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Inception - G0100 (ead23196-d7b6-4ce6-a124-4ab4b67d81bd)

Inception is a cyber espionage group active since at least 2014. The group has targeted multiple industries and governmental entities primarily in Russia, but has also been active in the United States and throughout Europe, Asia, Africa, and the Middle East.(Citation: Unit 42 Inception November 2018)(Citation: Symantec Inception Framework March 2018)(Citation: Kaspersky Cloud Atlas December 2014)

Cluster A Galaxy A Cluster B Galaxy B Level
Tool - T1588.002 (a2fdce72-04b2-409a-ac10-cc1695f4fce0) Attack Pattern Inception - G0100 (ead23196-d7b6-4ce6-a124-4ab4b67d81bd) Intrusion Set 1
Malicious File - T1204.002 (232b7f21-adf9-4b42-b936-b9d6f7df856e) Attack Pattern Inception - G0100 (ead23196-d7b6-4ce6-a124-4ab4b67d81bd) Intrusion Set 1
PowerShell - T1059.001 (970a3432-3237-47ad-bcca-7d8cbb217736) Attack Pattern Inception - G0100 (ead23196-d7b6-4ce6-a124-4ab4b67d81bd) Intrusion Set 1
Web Service - T1102 (830c9528-df21-472c-8c14-a036bf17d665) Attack Pattern Inception - G0100 (ead23196-d7b6-4ce6-a124-4ab4b67d81bd) Intrusion Set 1
Data from Local System - T1005 (3c4a2599-71ee-4405-ba1e-0e28414b4bc5) Attack Pattern Inception - G0100 (ead23196-d7b6-4ce6-a124-4ab4b67d81bd) Intrusion Set 1
Process Discovery - T1057 (8f4a33ec-8b1f-4b80-a2f6-642b2e479580) Attack Pattern Inception - G0100 (ead23196-d7b6-4ce6-a124-4ab4b67d81bd) Intrusion Set 1
VBShower - S0442 (8caa18af-4758-4fd3-9600-e8af579e89ed) Malware Inception - G0100 (ead23196-d7b6-4ce6-a124-4ab4b67d81bd) Intrusion Set 1
System Information Discovery - T1082 (354a7f88-63fb-41b5-a801-ce3b377b36f1) Attack Pattern Inception - G0100 (ead23196-d7b6-4ce6-a124-4ab4b67d81bd) Intrusion Set 1
Encrypted/Encoded File - T1027.013 (0d91b3c0-5e50-47c3-949a-2a796f04d144) Attack Pattern Inception - G0100 (ead23196-d7b6-4ce6-a124-4ab4b67d81bd) Intrusion Set 1
Registry Run Keys / Startup Folder - T1547.001 (9efb1ea7-c37b-4595-9640-b7680cd84279) Attack Pattern Inception - G0100 (ead23196-d7b6-4ce6-a124-4ab4b67d81bd) Intrusion Set 1
LaZagne - S0349 (b76b2d94-60e4-4107-a903-4a3a7622fb3b) mitre-tool Inception - G0100 (ead23196-d7b6-4ce6-a124-4ab4b67d81bd) Intrusion Set 1
PowerShower - S0441 (53486bc7-7748-4716-8190-e4f1fde04c53) Malware Inception - G0100 (ead23196-d7b6-4ce6-a124-4ab4b67d81bd) Intrusion Set 1
Exploitation for Client Execution - T1203 (be2dcee9-a7a7-4e38-afd6-21b31ecc3d63) Attack Pattern Inception - G0100 (ead23196-d7b6-4ce6-a124-4ab4b67d81bd) Intrusion Set 1
