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KONNI - S0356 (86b92f6c-9c05-4c51-b361-4c7bb13e21a1)

KONNI is a remote access tool that security researchers assess has been used by North Korean cyber actors since at least 2014. KONNI has significant code overlap with the NOKKI malware family, and has been linked to several suspected North Korean campaigns targeting political organizations in Russia, East Asia, Europe and the Middle East; there is some evidence potentially linking KONNI to APT37.(Citation: Talos Konni May 2017)(Citation: Unit 42 NOKKI Sept 2018)(Citation: Unit 42 Nokki Oct 2018)(Citation: Medium KONNI Jan 2020)(Citation: Malwarebytes Konni Aug 2021)

Cluster A Galaxy A Cluster B Galaxy B Level
System Owner/User Discovery - T1033 (03d7999c-1f4c-42cc-8373-e7690d318104) Attack Pattern KONNI - S0356 (86b92f6c-9c05-4c51-b361-4c7bb13e21a1) Malware 1
System Information Discovery - T1082 (354a7f88-63fb-41b5-a801-ce3b377b36f1) Attack Pattern KONNI - S0356 (86b92f6c-9c05-4c51-b361-4c7bb13e21a1) Malware 1
Software Packing - T1027.002 (deb98323-e13f-4b0c-8d94-175379069062) Attack Pattern KONNI - S0356 (86b92f6c-9c05-4c51-b361-4c7bb13e21a1) Malware 1
Encrypted/Encoded File - T1027.013 (0d91b3c0-5e50-47c3-949a-2a796f04d144) Attack Pattern KONNI - S0356 (86b92f6c-9c05-4c51-b361-4c7bb13e21a1) Malware 1
File and Directory Discovery - T1083 (7bc57495-ea59-4380-be31-a64af124ef18) Attack Pattern KONNI - S0356 (86b92f6c-9c05-4c51-b361-4c7bb13e21a1) Malware 1
Bypass User Account Control - T1548.002 (120d5519-3098-4e1c-9191-2aa61232f073) Attack Pattern KONNI - S0356 (86b92f6c-9c05-4c51-b361-4c7bb13e21a1) Malware 1
KONNI - S0356 (86b92f6c-9c05-4c51-b361-4c7bb13e21a1) Malware Archive Collected Data - T1560 (53ac20cd-aca3-406e-9aa0-9fc7fdc60a5a) Attack Pattern 1
Credentials from Web Browsers - T1555.003 (58a3e6aa-4453-4cc8-a51f-4befe80b31a8) Attack Pattern KONNI - S0356 (86b92f6c-9c05-4c51-b361-4c7bb13e21a1) Malware 1
KONNI - S0356 (86b92f6c-9c05-4c51-b361-4c7bb13e21a1) Malware System Network Connections Discovery - T1049 (7e150503-88e7-4861-866b-ff1ac82c4475) Attack Pattern 1
File Deletion - T1070.004 (d63a3fb8-9452-4e9d-a60a-54be68d5998c) Attack Pattern KONNI - S0356 (86b92f6c-9c05-4c51-b361-4c7bb13e21a1) Malware 1
Shortcut Modification - T1547.009 (4ab929c6-ee2d-4fb5-aab4-b14be2ed7179) Attack Pattern KONNI - S0356 (86b92f6c-9c05-4c51-b361-4c7bb13e21a1) Malware 1
Keylogging - T1056.001 (09a60ea3-a8d1-4ae5-976e-5783248b72a4) Attack Pattern KONNI - S0356 (86b92f6c-9c05-4c51-b361-4c7bb13e21a1) Malware 1
Process Discovery - T1057 (8f4a33ec-8b1f-4b80-a2f6-642b2e479580) Attack Pattern KONNI - S0356 (86b92f6c-9c05-4c51-b361-4c7bb13e21a1) Malware 1
PowerShell - T1059.001 (970a3432-3237-47ad-bcca-7d8cbb217736) Attack Pattern KONNI - S0356 (86b92f6c-9c05-4c51-b361-4c7bb13e21a1) Malware 1
Windows Command Shell - T1059.003 (d1fcf083-a721-4223-aedf-bf8960798d62) Attack Pattern KONNI - S0356 (86b92f6c-9c05-4c51-b361-4c7bb13e21a1) Malware 1
Parent PID Spoofing - T1134.004 (93591901-3172-4e94-abf8-6034ab26f44a) Attack Pattern KONNI - S0356 (86b92f6c-9c05-4c51-b361-4c7bb13e21a1) Malware 1
Component Object Model Hijacking - T1546.015 (bc0f5e80-91c0-4e04-9fbb-e4e332c85dae) Attack Pattern KONNI - S0356 (86b92f6c-9c05-4c51-b361-4c7bb13e21a1) Malware 1
