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Andariel - G0138 (39d6890e-7f23-4474-b8ef-e7b0343c5fc8)

Andariel is a North Korean state-sponsored threat group that has been active since at least 2009. Andariel has primarily focused its operations--which have included destructive attacks--against South Korean government agencies, military organizations, and a variety of domestic companies; they have also conducted cyber financial operations against ATMs, banks, and cryptocurrency exchanges. Andariel's notable activity includes Operation Black Mine, Operation GoldenAxe, and Campaign Rifle.(Citation: FSI Andariel Campaign Rifle July 2017)(Citation: IssueMakersLab Andariel GoldenAxe May 2017)(Citation: AhnLab Andariel Subgroup of Lazarus June 2018)(Citation: TrendMicro New Andariel Tactics July 2018)(Citation: CrowdStrike Silent Chollima Adversary September 2021)

Andariel is considered a sub-set of Lazarus Group, and has been attributed to North Korea's Reconnaissance General Bureau.(Citation: Treasury North Korean Cyber Groups September 2019)

North Korean group definitions are known to have significant overlap, and some security researchers report all North Korean state-sponsored cyber activity under the name Lazarus Group instead of tracking clusters or subgroups.

Cluster A Galaxy A Cluster B Galaxy B Level
Spearphishing Attachment - T1566.001 (2e34237d-8574-43f6-aace-ae2915de8597) Attack Pattern Andariel - G0138 (39d6890e-7f23-4474-b8ef-e7b0343c5fc8) Intrusion Set 1
Malicious File - T1204.002 (232b7f21-adf9-4b42-b936-b9d6f7df856e) Attack Pattern Andariel - G0138 (39d6890e-7f23-4474-b8ef-e7b0343c5fc8) Intrusion Set 1
Malware - T1588.001 (7807d3a4-a885-4639-a786-c1ed41484970) Attack Pattern Andariel - G0138 (39d6890e-7f23-4474-b8ef-e7b0343c5fc8) Intrusion Set 1
System Network Connections Discovery - T1049 (7e150503-88e7-4861-866b-ff1ac82c4475) Attack Pattern Andariel - G0138 (39d6890e-7f23-4474-b8ef-e7b0343c5fc8) Intrusion Set 1
Exploitation for Client Execution - T1203 (be2dcee9-a7a7-4e38-afd6-21b31ecc3d63) Attack Pattern Andariel - G0138 (39d6890e-7f23-4474-b8ef-e7b0343c5fc8) Intrusion Set 1
Software - T1592.002 (baf60e1a-afe5-4d31-830f-1b1ba2351884) Attack Pattern Andariel - G0138 (39d6890e-7f23-4474-b8ef-e7b0343c5fc8) Intrusion Set 1
Ingress Tool Transfer - T1105 (e6919abc-99f9-4c6c-95a5-14761e7b2add) Attack Pattern Andariel - G0138 (39d6890e-7f23-4474-b8ef-e7b0343c5fc8) Intrusion Set 1
Steganography - T1027.003 (c2e147a9-d1a8-4074-811a-d8789202d916) Attack Pattern Andariel - G0138 (39d6890e-7f23-4474-b8ef-e7b0343c5fc8) Intrusion Set 1
Drive-by Compromise - T1189 (d742a578-d70e-4d0e-96a6-02a9c30204e6) Attack Pattern Andariel - G0138 (39d6890e-7f23-4474-b8ef-e7b0343c5fc8) Intrusion Set 1
Rifdoor - S0433 (44c75271-0e4d-496f-ae0a-a6d883a42a65) Malware Andariel - G0138 (39d6890e-7f23-4474-b8ef-e7b0343c5fc8) Intrusion Set 1
