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Attor's dispatcher can establish persistence by registering a new service.
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T1543.003
Create or Modify System Process: Windows Service
AuditCred is installed as a new service on the system. ;; Bankshot can terminate a specific process by its process id. ;; BBSRAT can modify service configurations. ;; BitPaymer has attempted to install itself as a service to maintain persistence. ;; One variant of BlackEnergy creates a new service using either a hard-...
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T1543.003
Create or Modify System Process: Windows Service
AppleJeus has placed a plist file within the LaunchDaemons folder and launched it manually.
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T1543.004
Create or Modify System Process: Launch Daemon
Bundlore can persist via a LaunchDaemon.
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T1543.004
Create or Modify System Process: Launch Daemon
Dacls can establish persistence via a Launch Daemon.
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T1543.004
Create or Modify System Process: Launch Daemon
LoudMiner added plist files in /Library/LaunchDaemons with RunAtLoad set to true.
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T1543.004
Create or Modify System Process: Launch Daemon
OSX_OCEANLOTUS.D can create a persistence file in the folder /Library/LaunchDaemons.
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T1543.004
Create or Modify System Process: Launch Daemon
When running with root privileges after a Launch Agent is installed ThiefQuest installs a plist file to the /Library/LaunchDaemons/ folder with the RunAtLoad key set to true establishing persistence as a Launch Daemon.
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T1543.004
Create or Modify System Process: Launch Daemon
APT3 has been known to brute force password hashes to be able to leverage plain text credentials.
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T1110.002
Brute Force: Password Cracking
APT41 performed password brute-force attacks on the local admin account.
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T1110.002
Brute Force: Password Cracking
Dragonfly 2.0 dropped and executed tools used for password cracking including Hydra and CrackMapExec.
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T1110.002
Brute Force: Password Cracking
FIN6 has extracted password hashes from ntds.dit to crack offline.
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T1110.002
Brute Force: Password Cracking
Net Crawler uses a list of known credentials gathered through credential dumping to guess passwords to accounts as it spreads throughout a network.
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T1110.002
Brute Force: Password Cracking
BitPaymer can use icacls /reset and takeown /F to reset a targeted executable's permissions and then take ownership.
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T1222.001
File and Directory Permissions Modification: Windows File And Directory Permissions Modification
Grandoreiro can modify the binary ACL to prevent security tools from running.
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T1222.001
File and Directory Permissions Modification: Windows File And Directory Permissions Modification
JPIN can use the command-line utility cacls.exe to change file permissions.
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T1222.001
File and Directory Permissions Modification: Windows File And Directory Permissions Modification
Ryuk can launch icacls /grant Everyone:F /T /C /Q to delete every access-based restrictions on files and directories.
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T1222.001
File and Directory Permissions Modification: Windows File And Directory Permissions Modification
WannaCry uses attrib +h and icacls . /grant Everyone:F /T /C /Q to make some of its files hidden and grant all users full access controls.
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T1222.001
File and Directory Permissions Modification: Windows File And Directory Permissions Modification
Wizard Spider has used the icacls command to modify access control to backup servers providing them with full control of all the system folders.
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T1222.001
File and Directory Permissions Modification: Windows File And Directory Permissions Modification
APT41 used exploit payloads that initiate download via FTP.
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T1071.002
Application Layer Protocol: File Transfer Protocols
Attor has used FTP protocol for C2 communication.
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T1071.002
Application Layer Protocol: File Transfer Protocols
CARROTBALL has the ability to use FTP in C2 communications.
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T1071.002
Application Layer Protocol: File Transfer Protocols
Honeybee uses FTP for command and control.
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T1071.002
Application Layer Protocol: File Transfer Protocols
JPIN can communicate over FTP.
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T1071.002
Application Layer Protocol: File Transfer Protocols
Kazuar uses FTP and FTPS to communicate with the C2 server.
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T1071.002
Application Layer Protocol: File Transfer Protocols
Kimsuky has used FTP to download additional malware to the target machine.
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T1071.002
Application Layer Protocol: File Transfer Protocols
Machete uses FTP for Command & Control. ;; NOKKI has used FTP for C2 communications. ;; PoetRAT has used FTP for C2 communications. ;; ShadowPad has used FTP for C2 communications. ;; SilverTerrier uses FTP for C2 communications. ;; SYSCON has the ability to use FTP in C2 communications. ;; XAgentOSX contains the ftpU...