Domain Groups - T1069.002 (2aed01ad-3df3-4410-a8cb-11ea4ded587c) Attack Pattern Inception - G0100 (ead23196-d7b6-4ce6-a124-4ab4b67d81bd) Intrusion Set 1
Regsvr32 - T1218.010 (b97f1d35-4249-4486-a6b5-ee60ccf24fab) Attack Pattern Inception - G0100 (ead23196-d7b6-4ce6-a124-4ab4b67d81bd) Intrusion Set 1
Software Discovery - T1518 (e3b6daca-e963-4a69-aee6-ed4fd653ad58) Attack Pattern Inception - G0100 (ead23196-d7b6-4ce6-a124-4ab4b67d81bd) Intrusion Set 1
Mshta - T1218.005 (840a987a-99bd-4a80-a5c9-0cb2baa6cade) Attack Pattern Inception - G0100 (ead23196-d7b6-4ce6-a124-4ab4b67d81bd) Intrusion Set 1
Symmetric Cryptography - T1573.001 (24bfaeba-cb0d-4525-b3dc-507c77ecec41) Attack Pattern Inception - G0100 (ead23196-d7b6-4ce6-a124-4ab4b67d81bd) Intrusion Set 1
File and Directory Discovery - T1083 (7bc57495-ea59-4380-be31-a64af124ef18) Attack Pattern Inception - G0100 (ead23196-d7b6-4ce6-a124-4ab4b67d81bd) Intrusion Set 1
Template Injection - T1221 (dc31fe1e-d722-49da-8f5f-92c7b5aff534) Attack Pattern Inception - G0100 (ead23196-d7b6-4ce6-a124-4ab4b67d81bd) Intrusion Set 1
Multi-hop Proxy - T1090.003 (a782ebe2-daba-42c7-bc82-e8e9d923162d) Attack Pattern Inception - G0100 (ead23196-d7b6-4ce6-a124-4ab4b67d81bd) Intrusion Set 1
Web Protocols - T1071.001 (df8b2a25-8bdf-4856-953c-a04372b1c161) Attack Pattern Inception - G0100 (ead23196-d7b6-4ce6-a124-4ab4b67d81bd) Intrusion Set 1
Visual Basic - T1059.005 (dfd7cc1d-e1d8-4394-a198-97c4cab8aa67) Attack Pattern Inception - G0100 (ead23196-d7b6-4ce6-a124-4ab4b67d81bd) Intrusion Set 1
Spearphishing Attachment - T1566.001 (2e34237d-8574-43f6-aace-ae2915de8597) Attack Pattern Inception - G0100 (ead23196-d7b6-4ce6-a124-4ab4b67d81bd) Intrusion Set 1
Credentials from Web Browsers - T1555.003 (58a3e6aa-4453-4cc8-a51f-4befe80b31a8) Attack Pattern Inception - G0100 (ead23196-d7b6-4ce6-a124-4ab4b67d81bd) Intrusion Set 1
Tool - T1588.002 (a2fdce72-04b2-409a-ac10-cc1695f4fce0) Attack Pattern Obtain Capabilities - T1588 (ce0687a0-e692-4b77-964a-0784a8e54ff1) 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
PowerShell - T1059.001 (970a3432-3237-47ad-bcca-7d8cbb217736) Attack Pattern Command and Scripting Interpreter - T1059 (7385dfaf-6886-4229-9ecd-6fd678040830) Attack Pattern 2
VBShower - S0442 (8caa18af-4758-4fd3-9600-e8af579e89ed) Malware Registry Run Keys / Startup Folder - T1547.001 (9efb1ea7-c37b-4595-9640-b7680cd84279) Attack Pattern 2
VBShower - S0442 (8caa18af-4758-4fd3-9600-e8af579e89ed) Malware Visual Basic - T1059.005 (dfd7cc1d-e1d8-4394-a198-97c4cab8aa67) Attack Pattern 2
VBShower - S0442 (8caa18af-4758-4fd3-9600-e8af579e89ed) Malware File Deletion - T1070.004 (d63a3fb8-9452-4e9d-a60a-54be68d5998c) Attack Pattern 2
