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Ragnatela (e79cb167-6639-46a3-9646-b12535aa21b6)

Malwarebytes Lab identified a new variant of the BADNEWS RAT called Ragnatela. It is being distributed via spear phishing emails to targets of interest in Pakistan. Ragnatela, which means spider web in Italian, is also the project name and panel used by Patchwork APT. Ironically, the threat actor infected themselves with their own RAT.

Cluster A Galaxy A Cluster B Galaxy B Level
Ragnatela (e79cb167-6639-46a3-9646-b12535aa21b6) RAT 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 2
Data from Local System - T1005 (3c4a2599-71ee-4405-ba1e-0e28414b4bc5) Attack Pattern BADNEWS - S0128 (e9595678-d269-469e-ae6b-75e49259de63) Malware 2
Match Legitimate Name or Location - T1036.005 (1c4e5d32-1fe9-4116-9d9d-59e3925bd6a2) Attack Pattern BADNEWS - S0128 (e9595678-d269-469e-ae6b-75e49259de63) Malware 2
Registry Run Keys / Startup Folder - T1547.001 (9efb1ea7-c37b-4595-9640-b7680cd84279) Attack Pattern BADNEWS - S0128 (e9595678-d269-469e-ae6b-75e49259de63) Malware 2
BADNEWS - S0128 (e9595678-d269-469e-ae6b-75e49259de63) Malware Process Hollowing - T1055.012 (b200542e-e877-4395-875b-cf1a44537ca4) Attack Pattern 2
BADNEWS - S0128 (e9595678-d269-469e-ae6b-75e49259de63) Malware Dead Drop Resolver - T1102.001 (f7827069-0bf2-4764-af4f-23fae0d181b7) Attack Pattern 2
Data from Removable Media - T1025 (1b7ba276-eedc-4951-a762-0ceea2c030ec) Attack Pattern BADNEWS - S0128 (e9595678-d269-469e-ae6b-75e49259de63) Malware 2
Screen Capture - T1113 (0259baeb-9f63-4c69-bf10-eb038c390688) Attack Pattern BADNEWS - S0128 (e9595678-d269-469e-ae6b-75e49259de63) Malware 2
Native API - T1106 (391d824f-0ef1-47a0-b0ee-c59a75e27670) Attack Pattern BADNEWS - S0128 (e9595678-d269-469e-ae6b-75e49259de63) Malware 2
Scheduled Task - T1053.005 (005a06c6-14bf-4118-afa0-ebcd8aebb0c9) Attack Pattern BADNEWS - S0128 (e9595678-d269-469e-ae6b-75e49259de63) Malware 2
Invalid Code Signature - T1036.001 (b4b7458f-81f2-4d38-84be-1c5ba0167a52) Attack Pattern BADNEWS - S0128 (e9595678-d269-469e-ae6b-75e49259de63) Malware 2
Local Data Staging - T1074.001 (1c34f7aa-9341-4a48-bfab-af22e51aca6c) Attack Pattern BADNEWS - S0128 (e9595678-d269-469e-ae6b-75e49259de63) Malware 2
Symmetric Cryptography - T1573.001 (24bfaeba-cb0d-4525-b3dc-507c77ecec41) Attack Pattern BADNEWS - S0128 (e9595678-d269-469e-ae6b-75e49259de63) Malware 2
Automated Collection - T1119 (30208d3e-0d6b-43c8-883e-44462a514619) Attack Pattern BADNEWS - S0128 (e9595678-d269-469e-ae6b-75e49259de63) Malware 2
File and Directory Discovery - T1083 (7bc57495-ea59-4380-be31-a64af124ef18) Attack Pattern BADNEWS - S0128 (e9595678-d269-469e-ae6b-75e49259de63) Malware 2
Data Encoding - T1132 (cc7b8c4e-9be0-47ca-b0bb-83915ec3ee2f) Attack Pattern BADNEWS - S0128 (e9595678-d269-469e-ae6b-75e49259de63) Malware 2
Web Protocols - T1071.001 (df8b2a25-8bdf-4856-953c-a04372b1c161) Attack Pattern BADNEWS - S0128 (e9595678-d269-469e-ae6b-75e49259de63) Malware 2
Bidirectional Communication - T1102.002 (be055942-6e63-49d7-9fa1-9cb7d8a8f3f4) Attack Pattern BADNEWS - S0128 (e9595678-d269-469e-ae6b-75e49259de63) Malware 2
