objectives

1 Reconnaissance

T1681

Search Threat Vendor Data reconnaissance

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2 Weaponization

No data

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3 Delivery

T1190

Exploit Public-Facing Application initial access

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4 Exploitation

CVE CVE-2014-6352

CVE CVE-2022-42475

CVE CVE-2024-3400

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5 Installation

No data

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6 Command & Control

T1213

Data from Information Repositories collection

T1132.001

Standard Encoding command and control

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7 Actions on Objectives

T1127

Trusted Developer Utilities Proxy Execution stealth

T1542

Pre-OS Boot stealth

T1678

Delay Execution stealth

T5000

T9000

Stage risk: Critical High Medium None

Tools & Malware (44)

AcidRain Akira BLINDINGCAN Backdoor malware Backdoors BeaverTail Black Basta BlackByte BlackByte Ransomware Cobalt Cobalt Strike Conti Custom Backdoor Desert Scorpion Embargo Exaramel FiveHands GitHub Havij HiddenFace Kimsuky LockBit Medusa Mimikatz Mobile malware MuddyWater Naikon OilRig PLAY Payload Payload PlugX PowerShell PowerShell backdoor Rootkit Shamoon SolarWinds Stuxnet TrickBot Trojan Turla Web Shell Wiper malware phishing

Indicators of Compromise (40)

Domain

demo-cloud.space cisa.gov Trojan-SMS.AndroidOS.Agent.ao Trojan-SMS.AndroidOS.FakeInst Trojan-SMS.AndroidOS.OpFake Trojan.Mebromi HHS.gov Congress.gov +17 more

Filename

cmd.exe Node.js enterprise-attack-v17.1-software.xlsx at.exe net.exe cipher.exe attrib.exe lcommute.exe +7 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

21 MITRE ATT&CK mitigations cover detected techniques

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Reconnaissance (1)

M1056 Pre-compromise

Delivery (8)

M1016 Vulnerability Scanning M1026 Privileged Account Management M1030 Network Segmentation M1035 Limit Access to Resource Over Network M1037 Filter Network Traffic +3 more

Command & Control (8)

M1017 User Training M1018 User Account Management M1031 Network Intrusion Prevention M1032 Multi-factor Authentication M1041 Encrypt Sensitive Information +3 more

Actions on Objectives (8)

M1021 Restrict Web-Based Content M1026 Privileged Account Management M1035 Limit Access to Resource Over Network M1038 Execution Prevention M1042 Disable or Remove Feature or Program +3 more

Detection Coverage

7 strategies

4/7 stages covered

Reconnaissance (1)

DET0866 Detection of Search Threat Vendor Data

Delivery (1)

DET0080 Exploit Public-Facing Application – mult...

Command & Control (2)

DET0124 Behavior-chain detection for T1132.001 D... DET0413 Abuse of Information Repositories for Da...

Actions on Objectives (3)

DET0172 Behavior-chain, platform-aware detection... DET0278 Detection Strategy for T1542 Pre-OS Boot DET0372 Multi-Platform Detection Strategy for T1...

Diamond Model of Intrusion

Adversary · Capability · Infrastructure · Victim

Completeness

4/4

Adversary

Confidence

70%

ITSecTeam

Type: Nation-State Active

tracked as Cobalt Illusion APT28 Pawn Storm Fancy Bear +12 more

Infrastructure 25 IOC(s)

50%

Domain

demo-cloud.space cisa.gov Trojan-SMS.AndroidOS.Agent.ao Trojan-SMS.AndroidOS.FakeInst Trojan-SMS.AndroidOS.OpFake +20

Artifacts (15)

cmd.exe Node.js enterprise-attack-v17.1-software.xlsx at.exe net.exe cipher.exe +9

Capability

50%

9 technique(s) 44 tool(s)/malware 3 CVE(s)

AcidRain Akira BLINDINGCAN Backdoor malware Backdoors BeaverTail Black Basta BlackByte +36

T5000 T9000

collection

T1213

command and control

T1132.001

initial access

T1190

Victim

70%

Targeted Sectors

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

Targeted Countries

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

Diamond Model Meta-Features

Phase

Actions on Objectives

Result

Active

Direction

Adversary → Infrastructure → Victim

Methodology

Nation-State

Resources

government

Adversary → Capability

Adversary → Infrastructure

Capability → Victim

Infrastructure → Victim

Diamond Model edges

Activity Threads Kill chain phase → Diamond Model event mapping

1 Reconnaissance

Capability (Techniques)

T1681

Capability (Malware)

AcidRain Akira BLINDINGCAN

Infrastructure

demo-cloud.space cisa.gov Trojan-SMS.AndroidOS.Agent.ao

3 Delivery

Capability (Techniques)

T1190

Capability (Malware)

AcidRain Akira BLINDINGCAN

Infrastructure

demo-cloud.space cisa.gov Trojan-SMS.AndroidOS.Agent.ao

6 Command & Control

Capability (Techniques)

T1213 T1132.001

Capability (Malware)

AcidRain Akira BLINDINGCAN

Infrastructure

demo-cloud.space cisa.gov Trojan-SMS.AndroidOS.Agent.ao