C0032

C0032

Campaign, Oct 2014 to Jan 2017.View on attack.mitre.org

About this campaign

C0032 was an extended campaign suspected to involve the Triton adversaries with related capabilities and techniques focused on gaining a foothold within IT environments. This campaign occurred in 2019 and was distinctly different from the Triton Safety Instrumented System Attack.

Techniques used17

Procedure examples17

TechniqueProcedure example
T1003.001
LSASS Memory

During the C0032 campaign, TEMP.Veles used Mimikatz and a custom tool, SecHack, to harvest credentials.

T1021.001
Remote Desktop Protocol

During the C0032 campaign, TEMP.Veles utilized RDP throughout an operation.

T1021.004
SSH

During the C0032 campaign, TEMP.Veles relied on encrypted SSH-based tunnels to transfer tools and for remote command/program execution.

T1036.005
Match Legitimate Resource Name or Location

During the C0032 campaign, TEMP.Veles renamed files to look like legitimate files, such as Windows update files or Schneider Electric application files.

T1053.005
Scheduled Task

During the C0032 campaign, TEMP.Veles used scheduled task XML triggers.

T1059.001
PowerShell

During the C0032 campaign, TEMP.Veles used PowerShell to perform timestomping.

T1070.004
File Deletion

During the C0032 campaign, TEMP.Veles routinely deleted tools, logs, and other files after they were finished with them.

T1070.006
Timestomp

During the C0032 campaign, TEMP.Veles used timestomping to modify the $STANDARD_INFORMATION attribute on tools.

T1074.001
Local Data Staging

During the C0032 campaign, TEMP.Veles used staging folders that are infrequently used by legitimate users or processes to store data for exfiltration and tool deployment.

T1078
Valid Accounts

During the C0032 campaign, TEMP.Veles used compromised VPN accounts.

T1133
External Remote Services

During the C0032 campaign, TEMP.Veles used VPN access to persist in the victim environment.

T1505.003
Web Shell

During the C0032 campaign, TEMP.Veles planted Web shells on Outlook Exchange servers.

T1546.012
Image File Execution Options Injection

During the C0032 campaign, TEMP.Veles modified and added entries within HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Image File Execution Options to maintain persistence.

T1571
Non-Standard Port

During the C0032 campaign, TEMP.Veles used port-protocol mismatches on ports such as 443, 4444, 8531, and 50501 during C2.

T1572
Protocol Tunneling

During the C0032 campaign, TEMP.Veles used encrypted SSH-based PLINK tunnels to transfer tools and enable RDP connections throughout the environment.

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Attributed groups1

Software1

References1

  1. FireEye TRITON 2019 Open source
    Miller, S, et al. (2019, April 10). TRITON Actor TTP Profile, Custom Attack Tools, Detections, and ATT&CK Mapping. Retrieved April 16, 2019.

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