Peripheral Device Discovery - T1120 (348f1eef-964b-4eb6-bb53-69b3dcb0c643) Attack Pattern BADNEWS - S0128 (e9595678-d269-469e-ae6b-75e49259de63) Malware 2
Data from Network Shared Drive - T1039 (ae676644-d2d2-41b7-af7e-9bed1b55898c) Attack Pattern BADNEWS - S0128 (e9595678-d269-469e-ae6b-75e49259de63) Malware 2
DLL Side-Loading - T1574.002 (e64c62cf-9cd7-4a14-94ec-cdaac43ab44b) Attack Pattern BADNEWS - S0128 (e9595678-d269-469e-ae6b-75e49259de63) Malware 2
BADNEWS - S0128 (e9595678-d269-469e-ae6b-75e49259de63) Malware Ingress Tool Transfer - T1105 (e6919abc-99f9-4c6c-95a5-14761e7b2add) Attack Pattern 2
BADNEWS - S0128 (e9595678-d269-469e-ae6b-75e49259de63) Malware Standard Encoding - T1132.001 (04fd5427-79c7-44ea-ae13-11b24778ff1c) Attack Pattern 2
Windows Command Shell - T1059.003 (d1fcf083-a721-4223-aedf-bf8960798d62) Attack Pattern BADNEWS - S0128 (e9595678-d269-469e-ae6b-75e49259de63) Malware 2
Input Capture - T1056 (bb5a00de-e086-4859-a231-fa793f6797e2) Attack Pattern Keylogging - T1056.001 (09a60ea3-a8d1-4ae5-976e-5783248b72a4) Attack Pattern 3
Match Legitimate Name or Location - T1036.005 (1c4e5d32-1fe9-4116-9d9d-59e3925bd6a2) Attack Pattern Masquerading - T1036 (42e8de7b-37b2-4258-905a-6897815e58e0) Attack Pattern 3
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 3
Process Injection - T1055 (43e7dc91-05b2-474c-b9ac-2ed4fe101f4d) Attack Pattern Process Hollowing - T1055.012 (b200542e-e877-4395-875b-cf1a44537ca4) Attack Pattern 3
Web Service - T1102 (830c9528-df21-472c-8c14-a036bf17d665) Attack Pattern Dead Drop Resolver - T1102.001 (f7827069-0bf2-4764-af4f-23fae0d181b7) Attack Pattern 3
Scheduled Task - T1053.005 (005a06c6-14bf-4118-afa0-ebcd8aebb0c9) Attack Pattern Scheduled Task/Job - T1053 (35dd844a-b219-4e2b-a6bb-efa9a75995a9) Attack Pattern 3
Invalid Code Signature - T1036.001 (b4b7458f-81f2-4d38-84be-1c5ba0167a52) Attack Pattern Masquerading - T1036 (42e8de7b-37b2-4258-905a-6897815e58e0) Attack Pattern 3
Data Staged - T1074 (7dd95ff6-712e-4056-9626-312ea4ab4c5e) Attack Pattern Local Data Staging - T1074.001 (1c34f7aa-9341-4a48-bfab-af22e51aca6c) Attack Pattern 3
Symmetric Cryptography - T1573.001 (24bfaeba-cb0d-4525-b3dc-507c77ecec41) Attack Pattern Encrypted Channel - T1573 (b8902400-e6c5-4ba2-95aa-2d35b442b118) Attack Pattern 3
Web Protocols - T1071.001 (df8b2a25-8bdf-4856-953c-a04372b1c161) Attack Pattern Application Layer Protocol - T1071 (355be19c-ffc9-46d5-8d50-d6a036c675b6) Attack Pattern 3
Web Service - T1102 (830c9528-df21-472c-8c14-a036bf17d665) Attack Pattern Bidirectional Communication - T1102.002 (be055942-6e63-49d7-9fa1-9cb7d8a8f3f4) Attack Pattern 3
DLL Side-Loading - T1574.002 (e64c62cf-9cd7-4a14-94ec-cdaac43ab44b) Attack Pattern Hijack Execution Flow - T1574 (aedfca76-3b30-4866-b2aa-0f1d7fd1e4b6) Attack Pattern 3
Data Encoding - T1132 (cc7b8c4e-9be0-47ca-b0bb-83915ec3ee2f) Attack Pattern Standard Encoding - T1132.001 (04fd5427-79c7-44ea-ae13-11b24778ff1c) Attack Pattern 3
Command and Scripting Interpreter - T1059 (7385dfaf-6886-4229-9ecd-6fd678040830) Attack Pattern Windows Command Shell - T1059.003 (d1fcf083-a721-4223-aedf-bf8960798d62) Attack Pattern 3