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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
Shortcut Modification - T1547.009 (4ab929c6-ee2d-4fb5-aab4-b14be2ed7179) Attack Pattern KONNI - S0356 (86b92f6c-9c05-4c51-b361-4c7bb13e21a1) Malware 1
KONNI - S0356 (86b92f6c-9c05-4c51-b361-4c7bb13e21a1) Malware Bypass User Account Control - T1548.002 (120d5519-3098-4e1c-9191-2aa61232f073) Attack Pattern 1
KONNI - S0356 (86b92f6c-9c05-4c51-b361-4c7bb13e21a1) Malware Rundll32 - T1218.011 (045d0922-2310-4e60-b5e4-3302302cb3c5) Attack Pattern 1
Symmetric Cryptography - T1573.001 (24bfaeba-cb0d-4525-b3dc-507c77ecec41) Attack Pattern KONNI - S0356 (86b92f6c-9c05-4c51-b361-4c7bb13e21a1) Malware 1
KONNI - S0356 (86b92f6c-9c05-4c51-b361-4c7bb13e21a1) Malware Credentials from Web Browsers - T1555.003 (58a3e6aa-4453-4cc8-a51f-4befe80b31a8) Attack Pattern 1
KONNI - S0356 (86b92f6c-9c05-4c51-b361-4c7bb13e21a1) Malware System Network Connections Discovery - T1049 (7e150503-88e7-4861-866b-ff1ac82c4475) Attack Pattern 1
KONNI - S0356 (86b92f6c-9c05-4c51-b361-4c7bb13e21a1) Malware Standard Encoding - T1132.001 (04fd5427-79c7-44ea-ae13-11b24778ff1c) Attack Pattern 1
System Information Discovery - T1082 (354a7f88-63fb-41b5-a801-ce3b377b36f1) Attack Pattern KONNI - S0356 (86b92f6c-9c05-4c51-b361-4c7bb13e21a1) Malware 1
KONNI - S0356 (86b92f6c-9c05-4c51-b361-4c7bb13e21a1) Malware Windows Service - T1543.003 (2959d63f-73fd-46a1-abd2-109d7dcede32) Attack Pattern 1
KONNI - S0356 (86b92f6c-9c05-4c51-b361-4c7bb13e21a1) Malware Exfiltration Over Unencrypted Non-C2 Protocol - T1048.003 (fb8d023d-45be-47e9-bc51-f56bcae6435b) Attack Pattern 1
KONNI - S0356 (86b92f6c-9c05-4c51-b361-4c7bb13e21a1) Malware Malicious File - T1204.002 (232b7f21-adf9-4b42-b936-b9d6f7df856e) Attack Pattern 1
KONNI - S0356 (86b92f6c-9c05-4c51-b361-4c7bb13e21a1) Malware Registry Run Keys / Startup Folder - T1547.001 (9efb1ea7-c37b-4595-9640-b7680cd84279) Attack Pattern 1
KONNI - S0356 (86b92f6c-9c05-4c51-b361-4c7bb13e21a1) Malware Software Packing - T1027.002 (deb98323-e13f-4b0c-8d94-175379069062) Attack Pattern 1
KONNI - S0356 (86b92f6c-9c05-4c51-b361-4c7bb13e21a1) Malware Spearphishing Attachment - T1566.001 (2e34237d-8574-43f6-aace-ae2915de8597) Attack Pattern 1
KONNI - S0356 (86b92f6c-9c05-4c51-b361-4c7bb13e21a1) Malware Component Object Model Hijacking - T1546.015 (bc0f5e80-91c0-4e04-9fbb-e4e332c85dae) Attack Pattern 1
KONNI - S0356 (86b92f6c-9c05-4c51-b361-4c7bb13e21a1) Malware Match Legitimate Resource Name or Location - T1036.005 (1c4e5d32-1fe9-4116-9d9d-59e3925bd6a2) Attack Pattern 1
Deobfuscate/Decode Files or Information - T1140 (3ccef7ae-cb5e-48f6-8302-897105fbf55c) 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
Masquerade Task or Service - T1036.004 (7bdca9d5-d500-4d7d-8c52-5fd47baf4c0c) 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