VBShower - S0442 (8caa18af-4758-4fd3-9600-e8af579e89ed) Malware Ingress Tool Transfer - T1105 (e6919abc-99f9-4c6c-95a5-14761e7b2add) Attack Pattern 2
Web Protocols - T1071.001 (df8b2a25-8bdf-4856-953c-a04372b1c161) Attack Pattern VBShower - S0442 (8caa18af-4758-4fd3-9600-e8af579e89ed) Malware 2
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
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 2
Proc Filesystem - T1003.007 (3120b9fa-23b8-4500-ae73-09494f607b7d) Attack Pattern LaZagne - S0349 (b76b2d94-60e4-4107-a903-4a3a7622fb3b) mitre-tool 2
Credentials In Files - T1552.001 (837f9164-50af-4ac0-8219-379d8a74cefc) Attack Pattern LaZagne - S0349 (b76b2d94-60e4-4107-a903-4a3a7622fb3b) mitre-tool 2
/etc/passwd and /etc/shadow - T1003.008 (d0b4fcdb-d67d-4ed2-99ce-788b12f8c0f4) Attack Pattern LaZagne - S0349 (b76b2d94-60e4-4107-a903-4a3a7622fb3b) mitre-tool 2
Credentials from Password Stores - T1555 (3fc9b85a-2862-4363-a64d-d692e3ffbee0) Attack Pattern LaZagne - S0349 (b76b2d94-60e4-4107-a903-4a3a7622fb3b) mitre-tool 2
Credentials from Web Browsers - T1555.003 (58a3e6aa-4453-4cc8-a51f-4befe80b31a8) Attack Pattern LaZagne - S0349 (b76b2d94-60e4-4107-a903-4a3a7622fb3b) mitre-tool 2
Windows Credential Manager - T1555.004 (d336b553-5da9-46ca-98a8-0b23f49fb447) Attack Pattern LaZagne - S0349 (b76b2d94-60e4-4107-a903-4a3a7622fb3b) mitre-tool 2
LSASS Memory - T1003.001 (65f2d882-3f41-4d48-8a06-29af77ec9f90) Attack Pattern LaZagne - S0349 (b76b2d94-60e4-4107-a903-4a3a7622fb3b) mitre-tool 2
LaZagne - S0349 (b76b2d94-60e4-4107-a903-4a3a7622fb3b) mitre-tool Keychain - T1555.001 (1eaebf46-e361-4437-bc23-d5d65a3b92e3) Attack Pattern 2
Cached Domain Credentials - T1003.005 (6add2ab5-2711-4e9d-87c8-7a0be8531530) Attack Pattern LaZagne - S0349 (b76b2d94-60e4-4107-a903-4a3a7622fb3b) mitre-tool 2
LaZagne - S0349 (b76b2d94-60e4-4107-a903-4a3a7622fb3b) mitre-tool LSA Secrets - T1003.004 (1ecfdab8-7d59-4c98-95d4-dc41970f57fc) Attack Pattern 2
PowerShower - S0441 (53486bc7-7748-4716-8190-e4f1fde04c53) Malware System Owner/User Discovery - T1033 (03d7999c-1f4c-42cc-8373-e7690d318104) Attack Pattern 2
PowerShower - S0441 (53486bc7-7748-4716-8190-e4f1fde04c53) Malware System Information Discovery - T1082 (354a7f88-63fb-41b5-a801-ce3b377b36f1) Attack Pattern 2
PowerShower - S0441 (53486bc7-7748-4716-8190-e4f1fde04c53) Malware System Network Configuration Discovery - T1016 (707399d6-ab3e-4963-9315-d9d3818cd6a0) Attack Pattern 2
