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Turian - S0647 (350f12cf-fd3b-4dad-b323-14b943090df4)

Turian is a backdoor that has been used by BackdoorDiplomacy to target Ministries of Foreign Affairs, telecommunication companies, and charities in Africa, Europe, the Middle East, and Asia. First reported in 2021, Turian is likely related to Quarian, an older backdoor that was last observed being used in 2013 against diplomatic targets in Syria and the United States.(Citation: ESET BackdoorDiplomacy Jun 2021)

Cluster A Galaxy A Cluster B Galaxy B Level
System Owner/User Discovery - T1033 (03d7999c-1f4c-42cc-8373-e7690d318104) Attack Pattern Turian - S0647 (350f12cf-fd3b-4dad-b323-14b943090df4) Malware 1
Screen Capture - T1113 (0259baeb-9f63-4c69-bf10-eb038c390688) Attack Pattern Turian - S0647 (350f12cf-fd3b-4dad-b323-14b943090df4) Malware 1
Turian - S0647 (350f12cf-fd3b-4dad-b323-14b943090df4) Malware System Information Discovery - T1082 (354a7f88-63fb-41b5-a801-ce3b377b36f1) Attack Pattern 1
System Network Configuration Discovery - T1016 (707399d6-ab3e-4963-9315-d9d3818cd6a0) Attack Pattern Turian - S0647 (350f12cf-fd3b-4dad-b323-14b943090df4) Malware 1
Turian - S0647 (350f12cf-fd3b-4dad-b323-14b943090df4) Malware Python - T1059.006 (cc3502b5-30cc-4473-ad48-42d51a6ef6d1) Attack Pattern 1
Web Protocols - T1071.001 (df8b2a25-8bdf-4856-953c-a04372b1c161) Attack Pattern Turian - S0647 (350f12cf-fd3b-4dad-b323-14b943090df4) Malware 1
Windows Command Shell - T1059.003 (d1fcf083-a721-4223-aedf-bf8960798d62) Attack Pattern Turian - S0647 (350f12cf-fd3b-4dad-b323-14b943090df4) Malware 1
Deobfuscate/Decode Files or Information - T1140 (3ccef7ae-cb5e-48f6-8302-897105fbf55c) Attack Pattern Turian - S0647 (350f12cf-fd3b-4dad-b323-14b943090df4) Malware 1
Turian - S0647 (350f12cf-fd3b-4dad-b323-14b943090df4) Malware File and Directory Discovery - T1083 (7bc57495-ea59-4380-be31-a64af124ef18) Attack Pattern 1
Turian - S0647 (350f12cf-fd3b-4dad-b323-14b943090df4) Malware Junk Data - T1001.001 (f7c0689c-4dbd-489b-81be-7cb7c7079ade) Attack Pattern 1
Turian - S0647 (350f12cf-fd3b-4dad-b323-14b943090df4) Malware Local Data Staging - T1074.001 (1c34f7aa-9341-4a48-bfab-af22e51aca6c) Attack Pattern 1
Turian - S0647 (350f12cf-fd3b-4dad-b323-14b943090df4) Malware Ingress Tool Transfer - T1105 (e6919abc-99f9-4c6c-95a5-14761e7b2add) Attack Pattern 1
Registry Run Keys / Startup Folder - T1547.001 (9efb1ea7-c37b-4595-9640-b7680cd84279) Attack Pattern Turian - S0647 (350f12cf-fd3b-4dad-b323-14b943090df4) Malware 1
Obfuscated Files or Information - T1027 (b3d682b6-98f2-4fb0-aa3b-b4df007ca70a) Attack Pattern Turian - S0647 (350f12cf-fd3b-4dad-b323-14b943090df4) Malware 1
Turian - S0647 (350f12cf-fd3b-4dad-b323-14b943090df4) Malware Masquerade Task or Service - T1036.004 (7bdca9d5-d500-4d7d-8c52-5fd47baf4c0c) Attack Pattern 1
Archive via Utility - T1560.001 (00f90846-cbd1-4fc5-9233-df5c2bf2a662) Attack Pattern Turian - S0647 (350f12cf-fd3b-4dad-b323-14b943090df4) Malware 1
Unix Shell - T1059.004 (a9d4b653-6915-42af-98b2-5758c4ceee56) Attack Pattern Turian - S0647 (350f12cf-fd3b-4dad-b323-14b943090df4) Malware 1
Turian - S0647 (350f12cf-fd3b-4dad-b323-14b943090df4) Malware Peripheral Device Discovery - T1120 (348f1eef-964b-4eb6-bb53-69b3dcb0c643) Attack Pattern 1
Python - T1059.006 (cc3502b5-30cc-4473-ad48-42d51a6ef6d1) Attack Pattern Command and Scripting Interpreter - T1059 (7385dfaf-6886-4229-9ecd-6fd678040830) 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
Windows Command Shell - T1059.003 (d1fcf083-a721-4223-aedf-bf8960798d62) Attack Pattern Command and Scripting Interpreter - T1059 (7385dfaf-6886-4229-9ecd-6fd678040830) Attack Pattern 2
Junk Data - T1001.001 (f7c0689c-4dbd-489b-81be-7cb7c7079ade) Attack Pattern Data Obfuscation - T1001 (ad255bfe-a9e6-4b52-a258-8d3462abe842) Attack Pattern 2
Data Staged - T1074 (7dd95ff6-712e-4056-9626-312ea4ab4c5e) Attack Pattern Local Data Staging - T1074.001 (1c34f7aa-9341-4a48-bfab-af22e51aca6c) 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
Masquerading - T1036 (42e8de7b-37b2-4258-905a-6897815e58e0) Attack Pattern Masquerade Task or Service - T1036.004 (7bdca9d5-d500-4d7d-8c52-5fd47baf4c0c) Attack Pattern 2
Archive via Utility - T1560.001 (00f90846-cbd1-4fc5-9233-df5c2bf2a662) Attack Pattern Archive Collected Data - T1560 (53ac20cd-aca3-406e-9aa0-9fc7fdc60a5a) Attack Pattern 2
Unix Shell - T1059.004 (a9d4b653-6915-42af-98b2-5758c4ceee56) Attack Pattern Command and Scripting Interpreter - T1059 (7385dfaf-6886-4229-9ecd-6fd678040830) Attack Pattern 2