KONNI - S0356 (86b92f6c-9c05-4c51-b361-4c7bb13e21a1) Malware Parent PID Spoofing - T1134.004 (93591901-3172-4e94-abf8-6034ab26f44a) Attack Pattern 1
KONNI - S0356 (86b92f6c-9c05-4c51-b361-4c7bb13e21a1) Malware Encrypted/Encoded File - T1027.013 (0d91b3c0-5e50-47c3-949a-2a796f04d144) Attack Pattern 1
KONNI - S0356 (86b92f6c-9c05-4c51-b361-4c7bb13e21a1) Malware Data from Local System - T1005 (3c4a2599-71ee-4405-ba1e-0e28414b4bc5) Attack Pattern 1
KONNI - S0356 (86b92f6c-9c05-4c51-b361-4c7bb13e21a1) Malware Archive Collected Data - T1560 (53ac20cd-aca3-406e-9aa0-9fc7fdc60a5a) Attack Pattern 1
KONNI - S0356 (86b92f6c-9c05-4c51-b361-4c7bb13e21a1) Malware Keylogging - T1056.001 (09a60ea3-a8d1-4ae5-976e-5783248b72a4) Attack Pattern 1
KONNI - S0356 (86b92f6c-9c05-4c51-b361-4c7bb13e21a1) Malware Exfiltration Over C2 Channel - T1041 (92d7da27-2d91-488e-a00c-059dc162766d) Attack Pattern 1
KONNI - S0356 (86b92f6c-9c05-4c51-b361-4c7bb13e21a1) Malware Modify Registry - T1112 (57340c81-c025-4189-8fa0-fc7ede51bae4) Attack Pattern 1
KONNI - S0356 (86b92f6c-9c05-4c51-b361-4c7bb13e21a1) Malware PowerShell - T1059.001 (970a3432-3237-47ad-bcca-7d8cbb217736) Attack Pattern 1
KONNI - S0356 (86b92f6c-9c05-4c51-b361-4c7bb13e21a1) Malware Native API - T1106 (391d824f-0ef1-47a0-b0ee-c59a75e27670) Attack Pattern 1
KONNI - S0356 (86b92f6c-9c05-4c51-b361-4c7bb13e21a1) Malware Create Process with Token - T1134.002 (677569f9-a8b0-459e-ab24-7f18091fa7bf) Attack Pattern 1
System Network Configuration Discovery - T1016 (707399d6-ab3e-4963-9315-d9d3818cd6a0) 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
KONNI - S0356 (86b92f6c-9c05-4c51-b361-4c7bb13e21a1) Malware Clipboard Data - T1115 (30973a08-aed9-4edf-8604-9084ce1b5c4f) Attack Pattern 1
KONNI - S0356 (86b92f6c-9c05-4c51-b361-4c7bb13e21a1) Malware JavaScript - T1059.007 (0f4a0c76-ab2d-4cb0-85d3-3f0efb8cba0d) Attack Pattern 1
Local Storage Discovery - T1680 (f2514ae4-4e9b-4f26-a5ba-c4ae85fe93c3) Attack Pattern KONNI - S0356 (86b92f6c-9c05-4c51-b361-4c7bb13e21a1) Malware 1
KONNI - S0356 (86b92f6c-9c05-4c51-b361-4c7bb13e21a1) Malware File Deletion - T1070.004 (d63a3fb8-9452-4e9d-a60a-54be68d5998c) Attack Pattern 1
KONNI - S0356 (86b92f6c-9c05-4c51-b361-4c7bb13e21a1) Malware Ingress Tool Transfer - T1105 (e6919abc-99f9-4c6c-95a5-14761e7b2add) Attack Pattern 1
KONNI - S0356 (86b92f6c-9c05-4c51-b361-4c7bb13e21a1) Malware File and Directory Discovery - T1083 (7bc57495-ea59-4380-be31-a64af124ef18) Attack Pattern 1
KONNI - S0356 (86b92f6c-9c05-4c51-b361-4c7bb13e21a1) Malware System Owner/User Discovery - T1033 (03d7999c-1f4c-42cc-8373-e7690d318104) Attack Pattern 1
KONNI - S0356 (86b92f6c-9c05-4c51-b361-4c7bb13e21a1) Malware Web Protocols - T1071.001 (df8b2a25-8bdf-4856-953c-a04372b1c161) Attack Pattern 1
