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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vendetta (threat actor)

Risk

Critical

43 techniques 47 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

T1650

Acquire Access resource development

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3 Delivery

T1195.002

Compromise Software Supply Chain initial access

T1566.002

Spearphishing Link initial access

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4 Exploitation

T1059

Command and Scripting Interpreter execution

T1651

Cloud Administration Command execution

T1548

Abuse Elevation Control Mechanism privilege escalation

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5 Installation

T1110

Brute Force credential access

T1557

Adversary-in-the-Middle credential access

T1010

Application Window Discovery discovery

T1018

Remote System Discovery discovery

T1082

System Information Discovery discovery

T1083

File and Directory Discovery discovery

T1087

Account Discovery discovery

T1217

Browser Information Discovery discovery

T1538

Cloud Service Dashboard discovery

T1580

Cloud Infrastructure Discovery discovery

T1037

Boot or Logon Initialization Scripts persistence

T1098

Account Manipulation persistence

T1547

Boot or Logon Autostart Execution 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

T1530

Data from Cloud Storage collection

T1560

Archive Collected Data collection

T1071

Application Layer Protocol command and control

T1105

Ingress Tool Transfer command and control

T1219

Remote Access Tools command and control

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7 Actions on Objectives

T1020

Automated Exfiltration exfiltration

T1486

Data Encrypted for Impact impact

T1531

Account Access Removal impact

T1027

Obfuscated Files or Information stealth

T1036

Masquerading stealth

T1055

Process Injection stealth

T1078

Valid Accounts stealth

T1134

Access Token Manipulation stealth

T1140

Deobfuscate/Decode Files or Information stealth

T1197

BITS Jobs stealth

T1497

Virtualization/Sandbox Evasion stealth

T1612

Build Image on Host stealth

Stage risk: Critical High Medium None

Tools & Malware (47)

8Base AppDomainManager BITS Backdoors Cuba Dark GitHub Global Group Policy Handala Hook Inter Interception KongTuke Leverage LummaC2 MSBuild Matrix MintsLoader Netsupport Manager Nexus Payload Payload Phishing emails PowerShell Process Hollowing PsExec RedCap Remote access tools Rhadamanthys Rundll32 STOP SocGholish Telegram Trojan UNC1549 Unknown VERMIN Vendetta Vermin Vidar WhatsApp Windows Command Shell inter netsh phishing systemd

Indicators of Compromise (39)

Domain

com.apple com.apple.quarantine com.apple.metadata com.apple.loginwindow.plist com.apple.loginwindow privileges.Trust sitecustomize.py usercustomize.py +5 more

Filename

scrnsave.scr Netsh.exe netsh.exe ntsd.exe notepad.exe pcalua.exe Scriptrunner.exe ssh.exe +17 more

MD5 Hash

87990cbe856818d5eddac44c7b1cdeb8

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

32 MITRE ATT&CK mitigations cover detected techniques

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Reconnaissance (1)

M1056 Pre-compromise

Weaponization (1)

M1056 Pre-compromise

Delivery (7)

M1016 Vulnerability Scanning M1017 User Training M1018 User Account Management M1021 Restrict Web-Based Content M1047 Audit +2 more

Exploitation (14)

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

Installation (16)

M1017 User Training M1018 User Account Management M1022 Restrict File and Directory Permissions M1024 Restrict Registry Permissions M1026 Privileged Account Management +11 more

Command & Control (12)

M1017 User Training M1018 User Account Management M1022 Restrict File and Directory Permissions M1029 Remote Data Storage M1031 Network Intrusion Prevention +7 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

43 strategies

7/7 stages covered

Reconnaissance (1)

DET0830 Detection of Active Scanning

Weaponization (2)

DET0884 Detection of Acquire Access DET0895 Detection of Acquire Infrastructure

Delivery (2)

DET0107 Detection Strategy for Spearphishing Lin... DET0309 Compromised software/update chain (insta...

Exploitation (3)

DET0345 Detection Strategy for Abuse Elevation C... DET0516 Behavioral Detection of Command and Scri... DET0545 Detection Strategy for Cloud Administrat...

Installation (14)

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... DET0169 Detection Strategy for Cloud Infrastruct... +9 more

Command & Control (9)

DET0060 Detect Ingress Tool Transfers via Behavi... DET0186 Automated File and API Collection Detect... DET0221 Behavioral Detection Strategy for T1123... DET0341 Clipboard Data Access with Anomalous Con... DET0444 Detection of Command and Control Over Ap... +4 more

Actions on Objectives (12)

DET0046 Detection Strategy for T1497 Virtualizat... DET0098 Detect abuse of Windows BITS Jobs for do... DET0120 Account Access Removal via Multi-Platfor... DET0127 Behavioral Detection of Masquerading Acr... DET0215 Detection of Multi-Platform File Encrypt... +7 more

Diamond Model of Intrusion

Adversary · Capability · Infrastructure · Victim

Completeness

4/4

Adversary

Confidence

80%

vendetta

Type: Criminal Sophistication: Medium First seen: 2023 Active

tracked as services other system resources public key cryptography one private +10 more

Infrastructure 13 IOC(s)

50%

Domain

com.apple com.apple.quarantine com.apple.metadata com.apple.loginwindow.plist com.apple.loginwindow +8

Artifacts (26)

scrnsave.scr Netsh.exe netsh.exe ntsd.exe notepad.exe pcalua.exe +20

Capability

50%

43 technique(s) 47 tool(s)/malware

8Base AppDomainManager BITS Backdoors Cuba Dark GitHub Global +39

collection

T1115 T1119 T1123 T1185 +2

command and control

T1071 T1105 T1219

credential access

T1110 T1557

discovery

T1010 T1018 T1082 T1083 +4

Victim

70%

Targeted Sectors

defense financial-services manufacturing aerospace media government energy education critical-infrastructure information-technology telecommunications healthcare nuclear chemical maritime legal-services transportation

Targeted Countries

UA CN RU AU US IL IR TW TR FR KP KR

Diamond Model Meta-Features

Phase

Actions on Objectives

Result

Active

Direction

Adversary → Infrastructure → Victim

Methodology

Criminal

First Seen

2023-02-12

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)

8Base AppDomainManager BITS

Infrastructure

com.apple com.apple.quarantine com.apple.metadata

2 Weaponization

Capability (Techniques)

T1583 T1650

Capability (Malware)

8Base AppDomainManager BITS

Infrastructure

com.apple com.apple.quarantine com.apple.metadata

3 Delivery

Capability (Techniques)

T1195.002 T1566.002

Capability (Malware)

8Base AppDomainManager BITS

Infrastructure

com.apple com.apple.quarantine com.apple.metadata

4 Exploitation

Capability (Techniques)

T1059 T1651 T1548

Capability (Malware)

8Base AppDomainManager BITS

Infrastructure

com.apple com.apple.quarantine com.apple.metadata

5 Installation

Capability (Techniques)

T1110 T1557 T1010 T1018 T1082

Capability (Malware)

8Base AppDomainManager BITS

Infrastructure

com.apple com.apple.quarantine com.apple.metadata

6 Command & Control

Capability (Techniques)

T1115 T1119 T1123 T1185 T1530

Capability (Malware)

8Base AppDomainManager BITS

Infrastructure

com.apple com.apple.quarantine com.apple.metadata

7 Actions on Objectives

Capability (Techniques)

T1020 T1486 T1531

Capability (Malware)

8Base AppDomainManager BITS

Infrastructure

com.apple com.apple.quarantine com.apple.metadata