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T1071.002
Application Layer Protocol: File Transfer Protocols
Hancitor has used verclsid.exe to download and execute a malicious script.
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T1218.012
Signed Binary Proxy Execution: Verclsid
Adversaries may abuse verclsid.exe to execute malicious COM payloads
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T1218.012
Signed Binary Proxy Execution: Verclsid
Using verclsid.exe, attacker bypassed application control policies to execute malicious payload.
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T1218.012
Signed Binary Proxy Execution: Verclsid
Malware loads malicious COM payload inside Internet Explorer using verclsid.exe
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T1218.012
Signed Binary Proxy Execution: Verclsid
Using verclsid.exe to register malicious extension inside cmd.exe
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T1218.012
Signed Binary Proxy Execution: Verclsid
APT-C-36 has embedded a VBScript within a malicious Word document which is executed upon the document opening.
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T1059.005
Command and Scripting Interpreter: Visual Basic
APT32 has used macros COM scriptlets and VBS scripts.
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T1059.005
Command and Scripting Interpreter: Visual Basic
APT33 has used VBScript to initiate the delivery of payloads.
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T1059.005
Command and Scripting Interpreter: Visual Basic
APT37 executes shellcode and a VBA script to decode Base64 strings.
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T1059.005
Command and Scripting Interpreter: Visual Basic
APT39 has utilized malicious VBS scripts in malware.
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T1059.005
Command and Scripting Interpreter: Visual Basic
Astaroth has used malicious VBS e-mail attachments for execution.
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T1059.005
Command and Scripting Interpreter: Visual Basic
BackConfig has used VBS to install its downloader component and malicious documents with VBA macro code.
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T1059.005
Command and Scripting Interpreter: Visual Basic
Bisonal's dropper creates VBS scripts on the victim’s machine. ;; BRONZE BUTLER has used VBS and VBE scripts for execution. ;; Cobalt Group has sent Word OLE compound documents with malicious obfuscated VBA macros that will run upon user execution. ;; Cobalt Strike can use VBA to perform execution. ;; Comnie executes ...
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T1059.005
Command and Scripting Interpreter: Visual Basic
Bundlore can use AppleScript to inject malicious JavaScript into a browser.
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T1059.002
Command and Scripting Interpreter: Applescript
Dok uses AppleScript to create a login item for persistence.
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T1059.002
Command and Scripting Interpreter: Applescript
ThiefQuest uses AppleScript's osascript -e command to launch ThiefQuest's persistence via Launch Agent and Launch Daemon.
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T1059.002
Command and Scripting Interpreter: Applescript
Malware used AppleScript to run unauthorised commands into an open SSH connection
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T1059.002
Command and Scripting Interpreter: Applescript
AppleScript is used by APT-1 to open fake login prompt to trick user into entering password.
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T1059.002
Command and Scripting Interpreter: Applescript
Attackers run malicious AppleScript via Automator workflows to gather system information
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T1059.002
Command and Scripting Interpreter: Applescript
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T1564.002
Hide Artifacts: Hidden Users
Adversaries may use hidden users to mask the presence of user accounts they create
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T1564.002
Hide Artifacts: Hidden Users
The software contains a hidden user account
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T1564.002
Hide Artifacts: Hidden Users
Adding a hidden user to the victim computer
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T1564.002
Hide Artifacts: Hidden Users
Attacker conceal user accounts to not let them appear on log screen
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T1564.002
Hide Artifacts: Hidden Users
Backdoor creates hidden user account to enable remote access without getting immidiately noticed by user
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T1564.002
Hide Artifacts: Hidden Users
AppleJeus has presented the user with a UAC prompt to elevate privileges while installing.
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T1548.002
Abuse Elevation Control Mechanism: Bypass User Account Control
APT29 has bypassed UAC.
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T1548.002
Abuse Elevation Control Mechanism: Bypass User Account Control
APT37 has a function in the initial dropper to bypass Windows UAC in order to execute the next payload with higher privileges.
