resource-development

Obtain Capabilities

Obtain Capabilities: Tool

Stage Capabilities

Stage Capabilities: Upload Malware


Stage Capabilities: Upload Tool

initial-access

Exploit Public-Facing Application

Supply Chain Compromise

Supply Chain Compromise: Compromise Software Dependencies and Development Tools

Supply Chain Compromise: Compromise Software Supply Chain

Phishing

Phishing: Spearphishing Attachment

defense-evasion

Query Registry

Obfuscated Files or Information

Obfuscated Files or Information: Steganography

Obfuscated Files or Information: Compile After Delivery

Process Injection

Process Injection: Portable Executable Injection

Indicator Removal on Host

Modify Registry

Deobfuscate/Decode Files or Information

Signed Binary Proxy Execution

Signed Binary Proxy Execution: Mshta

File and Directory Permissions Modification

Abuse Elevation Control Mechanism

Abuse Elevation Control Mechanism: Bypass User Account Control 


Subvert Trust Controls

Subvert Trust Controls: Mark-of-the-Web Bypass

Impair Defenses

Impair Defenses: Disable or Modify Tools

Disable Windows Event Logging

Hijack Execution Flow

Hijack Execution Flow: DLL Side-Loading

command-and-control

Application Layer Protocol

Application Layer Protocol: Web Protocols

Web Service

Web Service: Bidirectional Communication

Multi-Stage Channels

Ingress Tool Transfer

Traffic Signaling

Traffic Signaling: Port Knocking

Remote Access Software

discovery

System Service Discovery

System Network Configuration Discovery

Remote System Discovery

System Owner/User Discovery

Network Service Scanning

Windows Management Instrumentation

System Network Connections Discovery

Process Discovery

Permission Groups Discovery

Data Staged

Data Staged: Local Data Staging

System Information Discovery

File and Directory Discovery

Account Discovery

Account Discovery: Domain Account

Network Share Discovery

Domain Trust Discovery

Software Discovery

Cloud Infrastructure Discovery

Container and Resource Discovery

System Location Discovery

collection

Data from Local System

Input Capture

Input Capture: Keylogging

Screen Capture

Email Collection

Email Collection: Local Email Collection

Video Capture

Archive via Custom Method

persistence

Scheduled Task/Job

Scheduled Task/Job: Cron

Create Account

Create Account: Local Account

Create or Modify System Process

Create or Modify System Process: Launch Agent

Event Triggered Execution

Event Triggered Execution: Windows Management Instrumentation Event Subscription

Event Triggered Execution: Unix Shell Configuration Modification

Event Triggered Execution: Netsh Helper DLL

Boot or Logon Autostart Execution

Boot or Logon Autostart Execution: Registry Run Keys / Startup Folder

Boot or Logon Autostart Execution: Security Support Provider 


Boot or Logon Autostart Execution: Shortcut Modification

Compromise Client Software Binary

credential-access

CISA-AA22-216A

OS Credential Dumping: DCSync

Unsecured Credentials

Unsecured Credentials: Private Keys


Unsecured Credentials: Group Policy Preferences

Credentials from Password Stores

Steal or Forge Kerberos Tickets

Steal or Forge Kerberos Tickets: Kerberoasting

Steal or Forge Kerberos Tickets: AS-REP Roasting

privilege-escalation

Exploitation for Privilege Escalation

Abuse Elevation Control Mechanism: Setuid and Setgid

Abuse Elevation Control Mechanism: Elevated Execution with Prompt

Escape to Host

lateral-movement

Remote Services

Remote Services: SMB/Windows Admin Shares

Remote Services: SSH


Exploitation of Remote Services

Use Alternate Authentication Material

Lateral Tool Transfer

execution

Scheduled Task/Job: Cron 


Command and Scripting Interpreter

Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell

Command and Scripting Interpreter: Unix Shell

Command and Scripting Interpreter: Python

Command and Scripting Interpreter: JavaScript

Native API

User Execution

User Execution: Malicious File

Execution Guardrails

Hijack Execution Flow: Dylib Hijacking

exfiltration

Transfer Data to Cloud Account

Archive Collected Data

Exfiltration Over Web Service

Exfiltration Over Web Service: Exfiltration to Cloud Storage

impact

Audio Capture

Data Destruction

Data Encrypted for Impact

Service Stop

Inhibit System Recovery

Defacement

Defacement: Internal Defacement

Resource Hijacking

System Shutdown/Reboot

Disk Wipe

Disk Wipe: Disk Structure Wipe

Find files which have names that contain "user" or "pass", check the files to ensure they are not in binary format and contain
atleast 1 special character. Compress the files and serve them on a website that will only host two requests before shutting 
down, then delete artifacts created by the previous TTPs. 


APT40 Find and Exfiltrate

Demonstrates a shellcode injection technique followed by several native API execution techniques.


APT40 educational institutions

Stand up a watering hole website to steal credentials. Use any capture credentials from a Windows operating system to perform a password reuse on check against SMB and RDP services.


Oasis

Bitsadmin.exe is a native Windows binary that can be used to download files. This chain downloads a Pneuma agent from 
Operator using Bitsadmin.exe and configures agent persistence through use of autoruns techniques.  These techniques 
require a privileged agent running as Administrator.


APT40 maritime industry

Execute a multi-stage macro-enabled Office document to download a malicious HTA file that will launch stage-2 malware.


APT40 defense industry

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