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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APT17 (threat actor)

Risk

Critical

19 techniques 63 tools/malware 18 vulnerabilities 37 IOCs 6/7 stages covered Deepest: Actions on Objectives

1 Reconnaissance

No data

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2 Weaponization

T1583

Acquire Infrastructure resource development

T1583.001

Domains resource development

T1583.003

Virtual Private Server resource development

T1583.004

Server resource development

T1583.006

Web Services resource development

T1584

Compromise Infrastructure resource development

T1584.001

Domains resource development

T1584.003

Virtual Private Server resource development

T1584.004

Server resource development

T1585

Establish Accounts resource development

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3 Delivery

T1190

Exploit Public-Facing Application initial access

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4 Exploitation

T1047

Windows Management Instrumentation execution

T1059.001

PowerShell execution

CVE CVE-2009-3960

CVE CVE-2010-2861

CVE CVE-2013-3893

CVE CVE-2018-13379

CVE CVE-2019-0604

CVE CVE-2019-3980

CVE CVE-2021-31207

CVE CVE-2021-34473

CVE CVE-2021-34523

CVE CVE-2022-41352

CVE CVE-2023-23397

CVE CVE-2023-2868

CVE CVE-2023-32315

CVE CVE-2023-36802

CVE CVE-2023-42793

CVE CVE-2023-48788

CVE CVE-2024-1709

CVE CVE-2025-0411

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5 Installation

T1098

Account Manipulation persistence

T1136.001

Local Account persistence

T1136.002

Domain Account persistence

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6 Command & Control

T1105

Ingress Tool Transfer command and control

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7 Actions on Objectives

T1486

Data Encrypted for Impact impact

T1086

Stage risk: Critical High Medium None

Tools & Malware (63)

APT38 Akira AppleJeus Aurora BLACKCOFFEE Backdoor.Boda Backdoor.Moudoor Backdoor.Vasport BlackByte Carbanak China Chopper Cobalt Cobalt Strike Confucius Cring.exe Dark Deputy Deputy Dog DeputyDog DestroyRAT ElysiumO.exe FatalRat Gh0st Ghost.exe Global Hafnium Hikit Hydraq J-magic Joy RAT Kimsuky Locker.exe Lynx Machete Merlin MuddyWater Mythic Naikon Nexus OilRig Payload Payload Phishing emails PlugX Polyglot PowerShell Remote access tools Sagerunex Sakula ShadowPad SideWinder Trojan Trojan.Hydraq Trojan.Naid Unknown Void WEBCnC Winnti Zero-day exploits ZxShell gh0st RAT phishing route

Indicators of Compromise (37)

Domain

TEMP.Veles TEMP.Avengers TEMP.Hippo TMP.Lapis TEMP.Zagros TEMP.Jumper TEMP.Periscope TEMP.Hex +23 more

Email Address

rocke@live.cn

Filename

1356-c1c0cbeca59ade9b.js 8985-aac998da933c9fa0.js 5889-e987f21560aaf28e.js makecab.exe c16f53c3-409df1246fc2628c.js

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

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Weaponization (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

Exploitation (7)

M1018 User Account Management M1026 Privileged Account Management M1038 Execution Prevention M1040 Behavior Prevention on Endpoint M1042 Disable or Remove Feature or Program +2 more

Installation (7)

M1018 User Account Management M1022 Restrict File and Directory Permissions M1026 Privileged Account Management M1028 Operating System Configuration M1030 Network Segmentation +2 more

Command & Control (2)

M1031 Network Intrusion Prevention M1037 Filter Network Traffic

Actions on Objectives (2)

M1040 Behavior Prevention on Endpoint M1053 Data Backup

Detection Coverage

18 strategies

6/7 stages covered

Weaponization (10)

DET0838 Detection of Virtual Private Server DET0854 Detection of Virtual Private Server DET0863 Detection of Domains DET0871 Detection of Server DET0873 Detection of Establish Accounts +5 more

Delivery (1)

DET0080 Exploit Public-Facing Application – mult...

Exploitation (2)

DET0364 Behavioral Detection Strategy for WMI Ex... DET0455 Abuse of PowerShell for Arbitrary Execut...

Installation (3)

DET0003 T1136.002 Detection Strategy - Domain Ac... DET0096 Account Manipulation Behavior Chain Dete... DET0447 T1136.001 Detection Strategy - Local Acc...

Command & Control (1)

DET0060 Detect Ingress Tool Transfers via Behavi...

Actions on Objectives (1)

DET0215 Detection of Multi-Platform File Encrypt...

Diamond Model of Intrusion

Adversary · Capability · Infrastructure · Victim

Completeness

4/4

Adversary

Confidence

90%

APT17

Type: Unknown Active

Deputy Dog Aurora Panda APT17 Hidden Lynx Tailgater Team +61 more

Infrastructure 31 IOC(s)

50%

Domain

TEMP.Veles TEMP.Avengers TEMP.Hippo TMP.Lapis TEMP.Zagros +26

Artifacts (6)

rocke@live.cn 1356-c1c0cbeca59ade9b.js 8985-aac998da933c9fa0.js 5889-e987f21560aaf28e.js makecab.exe c16f53c3-409df1246fc2628c.js

Capability

54%

19 technique(s) 63 tool(s)/malware 18 CVE(s)

APT38 Akira AppleJeus Aurora BLACKCOFFEE Backdoor.Boda Backdoor.Moudoor Backdoor.Vasport +55

T1086

command and control

T1105

execution

T1047 T1059.001

impact

T1486

Victim

70%

Targeted Sectors

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

Targeted Countries

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

Diamond Model Meta-Features

Phase

Actions on Objectives

Result

Active

Direction

Adversary → Infrastructure → Victim

Methodology

Unknown

Resources

government

Adversary → Capability

Adversary → Infrastructure

Capability → Victim

Infrastructure → Victim

Diamond Model edges

Activity Threads Kill chain phase → Diamond Model event mapping

2 Weaponization

Capability (Techniques)

T1583 T1583.001 T1583.003 T1583.004 T1583.006

Capability (Malware)

APT38 Akira AppleJeus

Infrastructure

TEMP.Veles TEMP.Avengers TEMP.Hippo

3 Delivery

Capability (Techniques)

T1190

Capability (Malware)

APT38 Akira AppleJeus

Infrastructure

TEMP.Veles TEMP.Avengers TEMP.Hippo

4 Exploitation

Capability (Techniques)

T1047 T1059.001

Capability (Malware)

APT38 Akira AppleJeus

Infrastructure

TEMP.Veles TEMP.Avengers TEMP.Hippo

5 Installation

Capability (Techniques)

T1098 T1136.001 T1136.002

Capability (Malware)

APT38 Akira AppleJeus

Infrastructure

TEMP.Veles TEMP.Avengers TEMP.Hippo

6 Command & Control

Capability (Techniques)

T1105

Capability (Malware)

APT38 Akira AppleJeus

Infrastructure

TEMP.Veles TEMP.Avengers TEMP.Hippo

7 Actions on Objectives

Capability (Techniques)

T1486

Capability (Malware)

APT38 Akira AppleJeus

Infrastructure

TEMP.Veles TEMP.Avengers TEMP.Hippo