Web Protocols - T1071.001 (df8b2a25-8bdf-4856-953c-a04372b1c161) Attack Pattern KONNI - S0356 (86b92f6c-9c05-4c51-b361-4c7bb13e21a1) Malware 1
Deobfuscate/Decode Files or Information - T1140 (3ccef7ae-cb5e-48f6-8302-897105fbf55c) Attack Pattern KONNI - S0356 (86b92f6c-9c05-4c51-b361-4c7bb13e21a1) Malware 1
KONNI - S0356 (86b92f6c-9c05-4c51-b361-4c7bb13e21a1) Malware Symmetric Cryptography - T1573.001 (24bfaeba-cb0d-4525-b3dc-507c77ecec41) Attack Pattern 1
Ingress Tool Transfer - T1105 (e6919abc-99f9-4c6c-95a5-14761e7b2add) Attack Pattern KONNI - S0356 (86b92f6c-9c05-4c51-b361-4c7bb13e21a1) Malware 1
Modify Registry - T1112 (57340c81-c025-4189-8fa0-fc7ede51bae4) Attack Pattern KONNI - S0356 (86b92f6c-9c05-4c51-b361-4c7bb13e21a1) Malware 1
Exfiltration Over Unencrypted Non-C2 Protocol - T1048.003 (fb8d023d-45be-47e9-bc51-f56bcae6435b) Attack Pattern KONNI - S0356 (86b92f6c-9c05-4c51-b361-4c7bb13e21a1) Malware 1
Native API - T1106 (391d824f-0ef1-47a0-b0ee-c59a75e27670) Attack Pattern KONNI - S0356 (86b92f6c-9c05-4c51-b361-4c7bb13e21a1) Malware 1
JavaScript - T1059.007 (0f4a0c76-ab2d-4cb0-85d3-3f0efb8cba0d) Attack Pattern KONNI - S0356 (86b92f6c-9c05-4c51-b361-4c7bb13e21a1) Malware 1
KONNI - S0356 (86b92f6c-9c05-4c51-b361-4c7bb13e21a1) Malware Screen Capture - T1113 (0259baeb-9f63-4c69-bf10-eb038c390688) Attack Pattern 1
Windows Service - T1543.003 (2959d63f-73fd-46a1-abd2-109d7dcede32) Attack Pattern KONNI - S0356 (86b92f6c-9c05-4c51-b361-4c7bb13e21a1) Malware 1
Masquerade Task or Service - T1036.004 (7bdca9d5-d500-4d7d-8c52-5fd47baf4c0c) Attack Pattern KONNI - S0356 (86b92f6c-9c05-4c51-b361-4c7bb13e21a1) Malware 1
Data from Local System - T1005 (3c4a2599-71ee-4405-ba1e-0e28414b4bc5) Attack Pattern KONNI - S0356 (86b92f6c-9c05-4c51-b361-4c7bb13e21a1) Malware 1
Registry Run Keys / Startup Folder - T1547.001 (9efb1ea7-c37b-4595-9640-b7680cd84279) Attack Pattern KONNI - S0356 (86b92f6c-9c05-4c51-b361-4c7bb13e21a1) Malware 1
Exfiltration Over C2 Channel - T1041 (92d7da27-2d91-488e-a00c-059dc162766d) Attack Pattern KONNI - S0356 (86b92f6c-9c05-4c51-b361-4c7bb13e21a1) Malware 1
Match Legitimate Resource Name or Location - T1036.005 (1c4e5d32-1fe9-4116-9d9d-59e3925bd6a2) Attack Pattern KONNI - S0356 (86b92f6c-9c05-4c51-b361-4c7bb13e21a1) Malware 1
Standard Encoding - T1132.001 (04fd5427-79c7-44ea-ae13-11b24778ff1c) Attack Pattern KONNI - S0356 (86b92f6c-9c05-4c51-b361-4c7bb13e21a1) Malware 1
Clipboard Data - T1115 (30973a08-aed9-4edf-8604-9084ce1b5c4f) Attack Pattern KONNI - S0356 (86b92f6c-9c05-4c51-b361-4c7bb13e21a1) Malware 1
System Network Configuration Discovery - T1016 (707399d6-ab3e-4963-9315-d9d3818cd6a0) Attack Pattern KONNI - S0356 (86b92f6c-9c05-4c51-b361-4c7bb13e21a1) Malware 1
Rundll32 - T1218.011 (045d0922-2310-4e60-b5e4-3302302cb3c5) Attack Pattern KONNI - S0356 (86b92f6c-9c05-4c51-b361-4c7bb13e21a1) Malware 1
Create Process with Token - T1134.002 (677569f9-a8b0-459e-ab24-7f18091fa7bf) Attack Pattern KONNI - S0356 (86b92f6c-9c05-4c51-b361-4c7bb13e21a1) Malware 1
Spearphishing Attachment - T1566.001 (2e34237d-8574-43f6-aace-ae2915de8597) Attack Pattern KONNI - S0356 (86b92f6c-9c05-4c51-b361-4c7bb13e21a1) Malware 1
KONNI - S0356 (86b92f6c-9c05-4c51-b361-4c7bb13e21a1) Malware Malicious File - T1204.002 (232b7f21-adf9-4b42-b936-b9d6f7df856e) Attack Pattern 1