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T1548.002
Abuse Elevation Control Mechanism: Bypass User Account Control
AutoIt backdoor attempts to escalate privileges by bypassing User Access Control.
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T1548.002
Abuse Elevation Control Mechanism: Bypass User Account Control
BitPaymer can suppress UAC prompts by setting the HKCU\Software\Classes\ms-settings\shell\open\command registry key on Windows 10 or HKCU\Software\Classes\mscfile\shell\open\command on Windows 7 and launching the eventvwr.msc process which launches BitPaymer with elevated privileges.
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T1548.002
Abuse Elevation Control Mechanism: Bypass User Account Control
BlackEnergy attempts to bypass default User Access Control (UAC) settings by exploiting a backward-compatibility setting found in Windows 7 and later.
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T1548.002
Abuse Elevation Control Mechanism: Bypass User Account Control
BRONZE BUTLER has used a Windows 10 specific tool and xxmm to bypass UAC for privilege escalation.
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T1548.002
Abuse Elevation Control Mechanism: Bypass User Account Control
Cobalt Group has bypassed UAC. ;; Cobalt Strike can use a number of known techniques to bypass Windows UAC. ;; CSPY Downloader can bypass UAC using the SilentCleanup task to execute the binary with elevated privileges. ;; Downdelph bypasses UAC to escalate privileges by using a custom “RedirectEXE” shim database. ;; E...
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T1548.002
Abuse Elevation Control Mechanism: Bypass User Account Control
LoudMiner has used QEMU and VirtualBox to run a Tiny Core Linux virtual machine which runs XMRig and makes connections to the C2 server for updates.
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T1564.006
Hide Artifacts: Run Virtual Instance
Maze operators have used VirtualBox and a Windows 7 virtual machine to run the ransomware; the virtual machine's configuration file mapped the shared network drives of the target company presumably so Maze can encrypt files on the shared drives as well as the local machine.
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T1564.006
Hide Artifacts: Run Virtual Instance
Ragnar Locker has used VirtualBox and a stripped Windows XP virtual machine to run itself. The use of a shared folder specified in the configuration enables Ragnar Locker to encrypt files on the host operating system including files on any mapped drives.
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T1564.006
Hide Artifacts: Run Virtual Instance
Malware connects to C2 server via VirtulBox machine to avoid detection by IPS
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T1564.006
Hide Artifacts: Run Virtual Instance
Data is exfilterated through a shared folder on QEMU linux machine to evade DLP solution
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T1564.006
Hide Artifacts: Run Virtual Instance
Darkhotel has used malware that repeatedly checks the mouse cursor position to determine if a real user is on the system.
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T1497.002
Virtualization/Sandbox Evasion: User Activity Based Checks
FIN7 used images embedded into document lures that only activate the payload when a user double clicks to avoid sandboxes.
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T1497.002
Virtualization/Sandbox Evasion: User Activity Based Checks
Okrum loader only executes the payload after the left mouse button has been pressed at least three times in order to avoid being executed within virtualized or emulated environments.
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T1497.002
Virtualization/Sandbox Evasion: User Activity Based Checks
Spark has used a splash screen to check whether an user actively clicks on the screen before running malicious code.
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T1497.002
Virtualization/Sandbox Evasion: User Activity Based Checks
Wanacry looks for minimum system drive size to check if it is getting run inside sandbox
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T1497.002
Virtualization/Sandbox Evasion: User Activity Based Checks
If malware finds a very limited and old browser history, then it exits immidiately
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T1497.002
Virtualization/Sandbox Evasion: User Activity Based Checks
Malware checks number of files in downloads folder to determine if it is a real user system
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T1497.002
Virtualization/Sandbox Evasion: User Activity Based Checks
BOOTRASH has used unallocated disk space between partitions for a hidden file system that stores components of the Nemesis bootkit.
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T1564.005
Hide Artifacts: Hidden File System
ComRAT has used a portable FAT16 partition image placed in %TEMP% as a hidden file system.
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T1564.005
Hide Artifacts: Hidden File System
Equation has used an encrypted virtual file system stored in the Windows Registry.
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T1564.005
Hide Artifacts: Hidden File System
Regin has used a hidden file system to store some of its components.
