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ShimRatReporter - S0445 (115f88dd-0618-4389-83cb-98d33ae81848)

ShimRatReporter is a tool used by suspected Chinese adversary Mofang to automatically conduct initial discovery. The details from this discovery are used to customize follow-on payloads (such as ShimRat) as well as set up faux infrastructure which mimics the adversary's targets. ShimRatReporter has been used in campaigns targeting multiple countries and sectors including government, military, critical infrastructure, automobile, and weapons development.(Citation: FOX-IT May 2016 Mofang)

Cluster A Galaxy A Cluster B Galaxy B Level
System Network Configuration Discovery - T1016 (707399d6-ab3e-4963-9315-d9d3818cd6a0) Attack Pattern ShimRatReporter - S0445 (115f88dd-0618-4389-83cb-98d33ae81848) mitre-tool 1
System Information Discovery - T1082 (354a7f88-63fb-41b5-a801-ce3b377b36f1) Attack Pattern ShimRatReporter - S0445 (115f88dd-0618-4389-83cb-98d33ae81848) mitre-tool 1
ShimRatReporter - S0445 (115f88dd-0618-4389-83cb-98d33ae81848) mitre-tool System Network Connections Discovery - T1049 (7e150503-88e7-4861-866b-ff1ac82c4475) Attack Pattern 1
ShimRatReporter - S0445 (115f88dd-0618-4389-83cb-98d33ae81848) mitre-tool Process Discovery - T1057 (8f4a33ec-8b1f-4b80-a2f6-642b2e479580) Attack Pattern 1
ShimRatReporter - S0445 (115f88dd-0618-4389-83cb-98d33ae81848) mitre-tool Archive Collected Data - T1560 (53ac20cd-aca3-406e-9aa0-9fc7fdc60a5a) Attack Pattern 1
ShimRatReporter - S0445 (115f88dd-0618-4389-83cb-98d33ae81848) mitre-tool Software Discovery - T1518 (e3b6daca-e963-4a69-aee6-ed4fd653ad58) Attack Pattern 1
ShimRatReporter - S0445 (115f88dd-0618-4389-83cb-98d33ae81848) mitre-tool Account Discovery - T1087 (72b74d71-8169-42aa-92e0-e7b04b9f5a08) Attack Pattern 1
ShimRatReporter - S0445 (115f88dd-0618-4389-83cb-98d33ae81848) mitre-tool Ingress Tool Transfer - T1105 (e6919abc-99f9-4c6c-95a5-14761e7b2add) Attack Pattern 1
Permission Groups Discovery - T1069 (15dbf668-795c-41e6-8219-f0447c0e64ce) Attack Pattern ShimRatReporter - S0445 (115f88dd-0618-4389-83cb-98d33ae81848) mitre-tool 1
Obfuscated Files or Information - T1027 (b3d682b6-98f2-4fb0-aa3b-b4df007ca70a) Attack Pattern ShimRatReporter - S0445 (115f88dd-0618-4389-83cb-98d33ae81848) mitre-tool 1
Web Protocols - T1071.001 (df8b2a25-8bdf-4856-953c-a04372b1c161) Attack Pattern ShimRatReporter - S0445 (115f88dd-0618-4389-83cb-98d33ae81848) mitre-tool 1
Automated Collection - T1119 (30208d3e-0d6b-43c8-883e-44462a514619) Attack Pattern ShimRatReporter - S0445 (115f88dd-0618-4389-83cb-98d33ae81848) mitre-tool 1
Match Legitimate Resource Name or Location - T1036.005 (1c4e5d32-1fe9-4116-9d9d-59e3925bd6a2) Attack Pattern ShimRatReporter - S0445 (115f88dd-0618-4389-83cb-98d33ae81848) mitre-tool 1
Exfiltration Over C2 Channel - T1041 (92d7da27-2d91-488e-a00c-059dc162766d) Attack Pattern ShimRatReporter - S0445 (115f88dd-0618-4389-83cb-98d33ae81848) mitre-tool 1
Automated Exfiltration - T1020 (774a3188-6ba9-4dc4-879d-d54ee48a5ce9) Attack Pattern ShimRatReporter - S0445 (115f88dd-0618-4389-83cb-98d33ae81848) mitre-tool 1
ShimRatReporter - S0445 (115f88dd-0618-4389-83cb-98d33ae81848) mitre-tool Native API - T1106 (391d824f-0ef1-47a0-b0ee-c59a75e27670) Attack Pattern 1
Web Protocols - T1071.001 (df8b2a25-8bdf-4856-953c-a04372b1c161) Attack Pattern Application Layer Protocol - T1071 (355be19c-ffc9-46d5-8d50-d6a036c675b6) Attack Pattern 2
Match Legitimate Resource Name or Location - T1036.005 (1c4e5d32-1fe9-4116-9d9d-59e3925bd6a2) Attack Pattern Masquerading - T1036 (42e8de7b-37b2-4258-905a-6897815e58e0) Attack Pattern 2