Magic Hound

OriginIrã

Techniques (MITRE ATT&CK)78

SourceMITRE ATT&CK

Also known as:TA453COBALT ILLUSIONCharming KittenITG18PhosphorusNewscasterAPT35Mint Sandstorm

Vexday analysis

Magic Hound é um grupo de espionagem cibernética patrocinado pelo Irã, associado ao Corpo da Guarda Revolucionária Islâmica, que conduz operações persistentes e de alta intensidade de recursos por meio de campanhas sofisticadas de engenharia social desde pelo menos 2014. O grupo, rastreado pelo MITRE ATT&CK como G0059, é conhecido por visar pessoal governamental e militar, acadêmicos, jornalistas e organizações como a Organização Mundial da Saúde (OMS) na Europa, nos Estados Unidos e no Oriente Médio. Catalogado também sob os aliases Charming Kitten, Phosphorus, TA453, COBALT ILLUSION, ITG18 e Newscaster, o grupo possui 78 técnicas documentadas no framework ATT&CK e 11 CVEs atribuídas.

Techniques (MITRE ATT&CK) 78

How the group operates, mapped to the MITRE ATT&CK matrix and organized by the phases of an attack.

Reconnaissance

Gather Victim Identity Information Credentials Email Addresses IP Addresses Determine Physical Locations Software Vulnerability Scanning Spearphishing Link

Resource development

Domains Web Services Domains Social Media Accounts Email Accounts Email Accounts Tool

Initial access

Drive-by Compromise Exploit Public-Facing Application Spearphishing Link Spearphishing via Service

Execution

Windows Management Instrumentation Scheduled Task PowerShell Windows Command Shell Visual Basic Malicious Link Malicious File

Persistence

Additional Email Delegate Permissions Additional Local or Domain Groups Local Account Web Shell Registry Run Keys / Startup Folder

Credential access

LSASS Memory

Discovery

System Network Configuration Discovery Internet Connection Discovery Wi-Fi Discovery Remote System Discovery System Owner/User Discovery Network Service Discovery System Network Connections Discovery Process Discovery System Information Discovery File and Directory Discovery Email Account Domain Trust Discovery

Lateral movement

Remote Desktop Protocol Lateral Tool Transfer

Collection

Data from Local System Keylogging Screen Capture Email Collection Local Email Collection Remote Email Collection Archive via Utility

Command and control

Application Layer Protocol Web Protocols Proxy Bidirectional Communication Ingress Tool Transfer Non-Standard Port Protocol Tunneling Encrypted Channel

Exfiltration

Exfiltration Over Web Service

Impact

Data Encrypted for Impact

defense-impairment

Modify Registry Disable or Modify Tools Disable or Modify Windows Event Log Windows Host Firewall

stealth

Command Obfuscation Encrypted/Encoded File Masquerade Task or Service Match Legitimate Resource Name or Location Masquerade Account Name Clear Command History File Deletion Default Accounts Domain Accounts Rundll32 Hidden Window

Exploited vulnerabilities 11

CVEs this group is known to exploit, per MITRE ATT&CK. Ordered by real-world severity.

CVE-2021-44228CRITICALEPSS 100%KEV CVE-2021-26855CRITICALEPSS 100%KEV CVE-2018-13379CRITICALEPSS 100%KEV CVE-2021-34473CRITICALEPSS 100%KEV CVE-2021-34523CRITICALEPSS 100%KEV CVE-2021-27065HIGHEPSS 100%KEV CVE-2014-7169CRITICALEPSS 100%KEV CVE-2021-31207MEDIUMEPSS 100%KEV CVE-2021-26857HIGHEPSS 94%KEV CVE-2021-26858HIGHEPSS 90%KEV CVE-2016-6662EPSS 68%

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