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Mofang - G0103 (88489675-d216-4884-a98f-49a89fcc1643)

Mofang is a likely China-based cyber espionage group, named for its frequent practice of imitating a victim's infrastructure. This adversary has been observed since at least May 2012 conducting focused attacks against government and critical infrastructure in Myanmar, as well as several other countries and sectors including military, automobile, and weapons industries.(Citation: FOX-IT May 2016 Mofang)

Cluster A Galaxy A Cluster B Galaxy B Level
Mofang - G0103 (88489675-d216-4884-a98f-49a89fcc1643) Intrusion Set Encrypted/Encoded File - T1027.013 (0d91b3c0-5e50-47c3-949a-2a796f04d144) Attack Pattern 1
Spearphishing Attachment - T1566.001 (2e34237d-8574-43f6-aace-ae2915de8597) Attack Pattern Mofang - G0103 (88489675-d216-4884-a98f-49a89fcc1643) Intrusion Set 1
Mofang - G0103 (88489675-d216-4884-a98f-49a89fcc1643) Intrusion Set Malicious File - T1204.002 (232b7f21-adf9-4b42-b936-b9d6f7df856e) Attack Pattern 1
Mofang - G0103 (88489675-d216-4884-a98f-49a89fcc1643) Intrusion Set ShimRatReporter - S0445 (115f88dd-0618-4389-83cb-98d33ae81848) mitre-tool 1
Mofang - G0103 (88489675-d216-4884-a98f-49a89fcc1643) Intrusion Set ShimRat - S0444 (5763217a-05b6-4edd-9bca-057e47b5e403) Malware 1
Mofang - G0103 (88489675-d216-4884-a98f-49a89fcc1643) Intrusion Set Malicious Link - T1204.001 (ef67e13e-5598-4adc-bdb2-998225874fa9) Attack Pattern 1
Mofang - G0103 (88489675-d216-4884-a98f-49a89fcc1643) Intrusion Set Spearphishing Link - T1566.002 (2b742742-28c3-4e1b-bab7-8350d6300fa7) Attack Pattern 1
Obfuscated Files or Information - T1027 (b3d682b6-98f2-4fb0-aa3b-b4df007ca70a) Attack Pattern Encrypted/Encoded File - T1027.013 (0d91b3c0-5e50-47c3-949a-2a796f04d144) Attack Pattern 2
Spearphishing Attachment - T1566.001 (2e34237d-8574-43f6-aace-ae2915de8597) Attack Pattern Phishing - T1566 (a62a8db3-f23a-4d8f-afd6-9dbc77e7813b) Attack Pattern 2
Malicious File - T1204.002 (232b7f21-adf9-4b42-b936-b9d6f7df856e) Attack Pattern User Execution - T1204 (8c32eb4d-805f-4fc5-bf60-c4d476c131b5) Attack Pattern 2
Software Discovery - T1518 (e3b6daca-e963-4a69-aee6-ed4fd653ad58) Attack Pattern ShimRatReporter - S0445 (115f88dd-0618-4389-83cb-98d33ae81848) mitre-tool 2
Account Discovery - T1087 (72b74d71-8169-42aa-92e0-e7b04b9f5a08) Attack Pattern ShimRatReporter - S0445 (115f88dd-0618-4389-83cb-98d33ae81848) mitre-tool 2
System Information Discovery - T1082 (354a7f88-63fb-41b5-a801-ce3b377b36f1) Attack Pattern ShimRatReporter - S0445 (115f88dd-0618-4389-83cb-98d33ae81848) mitre-tool 2
System Network Configuration Discovery - T1016 (707399d6-ab3e-4963-9315-d9d3818cd6a0) Attack Pattern ShimRatReporter - S0445 (115f88dd-0618-4389-83cb-98d33ae81848) mitre-tool 2
System Network Connections Discovery - T1049 (7e150503-88e7-4861-866b-ff1ac82c4475) Attack Pattern ShimRatReporter - S0445 (115f88dd-0618-4389-83cb-98d33ae81848) mitre-tool 2
Automated Collection - T1119 (30208d3e-0d6b-43c8-883e-44462a514619) Attack Pattern ShimRatReporter - S0445 (115f88dd-0618-4389-83cb-98d33ae81848) mitre-tool 2
Archive Collected Data - T1560 (53ac20cd-aca3-406e-9aa0-9fc7fdc60a5a) Attack Pattern ShimRatReporter - S0445 (115f88dd-0618-4389-83cb-98d33ae81848) mitre-tool 2
ShimRatReporter - S0445 (115f88dd-0618-4389-83cb-98d33ae81848) mitre-tool Ingress Tool Transfer - T1105 (e6919abc-99f9-4c6c-95a5-14761e7b2add) Attack Pattern 2
