ATT&CKGroupsadmin@338

admin@338

G0018

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About this group

admin@338 is a China-based cyber threat group. It has previously used newsworthy events as lures to deliver malware and has primarily targeted organizations involved in financial, economic, and trade policy, typically using publicly available RATs such as PoisonIvy, as well as some non-public backdoors.

Techniques used12

Procedure examples12

TechniqueProcedure example
T1007
System Service Discovery

admin@338 actors used the following command following exploitation of a machine with LOWBALL malware to obtain information about services: net start >> %temp%\download

T1016
System Network Configuration Discovery

admin@338 actors used the following command after exploiting a machine with LOWBALL malware to acquire information about local networks: ipconfig /all >> %temp%\download

T1036.005
Match Legitimate Resource Name or Location

admin@338 actors used the following command to rename one of their tools to a benign file name: ren "%temp%\upload" audiodg.exe

T1049
System Network Connections Discovery

admin@338 actors used the following command following exploitation of a machine with LOWBALL malware to display network connections: netstat -ano >> %temp%\download

T1059.003
Windows Command Shell

Following exploitation with LOWBALL malware, admin@338 actors created a file containing a list of commands to be executed on the compromised computer.

T1069.001
Local Groups

admin@338 actors used the following command following exploitation of a machine with LOWBALL malware to list local groups: net localgroup administrator >> %temp%\download

T1082
System Information Discovery

admin@338 actors used the following commands after exploiting a machine with LOWBALL malware to obtain information about the OS: ver >> %temp%\download systeminfo >> %temp%\download

T1083
File and Directory Discovery

admin@338 actors used the following commands after exploiting a machine with LOWBALL malware to obtain information about files and directories: dir c:\ >> %temp%\download dir "c:\Documents and Settings" >> %temp%\download dir "c:\Program Files\" >> %temp%\download dir d:\ >> %temp%\download

T1087.001
Local Account

admin@338 actors used the following commands following exploitation of a machine with LOWBALL malware to enumerate user accounts: net user >> %temp%\download net user /domain >> %temp%\download

T1203
Exploitation for Client Execution

admin@338 has exploited client software vulnerabilities for execution, such as Microsoft Word CVE-2012-0158.

T1204.002
Malicious File

admin@338 has attempted to get victims to launch malicious Microsoft Word attachments delivered via spearphishing emails.

T1566.001
Spearphishing Attachment

admin@338 has sent emails with malicious Microsoft Office documents attached.

Software7

Campaigns0

None recorded.

References1

  1. FireEye admin@338 Open source
    FireEye Threat Intelligence. (2015, December 1). China-based Cyber Threat Group Uses Dropbox for Malware Communications and Targets Hong Kong Media Outlets. Retrieved December 4, 2015.

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