Mythic

S0699

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About this tool

Mythic is an open source, cross-platform post-exploitation/command and control platform. Mythic is designed to "plug-n-play" with various agents and communication channels. Deployed Mythic C2 servers have been observed as part of potentially malicious infrastructure.

Techniques used13

Procedure examples13

TechniqueProcedure example
T1008
Fallback Channels

Mythic can use a list of C2 URLs as fallback mechanisms in case one IP or domain gets blocked.

T1030
Data Transfer Size Limits

Mythic supports custom chunk sizes used to upload/download files.

T1071.001
Web Protocols

Mythic supports HTTP-based C2 profiles.

T1071.002
File Transfer Protocols

Mythic supports SMB-based peer-to-peer C2 profiles.

T1071.004
DNS

Mythic supports DNS-based C2 profiles.

T1090.001
Internal Proxy

Mythic can leverage a peer-to-peer C2 profile between agents.

T1090.002
External Proxy

Mythic can leverage a modified SOCKS5 proxy to tunnel egress C2 traffic.

T1090.004
Domain Fronting

Mythic supports domain fronting via custom request headers.

T1095
Non-Application Layer Protocol

Mythic supports WebSocket and TCP-based C2 profiles.

T1119
Automated Collection

Mythic supports scripting of file downloads from agents.

T1132
Data Encoding

Mythic provides various transform functions to encode and/or randomize C2 data.

T1572
Protocol Tunneling

Mythic can use SOCKS proxies to tunnel traffic through another protocol.

T1573.002
Asymmetric Cryptography

Mythic supports SSL encrypted C2.

Groups that use it0

None recorded.

Campaigns0

None recorded.

References4

  1. Mythc Documentation Open source
    Thomas, C. (n.d.). Mythc Documentation. Retrieved March 25, 2022.
  2. Mythic Github Open source
    Thomas, C. (2018, July 4). Mythic. Retrieved March 25, 2022.
  3. Mythic SpecterOps Open source
    Thomas, C. (2020, August 13). A Change of Mythic Proportions. Retrieved March 25, 2022.
  4. RecordedFuture 2021 Ad Infra Open source
    Insikt Group. (2022, January 18). 2021 Adversary Infrastructure Report. Retrieved March 25, 2022.

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