ATT&CKReferencesUS-CERT Emotet Jul 2018

US-CERT Emotet Jul 2018

US-CERT. (2018, July 20). Alert (TA18-201A) Emotet Malware. Retrieved March 25, 2019.

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Techniques0

Not cited by any technique.

Groups0

None recorded.

Software0

None recorded.

Campaigns0

None recorded.

Procedure examples9

TechniqueUsed byProcedure example
T1053.005
Scheduled Task
MalwareEmotet

Emotet has maintained persistence through a scheduled task, e.g. though a .dll file in the Registry.

T1055.001
Dynamic-link Library Injection
MalwareEmotet

Emotet has been observed injecting in to Explorer.exe and other processes.

T1110.001
Password Guessing
MalwareEmotet

Emotet has been observed using a hard coded list of passwords to brute force user accounts.

T1210
Exploitation of Remote Services
MalwareEmotet

Emotet has been seen exploiting SMB via a vulnerability exploit like EternalBlue (MS17-010) to achieve lateral movement and propagation.

T1543.003
Windows Service
MalwareEmotet

Emotet has been observed creating new services to maintain persistence.

T1547.001
Registry Run Keys / Startup Folder
MalwareEmotet

Emotet has been observed adding the downloaded payload to the HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run key to maintain persistence.

T1552.001
Credentials In Files
MalwareEmotet

Emotet has been observed leveraging a module that retrieves passwords stored on a system for the current logged-on user.

T1566.001
Spearphishing Attachment
MalwareEmotet

Emotet has been delivered by phishing emails containing attachments.

T1566.002
Spearphishing Link
MalwareEmotet

Emotet has been delivered by phishing emails containing links.

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