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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Velvet Ant (threat actor)

Risk

Critical

34 techniques 51 tools/malware 18 vulnerabilities 19 IOCs 4/7 stages covered Deepest: Actions on Objectives

1 Reconnaissance

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2 Weaponization

No data

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3 Delivery

No data

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4 Exploitation

T1047

Windows Management Instrumentation execution

T1059

Command and Scripting Interpreter execution

T1059.004

Unix Shell execution

T1569

System Services execution

T1569.002

Service Execution execution

T1548

Abuse Elevation Control Mechanism privilege escalation

CVE CVE-2015-4902

CVE CVE-2022-1388

CVE CVE-2023-33538

CVE CVE-2023-46747

CVE CVE-2024-20399

CVE CVE-2025-0921

CVE CVE-2025-14847

CVE CVE-2025-40947

CVE CVE-2025-40948

CVE CVE-2025-53868

CVE CVE-2025-57780

CVE CVE-2025-61955

CVE CVE-2026-0257

CVE CVE-2026-0300

CVE CVE-2026-1281

CVE CVE-2026-1340

CVE CVE-2026-1731

CVE CVE-2026-31431

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5 Installation

T1040

Network Sniffing credential access

T1049

System Network Connections Discovery discovery

T1083

File and Directory Discovery discovery

T1037

Boot or Logon Initialization Scripts persistence

T1037.004

RC Scripts persistence

T1098

Account Manipulation persistence

T1133

External Remote Services persistence

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6 Command & Control

T1071

Application Layer Protocol command and control

T1090

Proxy command and control

T1090.001

Internal Proxy command and control

T1132

Data Encoding command and control

T1571

Non-Standard Port command and control

T1573

Encrypted Channel command and control

T1573.002

Asymmetric Cryptography command and control

T1021

Remote Services lateral movement

T1021.002

SMB/Windows Admin Shares lateral movement

T1570

Lateral Tool Transfer lateral movement

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7 Actions on Objectives

T1685

Disable or Modify Tools defense impairment

T1686

Disable or Modify System Firewall defense impairment

T1036

Masquerading stealth

T1036.005

Match Legitimate Resource Name or Location stealth

T1055

Process Injection stealth

T1078

Valid Accounts stealth

T1078.003

Local Accounts stealth

T1134

Access Token Manipulation stealth

T1211

Exploitation for Stealth stealth

T1574

Hijack Execution Flow stealth

T1574.001

DLL stealth

Stage risk: Critical High Medium None

Tools & Malware (51)

APT38 Akira AppleJeus Backdoors BlackByte Carbanak Cobalt Cobalt Strike Confucius Custom RAT Custom malware Custom tools Dark DarkHotel Global Guard Hafnium Impacket Karma Kimsuky Machete Medusa Mole Moonstone Sleet MuddyWater Naikon Nexus Octopus OilRig Open-source tools PLAY Persistence mechanisms PlugX Poseidon Predator RedCurl Remote access tools SideWinder Snake Sting Stinger Trojan Turla Unknown VELVETSTING VELVETTAP Venomous Void Winnti phishing wmiexec.py

Indicators of Compromise (19)

Domain

j.ctsap TEMP.Zagros TEMP.Jumper TEMP.Periscope TEMP.Hex analyses.All j.cub world.Today +7 more

Email Address

gall@hanover.edu rocke@live.cn

Filename

netsh.exe iviewers.dll

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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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 (11)

M1018 User Account Management M1021 Restrict Web-Based Content M1022 Restrict File and Directory Permissions M1024 Restrict Registry Permissions M1026 Privileged Account Management +6 more

Command & Control (11)

M1018 User Account Management M1020 SSL/TLS Inspection M1026 Privileged Account Management M1027 Password Policies M1030 Network Segmentation +6 more

Actions on Objectives (23)

M1013 Application Developer Guidance M1015 Active Directory Configuration M1017 User Training M1018 User Account Management M1019 Threat Intelligence Program +18 more

Detection Coverage

34 strategies

4/7 stages covered

Exploitation (6)

DET0279 Detection Strategy for System Services a... DET0345 Detection Strategy for Abuse Elevation C... DET0364 Behavioral Detection Strategy for WMI Ex... DET0384 Behavioral Detection of Unix Shell Execu... DET0421 Detection Strategy for System Services S... +1 more

Installation (7)

DET0096 Account Manipulation Behavior Chain Dete... DET0112 Boot or Logon Initialization Scripts Det... DET0237 Detection Strategy for Boot or Logon Ini... DET0314 Detection Strategy for Network Sniffing... DET0320 Detection of System Network Connections... +2 more

Command & Control (10)

DET0075 Internal Proxy Behavior via Lateral Host... DET0108 Detection Strategy for Data Encoding in... DET0183 Detection Strategy for Lateral Tool Tran... DET0227 Detection Strategy for Non-Standard Port... DET0269 Behavioral Detection Strategy for Remote... +5 more

Actions on Objectives (11)

DET0127 Behavioral Detection of Masquerading Acr... DET0145 Detection of Disabled or Modified System... DET0201 Detection Strategy for Hijack Execution... DET0218 Detection Strategy for Hijack Execution... DET0283 Behavior-chain detection for T1134 Acces... +6 more

Diamond Model of Intrusion

Adversary · Capability · Infrastructure · Victim

Completeness

4/4

Adversary

Confidence

90%

Velvet Ant

Type: Unknown Active

tracked as a wingless wasp Sandworm Team Operation Cleaver Shell Crew +7 more

Infrastructure 15 IOC(s)

50%

Domain

j.ctsap TEMP.Zagros TEMP.Jumper TEMP.Periscope TEMP.Hex +10

Artifacts (4)

gall@hanover.edu rocke@live.cn netsh.exe iviewers.dll

Capability

76%

34 technique(s) 51 tool(s)/malware 18 CVE(s)

APT38 Akira AppleJeus Backdoors BlackByte Carbanak Cobalt Cobalt Strike +43

command and control

T1071 T1090 T1090.001 T1132 +3

credential access

T1040

defense impairment

T1685 T1686

discovery

T1049 T1083

Victim

70%

Targeted Sectors

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

Targeted Countries

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

Diamond Model Meta-Features

Phase

Actions on Objectives

Result

Active

Direction

Adversary → Infrastructure → Victim

Methodology

Unknown

Adversary → Capability

Adversary → Infrastructure

Capability → Victim

Infrastructure → Victim

Diamond Model edges

Activity Threads Kill chain phase → Diamond Model event mapping

4 Exploitation

Capability (Techniques)

T1047 T1059 T1059.004 T1569 T1569.002

Capability (Malware)

APT38 Akira AppleJeus

Infrastructure

j.ctsap TEMP.Zagros TEMP.Jumper

5 Installation

Capability (Techniques)

T1040 T1049 T1083 T1037 T1037.004

Capability (Malware)

APT38 Akira AppleJeus

Infrastructure

j.ctsap TEMP.Zagros TEMP.Jumper

6 Command & Control

Capability (Techniques)

T1071 T1090 T1090.001 T1132 T1571

Capability (Malware)

APT38 Akira AppleJeus

Infrastructure

j.ctsap TEMP.Zagros TEMP.Jumper