Permission Groups Discovery - T1069 (15dbf668-795c-41e6-8219-f0447c0e64ce) Attack Pattern ShimRatReporter - S0445 (115f88dd-0618-4389-83cb-98d33ae81848) mitre-tool 2
Native API - T1106 (391d824f-0ef1-47a0-b0ee-c59a75e27670) Attack Pattern ShimRatReporter - S0445 (115f88dd-0618-4389-83cb-98d33ae81848) mitre-tool 2
ShimRatReporter - S0445 (115f88dd-0618-4389-83cb-98d33ae81848) mitre-tool Automated Exfiltration - T1020 (774a3188-6ba9-4dc4-879d-d54ee48a5ce9) Attack Pattern 2
Obfuscated Files or Information - T1027 (b3d682b6-98f2-4fb0-aa3b-b4df007ca70a) Attack Pattern ShimRatReporter - S0445 (115f88dd-0618-4389-83cb-98d33ae81848) mitre-tool 2
Match Legitimate Name or Location - T1036.005 (1c4e5d32-1fe9-4116-9d9d-59e3925bd6a2) Attack Pattern ShimRatReporter - S0445 (115f88dd-0618-4389-83cb-98d33ae81848) mitre-tool 2
Process Discovery - T1057 (8f4a33ec-8b1f-4b80-a2f6-642b2e479580) Attack Pattern ShimRatReporter - S0445 (115f88dd-0618-4389-83cb-98d33ae81848) mitre-tool 2
Web Protocols - T1071.001 (df8b2a25-8bdf-4856-953c-a04372b1c161) Attack Pattern ShimRatReporter - S0445 (115f88dd-0618-4389-83cb-98d33ae81848) mitre-tool 2
ShimRatReporter - S0445 (115f88dd-0618-4389-83cb-98d33ae81848) mitre-tool Exfiltration Over C2 Channel - T1041 (92d7da27-2d91-488e-a00c-059dc162766d) Attack Pattern 2
Deobfuscate/Decode Files or Information - T1140 (3ccef7ae-cb5e-48f6-8302-897105fbf55c) Attack Pattern ShimRat - S0444 (5763217a-05b6-4edd-9bca-057e47b5e403) Malware 2
Fallback Channels - T1008 (f24faf46-3b26-4dbb-98f2-63460498e433) Attack Pattern ShimRat - S0444 (5763217a-05b6-4edd-9bca-057e47b5e403) Malware 2
Software Packing - T1027.002 (deb98323-e13f-4b0c-8d94-175379069062) Attack Pattern ShimRat - S0444 (5763217a-05b6-4edd-9bca-057e47b5e403) Malware 2
Masquerade Task or Service - T1036.004 (7bdca9d5-d500-4d7d-8c52-5fd47baf4c0c) Attack Pattern ShimRat - S0444 (5763217a-05b6-4edd-9bca-057e47b5e403) Malware 2
Data from Local System - T1005 (3c4a2599-71ee-4405-ba1e-0e28414b4bc5) Attack Pattern ShimRat - S0444 (5763217a-05b6-4edd-9bca-057e47b5e403) Malware 2
Registry Run Keys / Startup Folder - T1547.001 (9efb1ea7-c37b-4595-9640-b7680cd84279) Attack Pattern ShimRat - S0444 (5763217a-05b6-4edd-9bca-057e47b5e403) Malware 2
ShimRat - S0444 (5763217a-05b6-4edd-9bca-057e47b5e403) Malware Network Share Discovery - T1135 (3489cfc5-640f-4bb3-a103-9137b97de79f) Attack Pattern 2
ShimRat - S0444 (5763217a-05b6-4edd-9bca-057e47b5e403) Malware Modify Registry - T1112 (57340c81-c025-4189-8fa0-fc7ede51bae4) Attack Pattern 2
ShimRat - S0444 (5763217a-05b6-4edd-9bca-057e47b5e403) Malware Hijack Execution Flow - T1574 (aedfca76-3b30-4866-b2aa-0f1d7fd1e4b6) Attack Pattern 2
Native API - T1106 (391d824f-0ef1-47a0-b0ee-c59a75e27670) Attack Pattern ShimRat - S0444 (5763217a-05b6-4edd-9bca-057e47b5e403) Malware 2
Obfuscated Files or Information - T1027 (b3d682b6-98f2-4fb0-aa3b-b4df007ca70a) Attack Pattern ShimRat - S0444 (5763217a-05b6-4edd-9bca-057e47b5e403) Malware 2
External Proxy - T1090.002 (69b8fd78-40e8-4600-ae4d-662c9d7afdb3) Attack Pattern ShimRat - S0444 (5763217a-05b6-4edd-9bca-057e47b5e403) Malware 2
Application Shimming - T1546.011 (42fe883a-21ea-4cfb-b94a-78b6476dcc83) Attack Pattern ShimRat - S0444 (5763217a-05b6-4edd-9bca-057e47b5e403) Malware 2