Data from Local System - T1005 (3c4a2599-71ee-4405-ba1e-0e28414b4bc5) Attack Pattern Andariel - G0138 (39d6890e-7f23-4474-b8ef-e7b0343c5fc8) Intrusion Set 1
Process Discovery - T1057 (8f4a33ec-8b1f-4b80-a2f6-642b2e479580) Attack Pattern Andariel - G0138 (39d6890e-7f23-4474-b8ef-e7b0343c5fc8) Intrusion Set 1
IP Addresses - T1590.005 (0dda99f0-4701-48ca-9774-8504922e92d3) Attack Pattern Andariel - G0138 (39d6890e-7f23-4474-b8ef-e7b0343c5fc8) Intrusion Set 1
gh0st RAT - S0032 (88c621a7-aef9-4ae0-94e3-1fc87123eb24) Malware Andariel - G0138 (39d6890e-7f23-4474-b8ef-e7b0343c5fc8) Intrusion Set 1
Phishing - T1566 (a62a8db3-f23a-4d8f-afd6-9dbc77e7813b) Attack Pattern Spearphishing Attachment - T1566.001 (2e34237d-8574-43f6-aace-ae2915de8597) Attack Pattern 2
User Execution - T1204 (8c32eb4d-805f-4fc5-bf60-c4d476c131b5) Attack Pattern Malicious File - T1204.002 (232b7f21-adf9-4b42-b936-b9d6f7df856e) Attack Pattern 2
Obtain Capabilities - T1588 (ce0687a0-e692-4b77-964a-0784a8e54ff1) Attack Pattern Malware - T1588.001 (7807d3a4-a885-4639-a786-c1ed41484970) Attack Pattern 2
Gather Victim Host Information - T1592 (09312b1a-c3c6-4b45-9844-3ccc78e5d82f) Attack Pattern Software - T1592.002 (baf60e1a-afe5-4d31-830f-1b1ba2351884) Attack Pattern 2
Steganography - T1027.003 (c2e147a9-d1a8-4074-811a-d8789202d916) Attack Pattern Obfuscated Files or Information - T1027 (b3d682b6-98f2-4fb0-aa3b-b4df007ca70a) Attack Pattern 2
System Information Discovery - T1082 (354a7f88-63fb-41b5-a801-ce3b377b36f1) Attack Pattern Rifdoor - S0433 (44c75271-0e4d-496f-ae0a-a6d883a42a65) Malware 2
Encrypted/Encoded File - T1027.013 (0d91b3c0-5e50-47c3-949a-2a796f04d144) Attack Pattern Rifdoor - S0433 (44c75271-0e4d-496f-ae0a-a6d883a42a65) Malware 2
Spearphishing Attachment - T1566.001 (2e34237d-8574-43f6-aace-ae2915de8597) Attack Pattern Rifdoor - S0433 (44c75271-0e4d-496f-ae0a-a6d883a42a65) Malware 2
Binary Padding - T1027.001 (5bfccc3f-2326-4112-86cc-c1ece9d8a2b5) Attack Pattern Rifdoor - S0433 (44c75271-0e4d-496f-ae0a-a6d883a42a65) Malware 2
Symmetric Cryptography - T1573.001 (24bfaeba-cb0d-4525-b3dc-507c77ecec41) Attack Pattern Rifdoor - S0433 (44c75271-0e4d-496f-ae0a-a6d883a42a65) Malware 2
Malicious File - T1204.002 (232b7f21-adf9-4b42-b936-b9d6f7df856e) Attack Pattern Rifdoor - S0433 (44c75271-0e4d-496f-ae0a-a6d883a42a65) Malware 2
System Network Configuration Discovery - T1016 (707399d6-ab3e-4963-9315-d9d3818cd6a0) Attack Pattern Rifdoor - S0433 (44c75271-0e4d-496f-ae0a-a6d883a42a65) Malware 2
System Owner/User Discovery - T1033 (03d7999c-1f4c-42cc-8373-e7690d318104) Attack Pattern Rifdoor - S0433 (44c75271-0e4d-496f-ae0a-a6d883a42a65) Malware 2
Registry Run Keys / Startup Folder - T1547.001 (9efb1ea7-c37b-4595-9640-b7680cd84279) Attack Pattern Rifdoor - S0433 (44c75271-0e4d-496f-ae0a-a6d883a42a65) Malware 2
Gather Victim Network Information - T1590 (9d48cab2-7929-4812-ad22-f536665f0109) Attack Pattern IP Addresses - T1590.005 (0dda99f0-4701-48ca-9774-8504922e92d3) Attack Pattern 2
