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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darkmatter (threat actor)

Risk

Critical

15 techniques 59 tools/malware 36 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

T1189

Drive-by Compromise initial access

T1190

Exploit Public-Facing Application initial access

T1566.001

Spearphishing Attachment initial access

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4 Exploitation

T1053.003

Cron execution

T1204

User Execution execution

T1068

Exploitation for Privilege Escalation privilege escalation

CVE CVE-2013-3893

CVE CVE-2014-0322

CVE CVE-2014-1776

CVE CVE-2014-4114

CVE CVE-2014-6352

CVE CVE-2015-2545

CVE CVE-2015-5119

CVE CVE-2015-5122

CVE CVE-2017-11882

CVE CVE-2017-8759

CVE CVE-2018-0798

CVE CVE-2018-8174

CVE CVE-2019-13720

CVE CVE-2019-2215

CVE CVE-2019-6693

CVE CVE-2021-27877

CVE CVE-2021-27878

CVE CVE-2021-28310

CVE CVE-2021-35211

CVE CVE-2021-40539

CVE CVE-2022-42475

CVE CVE-2023-38831

CVE CVE-2023-4966

CVE CVE-2024-21412

CVE CVE-2024-21762

CVE CVE-2024-3400

CVE CVE-2024-37085

CVE CVE-2024-40766

CVE CVE-2024-55591

CVE CVE-2025-31161

CVE CVE-2025-31324

CVE CVE-2025-53770

CVE CVE-2025-53771

CVE CVE-2025-61882

CVE CVE-2025-8088

CVE CVE-2104-4114

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5 Installation

T1003.001

LSASS Memory credential access

T1016.001

Internet Connection Discovery discovery

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6 Command & Control

T1021.001

Remote Desktop Protocol lateral movement

T1021.004

SSH lateral movement

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7 Actions on Objectives

T1112

Modify Registry defense impairment

T1070.004

File Deletion stealth

T1460

T5000

T9000

Stage risk: Critical High Medium None

Tools & Malware (59)

Akira Aurora Backdoors BlackByte BlackEnergy BlackMatter Clop Cobalt Cobalt Strike Confucius Conti Custom Backdoor Dark DarkComet Dridex GitHub Global HiddenFace Hi‑Zor Kimsuky LAMEHUG Leverage LockBit LockBit.WARLOCK Mimikatz MiniDuke Mobile malware MuddyWater Naikon OceanLotus OilRig PLAY Payload Payload Plat1 PlugX Poison Ivy PowerShell PowerShell backdoor RansomHub Rclone Regin Rootkit SentinelOne Shamoon Singularity Sofacy SolarWinds Stuxnet T9000 TrickBot Trojan Turla UPSTYLE Ursnif WarLock Web Shell Winnti phishing

Indicators of Compromise (40)

Domain

OSX.BadWord Backdoor.Linux.BPFDOOR NetSecurity.com BABUK.MARIO Agent.BTZ README.md index.csv OSX.LamePyre +23 more

Filename

Node.js cmd.exe net.exe at.exe cipher.exe attrib.exe PACLOUD.exe mobile-attack-v17.1.xlsx +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

26 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 (12)

M1017 User Training M1018 User Account Management M1019 Threat Intelligence Program M1021 Restrict Web-Based Content M1031 Network Intrusion Prevention +7 more

Installation (7)

M1017 User Training M1025 Privileged Process Integrity M1026 Privileged Account Management M1027 Password Policies M1028 Operating System Configuration +2 more

Command & Control (8)

M1018 User Account Management M1026 Privileged Account Management M1028 Operating System Configuration M1030 Network Segmentation M1032 Multi-factor Authentication +3 more

Actions on Objectives (1)

M1024 Restrict Registry Permissions

Detection Coverage

12 strategies

5/7 stages covered

Delivery (3)

DET0080 Exploit Public-Facing Application – mult... DET0176 Drive-by Compromise — Behavior-based, Mu... DET0236 Detection Strategy for Spearphishing Att...

Exploitation (3)

DET0290 Cross-Platform Detection of Cron Job Abu... DET0478 User Execution – multi-surface behavior... DET0514 Detection Strategy for Exploitation for...

Installation (2)

DET0357 Behavioral Detection of Internet Connect... DET0363 Detection of Credential Dumping from LSA...

Command & Control (2)

DET0327 Multi-event Detection Strategy for RDP-B... DET0596 Behavioral Detection of Remote SSH Login...

Actions on Objectives (2)

DET0140 Behavioral Detection of Malicious File D... DET0280 Behavior-Based Registry Modification Det...

Diamond Model of Intrusion

Adversary · Capability · Infrastructure · Victim

Completeness

4/4

Adversary

Confidence

80%

darkmatter

Type: Criminal Sophistication: Medium Active

tracked as Rebecca Two 3 of Dark Matter Project Spy +20 more

Infrastructure 31 IOC(s)

50%

Domain

OSX.BadWord Backdoor.Linux.BPFDOOR NetSecurity.com BABUK.MARIO Agent.BTZ +26

Artifacts (9)

Node.js cmd.exe net.exe at.exe cipher.exe attrib.exe +3

Capability

50%

15 technique(s) 59 tool(s)/malware 36 CVE(s)

Akira Aurora Backdoors BlackByte BlackEnergy BlackMatter Clop Cobalt +51

T1460 T5000 T9000

credential access

T1003.001

defense impairment

T1112

discovery

T1016.001

Victim

70%

Targeted Sectors

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

Targeted Countries

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

Diamond Model Meta-Features

Phase

Actions on Objectives

Result

Active

Direction

Adversary → Infrastructure → Victim

Methodology

Criminal

Adversary → Capability

Adversary → Infrastructure

Capability → Victim

Infrastructure → Victim

Diamond Model edges

Activity Threads Kill chain phase → Diamond Model event mapping

3 Delivery

Capability (Techniques)

T1189 T1190 T1566.001

Capability (Malware)

Akira Aurora Backdoors

Infrastructure

OSX.BadWord Backdoor.Linux.BPFDOOR NetSecurity.com

4 Exploitation

Capability (Techniques)

T1053.003 T1204 T1068

Capability (Malware)

Akira Aurora Backdoors

Infrastructure

OSX.BadWord Backdoor.Linux.BPFDOOR NetSecurity.com

5 Installation

Capability (Techniques)

T1003.001 T1016.001

Capability (Malware)

Akira Aurora Backdoors

Infrastructure

OSX.BadWord Backdoor.Linux.BPFDOOR NetSecurity.com

6 Command & Control

Capability (Techniques)

T1021.001 T1021.004

Capability (Malware)

Akira Aurora Backdoors

Infrastructure

OSX.BadWord Backdoor.Linux.BPFDOOR NetSecurity.com