File Deletion - T1070.004 (d63a3fb8-9452-4e9d-a60a-54be68d5998c) Attack Pattern ShimRat - S0444 (5763217a-05b6-4edd-9bca-057e47b5e403) Malware 2
File and Directory Discovery - T1083 (7bc57495-ea59-4380-be31-a64af124ef18) Attack Pattern ShimRat - S0444 (5763217a-05b6-4edd-9bca-057e47b5e403) Malware 2
ShimRat - S0444 (5763217a-05b6-4edd-9bca-057e47b5e403) Malware Windows Service - T1543.003 (2959d63f-73fd-46a1-abd2-109d7dcede32) Attack Pattern 2
Bypass User Account Control - T1548.002 (120d5519-3098-4e1c-9191-2aa61232f073) Attack Pattern ShimRat - S0444 (5763217a-05b6-4edd-9bca-057e47b5e403) Malware 2
Web Protocols - T1071.001 (df8b2a25-8bdf-4856-953c-a04372b1c161) Attack Pattern ShimRat - S0444 (5763217a-05b6-4edd-9bca-057e47b5e403) Malware 2
Scheduled Transfer - T1029 (4eeaf8a9-c86b-4954-a663-9555fb406466) Attack Pattern ShimRat - S0444 (5763217a-05b6-4edd-9bca-057e47b5e403) Malware 2
ShimRat - S0444 (5763217a-05b6-4edd-9bca-057e47b5e403) Malware Ingress Tool Transfer - T1105 (e6919abc-99f9-4c6c-95a5-14761e7b2add) Attack Pattern 2
Windows Command Shell - T1059.003 (d1fcf083-a721-4223-aedf-bf8960798d62) Attack Pattern ShimRat - S0444 (5763217a-05b6-4edd-9bca-057e47b5e403) Malware 2
User Execution - T1204 (8c32eb4d-805f-4fc5-bf60-c4d476c131b5) Attack Pattern Malicious Link - T1204.001 (ef67e13e-5598-4adc-bdb2-998225874fa9) Attack Pattern 2
Phishing - T1566 (a62a8db3-f23a-4d8f-afd6-9dbc77e7813b) Attack Pattern Spearphishing Link - T1566.002 (2b742742-28c3-4e1b-bab7-8350d6300fa7) Attack Pattern 2
Match Legitimate Name or Location - T1036.005 (1c4e5d32-1fe9-4116-9d9d-59e3925bd6a2) Attack Pattern Masquerading - T1036 (42e8de7b-37b2-4258-905a-6897815e58e0) Attack Pattern 3
Web Protocols - T1071.001 (df8b2a25-8bdf-4856-953c-a04372b1c161) Attack Pattern Application Layer Protocol - T1071 (355be19c-ffc9-46d5-8d50-d6a036c675b6) Attack Pattern 3
Software Packing - T1027.002 (deb98323-e13f-4b0c-8d94-175379069062) Attack Pattern Obfuscated Files or Information - T1027 (b3d682b6-98f2-4fb0-aa3b-b4df007ca70a) Attack Pattern 3
Masquerade Task or Service - T1036.004 (7bdca9d5-d500-4d7d-8c52-5fd47baf4c0c) Attack Pattern Masquerading - T1036 (42e8de7b-37b2-4258-905a-6897815e58e0) Attack Pattern 3
Registry Run Keys / Startup Folder - T1547.001 (9efb1ea7-c37b-4595-9640-b7680cd84279) Attack Pattern Boot or Logon Autostart Execution - T1547 (1ecb2399-e8ba-4f6b-8ba7-5c27d49405cf) Attack Pattern 3
Proxy - T1090 (731f4f55-b6d0-41d1-a7a9-072a66389aea) Attack Pattern External Proxy - T1090.002 (69b8fd78-40e8-4600-ae4d-662c9d7afdb3) Attack Pattern 3
Event Triggered Execution - T1546 (b6301b64-ef57-4cce-bb0b-77026f14a8db) Attack Pattern Application Shimming - T1546.011 (42fe883a-21ea-4cfb-b94a-78b6476dcc83) Attack Pattern 3
Indicator Removal - T1070 (799ace7f-e227-4411-baa0-8868704f2a69) Attack Pattern File Deletion - T1070.004 (d63a3fb8-9452-4e9d-a60a-54be68d5998c) Attack Pattern 3
Create or Modify System Process - T1543 (106c0cf6-bf73-4601-9aa8-0945c2715ec5) Attack Pattern Windows Service - T1543.003 (2959d63f-73fd-46a1-abd2-109d7dcede32) Attack Pattern 3
Bypass User Account Control - T1548.002 (120d5519-3098-4e1c-9191-2aa61232f073) Attack Pattern Abuse Elevation Control Mechanism - T1548 (67720091-eee3-4d2d-ae16-8264567f6f5b) Attack Pattern 3
Command and Scripting Interpreter - T1059 (7385dfaf-6886-4229-9ecd-6fd678040830) Attack Pattern Windows Command Shell - T1059.003 (d1fcf083-a721-4223-aedf-bf8960798d62) Attack Pattern 3