Shared Modules - T1129 (0a5231ec-41af-4a35-83d0-6bdf11f28c65) Attack Pattern gh0st RAT - S0032 (88c621a7-aef9-4ae0-94e3-1fc87123eb24) Malware 2
DLL Side-Loading - T1574.002 (e64c62cf-9cd7-4a14-94ec-cdaac43ab44b) Attack Pattern gh0st RAT - S0032 (88c621a7-aef9-4ae0-94e3-1fc87123eb24) Malware 2
Ingress Tool Transfer - T1105 (e6919abc-99f9-4c6c-95a5-14761e7b2add) Attack Pattern gh0st RAT - S0032 (88c621a7-aef9-4ae0-94e3-1fc87123eb24) Malware 2
Non-Application Layer Protocol - T1095 (c21d5a77-d422-4a69-acd7-2c53c1faa34b) Attack Pattern gh0st RAT - S0032 (88c621a7-aef9-4ae0-94e3-1fc87123eb24) Malware 2
Command and Scripting Interpreter - T1059 (7385dfaf-6886-4229-9ecd-6fd678040830) Attack Pattern gh0st RAT - S0032 (88c621a7-aef9-4ae0-94e3-1fc87123eb24) Malware 2
Standard Encoding - T1132.001 (04fd5427-79c7-44ea-ae13-11b24778ff1c) Attack Pattern gh0st RAT - S0032 (88c621a7-aef9-4ae0-94e3-1fc87123eb24) Malware 2
Clear Windows Event Logs - T1070.001 (6495ae23-3ab4-43c5-a94f-5638a2c31fd2) Attack Pattern gh0st RAT - S0032 (88c621a7-aef9-4ae0-94e3-1fc87123eb24) Malware 2
gh0st (1b1ae63f-bcee-4aba-8994-6c60cee5e16f) Tool gh0st RAT - S0032 (88c621a7-aef9-4ae0-94e3-1fc87123eb24) Malware 2
Keylogging - T1056.001 (09a60ea3-a8d1-4ae5-976e-5783248b72a4) Attack Pattern gh0st RAT - S0032 (88c621a7-aef9-4ae0-94e3-1fc87123eb24) Malware 2
Deobfuscate/Decode Files or Information - T1140 (3ccef7ae-cb5e-48f6-8302-897105fbf55c) Attack Pattern gh0st RAT - S0032 (88c621a7-aef9-4ae0-94e3-1fc87123eb24) Malware 2
Process Injection - T1055 (43e7dc91-05b2-474c-b9ac-2ed4fe101f4d) Attack Pattern gh0st RAT - S0032 (88c621a7-aef9-4ae0-94e3-1fc87123eb24) Malware 2
Query Registry - T1012 (c32f7008-9fea-41f7-8366-5eb9b74bd896) Attack Pattern gh0st RAT - S0032 (88c621a7-aef9-4ae0-94e3-1fc87123eb24) Malware 2
Process Discovery - T1057 (8f4a33ec-8b1f-4b80-a2f6-642b2e479580) Attack Pattern gh0st RAT - S0032 (88c621a7-aef9-4ae0-94e3-1fc87123eb24) Malware 2
Fast Flux DNS - T1568.001 (29ba5a15-3b7b-4732-b817-65ea8f6468e6) Attack Pattern gh0st RAT - S0032 (88c621a7-aef9-4ae0-94e3-1fc87123eb24) Malware 2
Encrypted Channel - T1573 (b8902400-e6c5-4ba2-95aa-2d35b442b118) Attack Pattern gh0st RAT - S0032 (88c621a7-aef9-4ae0-94e3-1fc87123eb24) Malware 2
Registry Run Keys / Startup Folder - T1547.001 (9efb1ea7-c37b-4595-9640-b7680cd84279) Attack Pattern gh0st RAT - S0032 (88c621a7-aef9-4ae0-94e3-1fc87123eb24) Malware 2
System Information Discovery - T1082 (354a7f88-63fb-41b5-a801-ce3b377b36f1) Attack Pattern gh0st RAT - S0032 (88c621a7-aef9-4ae0-94e3-1fc87123eb24) Malware 2
Rundll32 - T1218.011 (045d0922-2310-4e60-b5e4-3302302cb3c5) Attack Pattern gh0st RAT - S0032 (88c621a7-aef9-4ae0-94e3-1fc87123eb24) Malware 2
Modify Registry - T1112 (57340c81-c025-4189-8fa0-fc7ede51bae4) Attack Pattern gh0st RAT - S0032 (88c621a7-aef9-4ae0-94e3-1fc87123eb24) Malware 2