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T1564.005
Hide Artifacts: Hidden File System
Strider has used a hidden file system that is stored as a file on disk.
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T1564.005
Hide Artifacts: Hidden File System
Blue Mockingbird has used wmic.exe and Windows Registry modifications to set the COR_PROFILER environment variable to execute a malicious DLL whenever a process loads the .NET CLR.
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T1574.012
Hijack Execution Flow: Cor_Profiler
Actors exploring all things .NET including COR_PROFILER unmanaged code loading for defense evasion/UAC bypass and the Ghost Loader AppDomainManager injection technique
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T1574.012
Hijack Execution Flow: Cor_Profiler
The most novel technique was the use of a COR_PROFILER COM hijack to execute a malicious DLL and restore items removed by defenders
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T1574.012
Hijack Execution Flow: Cor_Profiler
To use COR_PROFILER, malware used wmic.exe and Windows Registry modifications to set environment variables and specify a DLL payload
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T1574.012
Hijack Execution Flow: Cor_Profiler
COR_PROFILER environment variable is set to execute malicious DLL when .NET application is run
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T1574.012
Hijack Execution Flow: Cor_Profiler
BackConfig has the ability to use hidden columns in Excel spreadsheets to store executable files or commands for VBA macros.
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T1137.001
Office Application Startup: Office Template Macros
Cobalt Strike has the ability to use an Excel Workbook to execute additional code by enabling Office to trust macros and execute code without user permission.
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T1137.001
Office Application Startup: Office Template Macros
MuddyWater has used a Word Template Normal.dotm for persistence.
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T1137.001
Office Application Startup: Office Template Macros
Malware leveraged search order hijacking to load malicious Normal.dotm template
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T1137.001
Office Application Startup: Office Template Macros
Adversaries register a the template as trusted document to execute malicious macros without explicit user permissioin
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T1137.001
Office Application Startup: Office Template Macros
Bundlore creates a new key pair with ssh-keygen and drops the newly created user key in authorized_keys to enable remote login.
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T1098.004
Account Manipulation: Ssh Authorized Keys
Skidmap has the ability to add the public key of its handlers to the authorized_keys file to maintain persistence on an infected host.
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T1098.004
Account Manipulation: Ssh Authorized Keys
TeamTNT’s public key is appended to /root/.ssh/authorized_keys so that the threat actors can now login using the generated public-private key pair
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T1098.004
Account Manipulation: Ssh Authorized Keys
the server can manipulate subdirectories as well (for example overwrite .ssh/authorized_keys)
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T1098.004
Account Manipulation: Ssh Authorized Keys
By creating a privileged container that mounts the host filesystem and overwrites root’s SSH authorized_keys, the attacker can then connect through SSH from the container to the host and execute anything they want
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T1098.004
Account Manipulation: Ssh Authorized Keys
APT19 used PowerShell commands to execute payloads.
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T1059.001
Command and Scripting Interpreter: Powershell
APT28 downloads and executes PowerShell scripts and performs PowerShell commands.
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T1059.001
Command and Scripting Interpreter: Powershell
APT29 has used encoded PowerShell scripts uploaded to CozyCar installations to download and install SeaDuke. APT29 also used PowerShell to create new tasks on remote machines identify configuration settings evade defenses exfiltrate data and to execute other commands..
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T1059.001
Command and Scripting Interpreter: Powershell
APT3 has used PowerShell on victim systems to download and run payloads after exploitation.
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T1059.001
Command and Scripting Interpreter: Powershell
APT32 has used PowerShell-based tools PowerShell one-liners and shellcode loaders for execution.
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T1059.001
Command and Scripting Interpreter: Powershell
APT33 has utilized PowerShell to download files from the C2 server and run various scripts.
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T1059.001
Command and Scripting Interpreter: Powershell
APT39 has used PowerShell to execute malicious code.
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T1059.001
Command and Scripting Interpreter: Powershell
APT41 leveraged PowerShell to deploy malware families in victims’ environments. ;; AutoIt backdoor downloads a PowerShell script that decodes to a typical shellcode loader. ;; Bazar can execute a PowerShell script received from C2. ;; BloodHound can use PowerShell to pull Active Directory information from the target e...
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T1059.001
Command and Scripting Interpreter: Powershell