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
Abuse Elevation Control Mechanism - T1548 (67720091-eee3-4d2d-ae16-8264567f6f5b) Attack Pattern Bypass User Account Control - T1548.002 (120d5519-3098-4e1c-9191-2aa61232f073) Attack Pattern 2
System Binary Proxy Execution - T1218 (457c7820-d331-465a-915e-42f85500ccc4) Attack Pattern Rundll32 - T1218.011 (045d0922-2310-4e60-b5e4-3302302cb3c5) 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
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
Data Encoding - T1132 (cc7b8c4e-9be0-47ca-b0bb-83915ec3ee2f) Attack Pattern Standard Encoding - T1132.001 (04fd5427-79c7-44ea-ae13-11b24778ff1c) Attack Pattern 2
Create or Modify System Process - T1543 (106c0cf6-bf73-4601-9aa8-0945c2715ec5) Attack Pattern Windows Service - T1543.003 (2959d63f-73fd-46a1-abd2-109d7dcede32) 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
User Execution - T1204 (8c32eb4d-805f-4fc5-bf60-c4d476c131b5) Attack Pattern Malicious File - T1204.002 (232b7f21-adf9-4b42-b936-b9d6f7df856e) Attack Pattern 2
Boot or Logon Autostart Execution - T1547 (1ecb2399-e8ba-4f6b-8ba7-5c27d49405cf) Attack Pattern Registry Run Keys / Startup Folder - T1547.001 (9efb1ea7-c37b-4595-9640-b7680cd84279) Attack Pattern 2
Obfuscated Files or Information - T1027 (b3d682b6-98f2-4fb0-aa3b-b4df007ca70a) Attack Pattern Software Packing - T1027.002 (deb98323-e13f-4b0c-8d94-175379069062) Attack Pattern 2
Phishing - T1566 (a62a8db3-f23a-4d8f-afd6-9dbc77e7813b) Attack Pattern Spearphishing Attachment - T1566.001 (2e34237d-8574-43f6-aace-ae2915de8597) Attack Pattern 2
Event Triggered Execution - T1546 (b6301b64-ef57-4cce-bb0b-77026f14a8db) Attack Pattern Component Object Model Hijacking - T1546.015 (bc0f5e80-91c0-4e04-9fbb-e4e332c85dae) 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
Masquerade Task or Service - T1036.004 (7bdca9d5-d500-4d7d-8c52-5fd47baf4c0c) Attack Pattern Masquerading - T1036 (42e8de7b-37b2-4258-905a-6897815e58e0) 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
Access Token Manipulation - T1134 (dcaa092b-7de9-4a21-977f-7fcb77e89c48) Attack Pattern Parent PID Spoofing - T1134.004 (93591901-3172-4e94-abf8-6034ab26f44a) 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
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
Access Token Manipulation - T1134 (dcaa092b-7de9-4a21-977f-7fcb77e89c48) Attack Pattern Create Process with Token - T1134.002 (677569f9-a8b0-459e-ab24-7f18091fa7bf) 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
File Deletion - T1070.004 (d63a3fb8-9452-4e9d-a60a-54be68d5998c) Attack Pattern Indicator Removal - T1070 (799ace7f-e227-4411-baa0-8868704f2a69) Attack Pattern 2
Application Layer Protocol - T1071 (355be19c-ffc9-46d5-8d50-d6a036c675b6) Attack Pattern Web Protocols - T1071.001 (df8b2a25-8bdf-4856-953c-a04372b1c161) Attack Pattern 2