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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
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 Data from Network Shared Drive - T1039 (ae676644-d2d2-41b7-af7e-9bed1b55898c) Attack Pattern 1
BADNEWS - S0128 (e9595678-d269-469e-ae6b-75e49259de63) Malware Invalid Code Signature - T1036.001 (b4b7458f-81f2-4d38-84be-1c5ba0167a52) Attack Pattern 1
BADNEWS - S0128 (e9595678-d269-469e-ae6b-75e49259de63) Malware Local Data Staging - T1074.001 (1c34f7aa-9341-4a48-bfab-af22e51aca6c) Attack Pattern 1
Symmetric Cryptography - T1573.001 (24bfaeba-cb0d-4525-b3dc-507c77ecec41) Attack Pattern BADNEWS - S0128 (e9595678-d269-469e-ae6b-75e49259de63) Malware 1
BADNEWS - S0128 (e9595678-d269-469e-ae6b-75e49259de63) Malware Standard Encoding - T1132.001 (04fd5427-79c7-44ea-ae13-11b24778ff1c) Attack Pattern 1
DLL - T1574.001 (2fee9321-3e71-4cf4-af24-d4d40d355b34) Attack Pattern BADNEWS - S0128 (e9595678-d269-469e-ae6b-75e49259de63) Malware 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 Match Legitimate Resource Name or Location - T1036.005 (1c4e5d32-1fe9-4116-9d9d-59e3925bd6a2) Attack Pattern 1
Windows Command Shell - T1059.003 (d1fcf083-a721-4223-aedf-bf8960798d62) Attack Pattern BADNEWS - S0128 (e9595678-d269-469e-ae6b-75e49259de63) Malware 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 Keylogging - T1056.001 (09a60ea3-a8d1-4ae5-976e-5783248b72a4) 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 Peripheral Device Discovery - T1120 (348f1eef-964b-4eb6-bb53-69b3dcb0c643) Attack Pattern 1
BADNEWS - S0128 (e9595678-d269-469e-ae6b-75e49259de63) Malware Data from Removable Media - T1025 (1b7ba276-eedc-4951-a762-0ceea2c030ec) 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 Dead Drop Resolver - T1102.001 (f7827069-0bf2-4764-af4f-23fae0d181b7) Attack Pattern 1
BADNEWS - S0128 (e9595678-d269-469e-ae6b-75e49259de63) Malware Scheduled Task - T1053.005 (005a06c6-14bf-4118-afa0-ebcd8aebb0c9) Attack Pattern 1
BADNEWS - S0128 (e9595678-d269-469e-ae6b-75e49259de63) Malware Automated Collection - T1119 (30208d3e-0d6b-43c8-883e-44462a514619) Attack Pattern 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 Data Encoding - T1132 (cc7b8c4e-9be0-47ca-b0bb-83915ec3ee2f) Attack Pattern 1
BADNEWS - S0128 (e9595678-d269-469e-ae6b-75e49259de63) Malware File and Directory Discovery - T1083 (7bc57495-ea59-4380-be31-a64af124ef18) Attack Pattern 1
BADNEWS - S0128 (e9595678-d269-469e-ae6b-75e49259de63) Malware Web Protocols - T1071.001 (df8b2a25-8bdf-4856-953c-a04372b1c161) Attack Pattern 1
Bidirectional Communication - T1102.002 (be055942-6e63-49d7-9fa1-9cb7d8a8f3f4) Attack Pattern Web Service - T1102 (830c9528-df21-472c-8c14-a036bf17d665) Attack Pattern 2
Masquerading - T1036 (42e8de7b-37b2-4258-905a-6897815e58e0) Attack Pattern Invalid Code Signature - T1036.001 (b4b7458f-81f2-4d38-84be-1c5ba0167a52) 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
Symmetric Cryptography - T1573.001 (24bfaeba-cb0d-4525-b3dc-507c77ecec41) Attack Pattern Encrypted Channel - T1573 (b8902400-e6c5-4ba2-95aa-2d35b442b118) 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
DLL - T1574.001 (2fee9321-3e71-4cf4-af24-d4d40d355b34) Attack Pattern Hijack Execution Flow - T1574 (aedfca76-3b30-4866-b2aa-0f1d7fd1e4b6) 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
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
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
Keylogging - T1056.001 (09a60ea3-a8d1-4ae5-976e-5783248b72a4) Attack Pattern Input Capture - T1056 (bb5a00de-e086-4859-a231-fa793f6797e2) 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
Dead Drop Resolver - T1102.001 (f7827069-0bf2-4764-af4f-23fae0d181b7) Attack Pattern Web Service - T1102 (830c9528-df21-472c-8c14-a036bf17d665) Attack Pattern 2
Scheduled Task/Job - T1053 (35dd844a-b219-4e2b-a6bb-efa9a75995a9) Attack Pattern Scheduled Task - T1053.005 (005a06c6-14bf-4118-afa0-ebcd8aebb0c9) 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