Obfuscated Files or Information - T1027 (b3d682b6-98f2-4fb0-aa3b-b4df007ca70a) Attack Pattern Software Packing - T1027.002 (deb98323-e13f-4b0c-8d94-175379069062) Attack Pattern 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
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 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 2
Shortcut Modification - T1547.009 (4ab929c6-ee2d-4fb5-aab4-b14be2ed7179) Attack Pattern Boot or Logon Autostart Execution - T1547 (1ecb2399-e8ba-4f6b-8ba7-5c27d49405cf) Attack Pattern 2
Keylogging - T1056.001 (09a60ea3-a8d1-4ae5-976e-5783248b72a4) Attack Pattern Input Capture - T1056 (bb5a00de-e086-4859-a231-fa793f6797e2) Attack Pattern 2
Command and Scripting Interpreter - T1059 (7385dfaf-6886-4229-9ecd-6fd678040830) Attack Pattern PowerShell - T1059.001 (970a3432-3237-47ad-bcca-7d8cbb217736) Attack Pattern 2
Command and Scripting Interpreter - T1059 (7385dfaf-6886-4229-9ecd-6fd678040830) Attack Pattern Windows Command Shell - T1059.003 (d1fcf083-a721-4223-aedf-bf8960798d62) Attack Pattern 2
Parent PID Spoofing - T1134.004 (93591901-3172-4e94-abf8-6034ab26f44a) Attack Pattern Access Token Manipulation - T1134 (dcaa092b-7de9-4a21-977f-7fcb77e89c48) Attack Pattern 2
Component Object Model Hijacking - T1546.015 (bc0f5e80-91c0-4e04-9fbb-e4e332c85dae) Attack Pattern Event Triggered Execution - T1546 (b6301b64-ef57-4cce-bb0b-77026f14a8db) 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
Encrypted Channel - T1573 (b8902400-e6c5-4ba2-95aa-2d35b442b118) Attack Pattern Symmetric Cryptography - T1573.001 (24bfaeba-cb0d-4525-b3dc-507c77ecec41) Attack Pattern 2
Exfiltration Over Unencrypted Non-C2 Protocol - T1048.003 (fb8d023d-45be-47e9-bc51-f56bcae6435b) Attack Pattern Exfiltration Over Alternative Protocol - T1048 (a19e86f8-1c0a-4fea-8407-23b73d615776) Attack Pattern 2
Command and Scripting Interpreter - T1059 (7385dfaf-6886-4229-9ecd-6fd678040830) Attack Pattern JavaScript - T1059.007 (0f4a0c76-ab2d-4cb0-85d3-3f0efb8cba0d) Attack Pattern 2
Windows Service - T1543.003 (2959d63f-73fd-46a1-abd2-109d7dcede32) Attack Pattern Create or Modify System Process - T1543 (106c0cf6-bf73-4601-9aa8-0945c2715ec5) Attack Pattern 2
Masquerade Task or Service - T1036.004 (7bdca9d5-d500-4d7d-8c52-5fd47baf4c0c) Attack Pattern Masquerading - T1036 (42e8de7b-37b2-4258-905a-6897815e58e0) 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 Match Legitimate Resource Name or Location - T1036.005 (1c4e5d32-1fe9-4116-9d9d-59e3925bd6a2) Attack Pattern 2
Data Encoding - T1132 (cc7b8c4e-9be0-47ca-b0bb-83915ec3ee2f) Attack Pattern Standard Encoding - T1132.001 (04fd5427-79c7-44ea-ae13-11b24778ff1c) Attack Pattern 2
Rundll32 - T1218.011 (045d0922-2310-4e60-b5e4-3302302cb3c5) Attack Pattern System Binary Proxy Execution - T1218 (457c7820-d331-465a-915e-42f85500ccc4) Attack Pattern 2
Create Process with Token - T1134.002 (677569f9-a8b0-459e-ab24-7f18091fa7bf) Attack Pattern Access Token Manipulation - T1134 (dcaa092b-7de9-4a21-977f-7fcb77e89c48) Attack Pattern 2
Spearphishing Attachment - T1566.001 (2e34237d-8574-43f6-aace-ae2915de8597) Attack Pattern Phishing - T1566 (a62a8db3-f23a-4d8f-afd6-9dbc77e7813b) Attack Pattern 2
User Execution - T1204 (8c32eb4d-805f-4fc5-bf60-c4d476c131b5) Attack Pattern Malicious File - T1204.002 (232b7f21-adf9-4b42-b936-b9d6f7df856e) Attack Pattern 2