BADNEWS - S0128 (e9595678-d269-469e-ae6b-75e49259de63)

BADNEWS is malware that has been used by the actors responsible for the Patchwork campaign. Its name was given due to its use of RSS feeds, forums, and blogs for command and control. (Citation: Forcepoint Monsoon) (Citation: TrendMicro Patchwork Dec 2017)

Cluster A	Galaxy A	Cluster B	Galaxy B	Level
Data Encoding - T1132 (cc7b8c4e-9be0-47ca-b0bb-83915ec3ee2f)	Attack Pattern	BADNEWS - S0128 (e9595678-d269-469e-ae6b-75e49259de63)	Malware	1
BADNEWS - S0128 (e9595678-d269-469e-ae6b-75e49259de63)	Malware	Invalid Code Signature - T1036.001 (b4b7458f-81f2-4d38-84be-1c5ba0167a52)	Attack Pattern	1
Local Data Staging - T1074.001 (1c34f7aa-9341-4a48-bfab-af22e51aca6c)	Attack Pattern	BADNEWS - S0128 (e9595678-d269-469e-ae6b-75e49259de63)	Malware	1
BADNEWS - S0128 (e9595678-d269-469e-ae6b-75e49259de63)	Malware	DLL - T1574.001 (2fee9321-3e71-4cf4-af24-d4d40d355b34)	Attack Pattern	1
BADNEWS - S0128 (e9595678-d269-469e-ae6b-75e49259de63)	Malware	File and Directory Discovery - T1083 (7bc57495-ea59-4380-be31-a64af124ef18)	Attack Pattern	1
Process Hollowing - T1055.012 (b200542e-e877-4395-875b-cf1a44537ca4)	Attack Pattern	BADNEWS - S0128 (e9595678-d269-469e-ae6b-75e49259de63)	Malware	1
BADNEWS - S0128 (e9595678-d269-469e-ae6b-75e49259de63)	Malware	Data from Network Shared Drive - T1039 (ae676644-d2d2-41b7-af7e-9bed1b55898c)	Attack Pattern	1
BADNEWS - S0128 (e9595678-d269-469e-ae6b-75e49259de63)	Malware	Scheduled Task - T1053.005 (005a06c6-14bf-4118-afa0-ebcd8aebb0c9)	Attack Pattern	1
Peripheral Device Discovery - T1120 (348f1eef-964b-4eb6-bb53-69b3dcb0c643)	Attack Pattern	BADNEWS - S0128 (e9595678-d269-469e-ae6b-75e49259de63)	Malware	1
Keylogging - T1056.001 (09a60ea3-a8d1-4ae5-976e-5783248b72a4)	Attack Pattern	BADNEWS - S0128 (e9595678-d269-469e-ae6b-75e49259de63)	Malware	1
Windows Command Shell - T1059.003 (d1fcf083-a721-4223-aedf-bf8960798d62)	Attack Pattern	BADNEWS - S0128 (e9595678-d269-469e-ae6b-75e49259de63)	Malware	1
Web Protocols - T1071.001 (df8b2a25-8bdf-4856-953c-a04372b1c161)	Attack Pattern	BADNEWS - S0128 (e9595678-d269-469e-ae6b-75e49259de63)	Malware	1
BADNEWS - S0128 (e9595678-d269-469e-ae6b-75e49259de63)	Malware	Ingress Tool Transfer - T1105 (e6919abc-99f9-4c6c-95a5-14761e7b2add)	Attack Pattern	1
BADNEWS - S0128 (e9595678-d269-469e-ae6b-75e49259de63)	Malware	Bidirectional Communication - T1102.002 (be055942-6e63-49d7-9fa1-9cb7d8a8f3f4)	Attack Pattern	1
BADNEWS - S0128 (e9595678-d269-469e-ae6b-75e49259de63)	Malware	Symmetric Cryptography - T1573.001 (24bfaeba-cb0d-4525-b3dc-507c77ecec41)	Attack Pattern	1
BADNEWS - S0128 (e9595678-d269-469e-ae6b-75e49259de63)	Malware	Native API - T1106 (391d824f-0ef1-47a0-b0ee-c59a75e27670)	Attack Pattern	1