PowerShower - S0441 (53486bc7-7748-4716-8190-e4f1fde04c53) Malware Registry Run Keys / Startup Folder - T1547.001 (9efb1ea7-c37b-4595-9640-b7680cd84279) Attack Pattern 2
PowerShower - S0441 (53486bc7-7748-4716-8190-e4f1fde04c53) Malware File Deletion - T1070.004 (d63a3fb8-9452-4e9d-a60a-54be68d5998c) Attack Pattern 2
PowerShower - S0441 (53486bc7-7748-4716-8190-e4f1fde04c53) Malware Visual Basic - T1059.005 (dfd7cc1d-e1d8-4394-a198-97c4cab8aa67) Attack Pattern 2
PowerShower - S0441 (53486bc7-7748-4716-8190-e4f1fde04c53) Malware Archive via Utility - T1560.001 (00f90846-cbd1-4fc5-9233-df5c2bf2a662) Attack Pattern 2
PowerShower - S0441 (53486bc7-7748-4716-8190-e4f1fde04c53) Malware Modify Registry - T1112 (57340c81-c025-4189-8fa0-fc7ede51bae4) Attack Pattern 2
PowerShell - T1059.001 (970a3432-3237-47ad-bcca-7d8cbb217736) Attack Pattern PowerShower - S0441 (53486bc7-7748-4716-8190-e4f1fde04c53) Malware 2
PowerShower - S0441 (53486bc7-7748-4716-8190-e4f1fde04c53) Malware Standard Encoding - T1132.001 (04fd5427-79c7-44ea-ae13-11b24778ff1c) Attack Pattern 2
PowerShower - S0441 (53486bc7-7748-4716-8190-e4f1fde04c53) Malware Web Protocols - T1071.001 (df8b2a25-8bdf-4856-953c-a04372b1c161) Attack Pattern 2
PowerShower - S0441 (53486bc7-7748-4716-8190-e4f1fde04c53) Malware Process Discovery - T1057 (8f4a33ec-8b1f-4b80-a2f6-642b2e479580) Attack Pattern 2
PowerShower - S0441 (53486bc7-7748-4716-8190-e4f1fde04c53) Malware Hidden Window - T1564.003 (cbb66055-0325-4111-aca0-40547b6ad5b0) Attack Pattern 2
PowerShower - S0441 (53486bc7-7748-4716-8190-e4f1fde04c53) Malware Exfiltration Over C2 Channel - T1041 (92d7da27-2d91-488e-a00c-059dc162766d) Attack Pattern 2
Permission Groups Discovery - T1069 (15dbf668-795c-41e6-8219-f0447c0e64ce) Attack Pattern Domain Groups - T1069.002 (2aed01ad-3df3-4410-a8cb-11ea4ded587c) Attack Pattern 2
Regsvr32 - T1218.010 (b97f1d35-4249-4486-a6b5-ee60ccf24fab) Attack Pattern System Binary Proxy Execution - T1218 (457c7820-d331-465a-915e-42f85500ccc4) Attack Pattern 2
System Binary Proxy Execution - T1218 (457c7820-d331-465a-915e-42f85500ccc4) Attack Pattern Mshta - T1218.005 (840a987a-99bd-4a80-a5c9-0cb2baa6cade) Attack Pattern 2
Symmetric Cryptography - T1573.001 (24bfaeba-cb0d-4525-b3dc-507c77ecec41) Attack Pattern Encrypted Channel - T1573 (b8902400-e6c5-4ba2-95aa-2d35b442b118) Attack Pattern 2
Proxy - T1090 (731f4f55-b6d0-41d1-a7a9-072a66389aea) Attack Pattern Multi-hop Proxy - T1090.003 (a782ebe2-daba-42c7-bc82-e8e9d923162d) Attack Pattern 2
Web Protocols - T1071.001 (df8b2a25-8bdf-4856-953c-a04372b1c161) Attack Pattern Application Layer Protocol - T1071 (355be19c-ffc9-46d5-8d50-d6a036c675b6) Attack Pattern 2
