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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Aquatic Panda (threat actor)

Risk

High

35 techniques 6 tools/malware 0 vulnerabilities 0 IOCs 6/7 stages covered Deepest: Actions on Objectives

1 Reconnaissance

T1595.002

Vulnerability Scanning reconnaissance

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2 Weaponization

T1588.001

Malware resource development

T1588.002

Tool resource development

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3 Delivery

No data

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4 Exploitation

T1047

Windows Management Instrumentation execution

T1059.001

PowerShell execution

T1059.003

Windows Command Shell execution

T1059.004

Unix Shell execution

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5 Installation

T1003.001

LSASS Memory credential access

T1007

System Service Discovery discovery

T1033

System Owner/User Discovery discovery

T1082

System Information Discovery discovery

T1087

Account Discovery discovery

T1518.001

Security Software Discovery discovery

T1654

Log Enumeration discovery

T1543.003

Windows Service persistence

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6 Command & Control

T1005

Data from Local System collection

T1560.001

Archive via Utility collection

T1105

Ingress Tool Transfer command and control

T1021

Remote Services lateral movement

T1021.001

Remote Desktop Protocol lateral movement

T1021.002

SMB/Windows Admin Shares lateral movement

T1021.004

SSH lateral movement

T1550.002

Pass the Hash lateral movement

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7 Actions on Objectives

T1112

Modify Registry defense impairment

T1685

Disable or Modify Tools defense impairment

T1685.005

Clear Windows Event Logs defense impairment

T1027.010

Command Obfuscation stealth

T1036.004

Masquerade Task or Service stealth

T1036.005

Match Legitimate Resource Name or Location stealth

T1070.003

Clear Command History stealth

T1070.004

File Deletion stealth

T1078.002

Domain Accounts stealth

T1218.011

Rundll32 stealth

T1574.001

DLL stealth

T1574.006

Dynamic Linker Hijacking stealth

Stage risk: Critical High Medium None

Tools & Malware (6)

Cobalt Strike Cobalt Strike - S0154 ShadowPad Winnti for Linux Winnti for Windows njRAT

Indicators of Compromise (0)

None linked.

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

31 MITRE ATT&CK mitigations cover detected techniques

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Reconnaissance (1)

M1056 Pre-compromise

Weaponization (1)

M1056 Pre-compromise

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 (10)

M1017 User Training M1018 User Account Management M1025 Privileged Process Integrity M1026 Privileged Account Management M1027 Password Policies +5 more

Command & Control (14)

M1018 User Account Management M1026 Privileged Account Management M1027 Password Policies M1028 Operating System Configuration M1030 Network Segmentation +9 more

Actions on Objectives (22)

M1013 Application Developer Guidance M1017 User Training M1018 User Account Management M1022 Restrict File and Directory Permissions M1024 Restrict Registry Permissions +17 more

Detection Coverage

35 strategies

6/7 stages covered

Reconnaissance (1)

DET0867 Detection of Vulnerability Scanning

Weaponization (2)

DET0845 Detection of Malware DET0852 Detection of Tool

Exploitation (4)

DET0202 Behavioral Detection of Windows Command... DET0364 Behavioral Detection Strategy for WMI Ex... DET0384 Behavioral Detection of Unix Shell Execu... DET0455 Abuse of PowerShell for Arbitrary Execut...

Installation (8)

DET0016 Security Software Discovery Across Platf... DET0093 Behavioral Detection of User Discovery v... DET0255 Detection Strategy for Log Enumeration DET0363 Detection of Credential Dumping from LSA... DET0483 Detection of System Service Discovery Co... +3 more

Command & Control (8)

DET0060 Detect Ingress Tool Transfers via Behavi... DET0269 Behavioral Detection Strategy for Remote... DET0298 Detect Archiving via Utility (T1560.001) DET0327 Multi-event Detection Strategy for RDP-B... DET0380 Detection of Local Data Collection Prior... +3 more

Actions on Objectives (12)

DET0117 Detection of Masqueraded Tasks or Servic... DET0140 Behavioral Detection of Malicious File D... DET0165 Behavioral Detection of Command History... DET0201 Detection Strategy for Hijack Execution... DET0210 Abuse of Domain Accounts +7 more

Diamond Model of Intrusion

Adversary · Capability · Infrastructure · Victim

Completeness

2/4

Adversary

Confidence

90%

Aquatic Panda

Type: Unknown Active

Infrastructure 0 IOC(s)

No infrastructure indicators linked.

Capability

90%

35 technique(s) 6 tool(s)/malware

Cobalt Strike Cobalt Strike - S0154 ShadowPad Winnti for Linux Winnti for Windows njRAT

collection

T1005 T1560.001

command and control

T1105

credential access

T1003.001

defense impairment

T1112 T1685 T1685.005

Victim

No victim targeting data available.

Diamond Model Meta-Features

Phase

Actions on Objectives

Result

Active

Direction

Adversary → Capability → 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)

T1595.002

Capability (Malware)

Cobalt Strike Cobalt Strike - S0154 ShadowPad

Infrastructure

No infra linked

2 Weaponization

Capability (Techniques)

T1588.001 T1588.002

Capability (Malware)

Cobalt Strike Cobalt Strike - S0154 ShadowPad

Infrastructure

No infra linked

4 Exploitation

Capability (Techniques)

T1047 T1059.001 T1059.003 T1059.004

Capability (Malware)

Cobalt Strike Cobalt Strike - S0154 ShadowPad

Infrastructure

No infra linked

5 Installation

Capability (Techniques)

T1003.001 T1007 T1033 T1082 T1087

Capability (Malware)

Cobalt Strike Cobalt Strike - S0154 ShadowPad

Infrastructure

No infra linked

6 Command & Control

Capability (Techniques)

T1005 T1560.001 T1105 T1021 T1021.001

Capability (Malware)

Cobalt Strike Cobalt Strike - S0154 ShadowPad

Infrastructure

No infra linked