BADNEWS - S0128 (e9595678-d269-469e-ae6b-75e49259de63)	Malware	Screen Capture - T1113 (0259baeb-9f63-4c69-bf10-eb038c390688)	Attack Pattern	1
BADNEWS - S0128 (e9595678-d269-469e-ae6b-75e49259de63)	Malware	Registry Run Keys / Startup Folder - T1547.001 (9efb1ea7-c37b-4595-9640-b7680cd84279)	Attack Pattern	1
BADNEWS - S0128 (e9595678-d269-469e-ae6b-75e49259de63)	Malware	Data from Local System - T1005 (3c4a2599-71ee-4405-ba1e-0e28414b4bc5)	Attack Pattern	1
BADNEWS - S0128 (e9595678-d269-469e-ae6b-75e49259de63)	Malware	Match Legitimate Resource Name or Location - T1036.005 (1c4e5d32-1fe9-4116-9d9d-59e3925bd6a2)	Attack Pattern	1
BADNEWS - S0128 (e9595678-d269-469e-ae6b-75e49259de63)	Malware	Standard Encoding - T1132.001 (04fd5427-79c7-44ea-ae13-11b24778ff1c)	Attack Pattern	1
BADNEWS - S0128 (e9595678-d269-469e-ae6b-75e49259de63)	Malware	Automated Collection - T1119 (30208d3e-0d6b-43c8-883e-44462a514619)	Attack Pattern	1
Dead Drop Resolver - T1102.001 (f7827069-0bf2-4764-af4f-23fae0d181b7)	Attack Pattern	BADNEWS - S0128 (e9595678-d269-469e-ae6b-75e49259de63)	Malware	1
BADNEWS - S0128 (e9595678-d269-469e-ae6b-75e49259de63)	Malware	Data from Removable Media - T1025 (1b7ba276-eedc-4951-a762-0ceea2c030ec)	Attack Pattern	1
Masquerading - T1036 (42e8de7b-37b2-4258-905a-6897815e58e0)	Attack Pattern	Invalid Code Signature - T1036.001 (b4b7458f-81f2-4d38-84be-1c5ba0167a52)	Attack Pattern	2
Local Data Staging - T1074.001 (1c34f7aa-9341-4a48-bfab-af22e51aca6c)	Attack Pattern	Data Staged - T1074 (7dd95ff6-712e-4056-9626-312ea4ab4c5e)	Attack Pattern	2
Hijack Execution Flow - T1574 (aedfca76-3b30-4866-b2aa-0f1d7fd1e4b6)	Attack Pattern	DLL - T1574.001 (2fee9321-3e71-4cf4-af24-d4d40d355b34)	Attack Pattern	2
Process Hollowing - T1055.012 (b200542e-e877-4395-875b-cf1a44537ca4)	Attack Pattern	Process Injection - T1055 (43e7dc91-05b2-474c-b9ac-2ed4fe101f4d)	Attack Pattern	2
Scheduled Task - T1053.005 (005a06c6-14bf-4118-afa0-ebcd8aebb0c9)	Attack Pattern	Scheduled Task/Job - T1053 (35dd844a-b219-4e2b-a6bb-efa9a75995a9)	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	Windows Command Shell - T1059.003 (d1fcf083-a721-4223-aedf-bf8960798d62)	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
Web Service - T1102 (830c9528-df21-472c-8c14-a036bf17d665)	Attack Pattern	Bidirectional Communication - T1102.002 (be055942-6e63-49d7-9fa1-9cb7d8a8f3f4)	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
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
Dead Drop Resolver - T1102.001 (f7827069-0bf2-4764-af4f-23fae0d181b7)	Attack Pattern	Web Service - T1102 (830c9528-df21-472c-8c14-a036bf17d665)	Attack Pattern	2