Command and Scripting Interpreter - T1059 (7385dfaf-6886-4229-9ecd-6fd678040830) Attack Pattern Visual Basic - T1059.005 (dfd7cc1d-e1d8-4394-a198-97c4cab8aa67) Attack Pattern 2
Spearphishing Attachment - T1566.001 (2e34237d-8574-43f6-aace-ae2915de8597) Attack Pattern Phishing - T1566 (a62a8db3-f23a-4d8f-afd6-9dbc77e7813b) Attack Pattern 2
Credentials from Password Stores - T1555 (3fc9b85a-2862-4363-a64d-d692e3ffbee0) Attack Pattern Credentials from Web Browsers - T1555.003 (58a3e6aa-4453-4cc8-a51f-4befe80b31a8) Attack Pattern 2
Indicator Removal - T1070 (799ace7f-e227-4411-baa0-8868704f2a69) Attack Pattern File Deletion - T1070.004 (d63a3fb8-9452-4e9d-a60a-54be68d5998c) Attack Pattern 3
Proc Filesystem - T1003.007 (3120b9fa-23b8-4500-ae73-09494f607b7d) Attack Pattern OS Credential Dumping - T1003 (0a3ead4e-6d47-4ccb-854c-a6a4f9d96b22) Attack Pattern 3
Unsecured Credentials - T1552 (435dfb86-2697-4867-85b5-2fef496c0517) Attack Pattern Credentials In Files - T1552.001 (837f9164-50af-4ac0-8219-379d8a74cefc) Attack Pattern 3
/etc/passwd and /etc/shadow - T1003.008 (d0b4fcdb-d67d-4ed2-99ce-788b12f8c0f4) Attack Pattern OS Credential Dumping - T1003 (0a3ead4e-6d47-4ccb-854c-a6a4f9d96b22) Attack Pattern 3
Credentials from Password Stores - T1555 (3fc9b85a-2862-4363-a64d-d692e3ffbee0) Attack Pattern Windows Credential Manager - T1555.004 (d336b553-5da9-46ca-98a8-0b23f49fb447) Attack Pattern 3
LSASS Memory - T1003.001 (65f2d882-3f41-4d48-8a06-29af77ec9f90) Attack Pattern OS Credential Dumping - T1003 (0a3ead4e-6d47-4ccb-854c-a6a4f9d96b22) Attack Pattern 3
Credentials from Password Stores - T1555 (3fc9b85a-2862-4363-a64d-d692e3ffbee0) Attack Pattern Keychain - T1555.001 (1eaebf46-e361-4437-bc23-d5d65a3b92e3) Attack Pattern 3
Cached Domain Credentials - T1003.005 (6add2ab5-2711-4e9d-87c8-7a0be8531530) Attack Pattern OS Credential Dumping - T1003 (0a3ead4e-6d47-4ccb-854c-a6a4f9d96b22) Attack Pattern 3
OS Credential Dumping - T1003 (0a3ead4e-6d47-4ccb-854c-a6a4f9d96b22) Attack Pattern LSA Secrets - T1003.004 (1ecfdab8-7d59-4c98-95d4-dc41970f57fc) Attack Pattern 3
Archive Collected Data - T1560 (53ac20cd-aca3-406e-9aa0-9fc7fdc60a5a) Attack Pattern Archive via Utility - T1560.001 (00f90846-cbd1-4fc5-9233-df5c2bf2a662) Attack Pattern 3
Data Encoding - T1132 (cc7b8c4e-9be0-47ca-b0bb-83915ec3ee2f) Attack Pattern Standard Encoding - T1132.001 (04fd5427-79c7-44ea-ae13-11b24778ff1c) Attack Pattern 3
Hide Artifacts - T1564 (22905430-4901-4c2a-84f6-98243cb173f8) Attack Pattern Hidden Window - T1564.003 (cbb66055-0325-4111-aca0-40547b6ad5b0) Attack Pattern 3