Native API - T1106 (391d824f-0ef1-47a0-b0ee-c59a75e27670) Attack Pattern gh0st RAT - S0032 (88c621a7-aef9-4ae0-94e3-1fc87123eb24) Malware 2
Screen Capture - T1113 (0259baeb-9f63-4c69-bf10-eb038c390688) Attack Pattern gh0st RAT - S0032 (88c621a7-aef9-4ae0-94e3-1fc87123eb24) Malware 2
Service Execution - T1569.002 (f1951e8a-500e-4a26-8803-76d95c4554b4) Attack Pattern gh0st RAT - S0032 (88c621a7-aef9-4ae0-94e3-1fc87123eb24) Malware 2
File Deletion - T1070.004 (d63a3fb8-9452-4e9d-a60a-54be68d5998c) Attack Pattern gh0st RAT - S0032 (88c621a7-aef9-4ae0-94e3-1fc87123eb24) Malware 2
Symmetric Cryptography - T1573.001 (24bfaeba-cb0d-4525-b3dc-507c77ecec41) Attack Pattern gh0st RAT - S0032 (88c621a7-aef9-4ae0-94e3-1fc87123eb24) Malware 2
Windows Service - T1543.003 (2959d63f-73fd-46a1-abd2-109d7dcede32) Attack Pattern gh0st RAT - S0032 (88c621a7-aef9-4ae0-94e3-1fc87123eb24) Malware 2
Encrypted/Encoded File - T1027.013 (0d91b3c0-5e50-47c3-949a-2a796f04d144) Attack Pattern Obfuscated Files or Information - T1027 (b3d682b6-98f2-4fb0-aa3b-b4df007ca70a) Attack Pattern 3
Obfuscated Files or Information - T1027 (b3d682b6-98f2-4fb0-aa3b-b4df007ca70a) Attack Pattern Binary Padding - T1027.001 (5bfccc3f-2326-4112-86cc-c1ece9d8a2b5) Attack Pattern 3
Encrypted Channel - T1573 (b8902400-e6c5-4ba2-95aa-2d35b442b118) Attack Pattern Symmetric Cryptography - T1573.001 (24bfaeba-cb0d-4525-b3dc-507c77ecec41) 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
DLL Side-Loading - T1574.002 (e64c62cf-9cd7-4a14-94ec-cdaac43ab44b) Attack Pattern Hijack Execution Flow - T1574 (aedfca76-3b30-4866-b2aa-0f1d7fd1e4b6) Attack Pattern 3
Standard Encoding - T1132.001 (04fd5427-79c7-44ea-ae13-11b24778ff1c) Attack Pattern Data Encoding - T1132 (cc7b8c4e-9be0-47ca-b0bb-83915ec3ee2f) Attack Pattern 3
Indicator Removal - T1070 (799ace7f-e227-4411-baa0-8868704f2a69) Attack Pattern Clear Windows Event Logs - T1070.001 (6495ae23-3ab4-43c5-a94f-5638a2c31fd2) Attack Pattern 3
Input Capture - T1056 (bb5a00de-e086-4859-a231-fa793f6797e2) Attack Pattern Keylogging - T1056.001 (09a60ea3-a8d1-4ae5-976e-5783248b72a4) Attack Pattern 3
Fast Flux DNS - T1568.001 (29ba5a15-3b7b-4732-b817-65ea8f6468e6) Attack Pattern Dynamic Resolution - T1568 (7bd9c723-2f78-4309-82c5-47cad406572b) Attack Pattern 3
System Binary Proxy Execution - T1218 (457c7820-d331-465a-915e-42f85500ccc4) Attack Pattern Rundll32 - T1218.011 (045d0922-2310-4e60-b5e4-3302302cb3c5) Attack Pattern 3
System Services - T1569 (d157f9d2-d09a-4efa-bb2a-64963f94e253) Attack Pattern Service Execution - T1569.002 (f1951e8a-500e-4a26-8803-76d95c4554b4) Attack Pattern 3
File Deletion - T1070.004 (d63a3fb8-9452-4e9d-a60a-54be68d5998c) Attack Pattern Indicator Removal - T1070 (799ace7f-e227-4411-baa0-8868704f2a69) Attack Pattern 3
Windows Service - T1543.003 (2959d63f-73fd-46a1-abd2-109d7dcede32) Attack Pattern Create or Modify System Process - T1543 (106c0cf6-bf73-4601-9aa8-0945c2715ec5) Attack Pattern 3