ATT&CKReferencesUnit 42 Cobalt Gang Oct 2018

Unit 42 Cobalt Gang Oct 2018

Unit 42. (2018, October 25). New Techniques to Uncover and Attribute Financial actors Commodity Builders and Infrastructure Revealed. Retrieved December 11, 2018.

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Not cited by any technique.

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None recorded.

Software0

None recorded.

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None recorded.

Procedure examples7

TechniqueUsed byProcedure example
T1059.003
Windows Command Shell
GroupCobalt Group

Cobalt Group has used a JavaScript backdoor that is capable of launching cmd.exe to execute shell commands. The group has used an exploit toolkit known as Threadkit that launches .bat files.

T1059.005
Visual Basic
GroupCobalt Group

Cobalt Group has sent Word OLE compound documents with malicious obfuscated VBA macros that will run upon user execution.

T1059.007
JavaScript
GroupCobalt Group

Cobalt Group has executed JavaScript scriptlets on the victim's machine.

T1204.001
Malicious Link
GroupCobalt Group

Cobalt Group has sent emails containing malicious links that require users to execute a file or macro to infect the victim machine.

T1204.002
Malicious File
GroupCobalt Group

Cobalt Group has sent emails containing malicious attachments that require users to execute a file or macro to infect the victim machine.

T1218.003
CMSTP
GroupCobalt Group

Cobalt Group has used the command cmstp.exe /s /ns C:\Users\ADMINI~W\AppData\Local\Temp\XKNqbpzl.txt to bypass AppLocker and launch a malicious script.

T1566.001
Spearphishing Attachment
GroupCobalt Group

Cobalt Group has sent spearphishing emails with various attachment types to corporate and personal email accounts of victim organizations. Attachment types have included .rtf, .doc, .xls, archives containing LNK files, and password protected archives containing .exe and .scr executables.

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