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ZIRCONIUM - G0128 (4283ae19-69c7-4347-a35e-b56f08eb660b)

ZIRCONIUM is a threat group operating out of China, active since at least 2017, that has targeted individuals associated with the 2020 US presidential election and prominent leaders in the international affairs community.(Citation: Microsoft Targeting Elections September 2020)(Citation: Check Point APT31 February 2021)

Cluster A Galaxy A Cluster B Galaxy B Level
Credentials from Web Browsers - T1555.003 (58a3e6aa-4453-4cc8-a51f-4befe80b31a8) Attack Pattern ZIRCONIUM - G0128 (4283ae19-69c7-4347-a35e-b56f08eb660b) Intrusion Set 1
Ingress Tool Transfer - T1105 (e6919abc-99f9-4c6c-95a5-14761e7b2add) Attack Pattern ZIRCONIUM - G0128 (4283ae19-69c7-4347-a35e-b56f08eb660b) Intrusion Set 1
ZIRCONIUM - G0128 (4283ae19-69c7-4347-a35e-b56f08eb660b) Intrusion Set Web Services - T1583.006 (88d31120-5bc7-4ce3-a9c0-7cf147be8e54) Attack Pattern 1
Exploitation for Privilege Escalation - T1068 (b21c3b2d-02e6-45b1-980b-e69051040839) Attack Pattern ZIRCONIUM - G0128 (4283ae19-69c7-4347-a35e-b56f08eb660b) Intrusion Set 1
Windows Command Shell - T1059.003 (d1fcf083-a721-4223-aedf-bf8960798d62) Attack Pattern ZIRCONIUM - G0128 (4283ae19-69c7-4347-a35e-b56f08eb660b) Intrusion Set 1
Spearphishing Link - T1598.003 (2d3f5b3c-54ca-4f4d-bb1f-849346d31230) Attack Pattern ZIRCONIUM - G0128 (4283ae19-69c7-4347-a35e-b56f08eb660b) Intrusion Set 1
Deobfuscate/Decode Files or Information - T1140 (3ccef7ae-cb5e-48f6-8302-897105fbf55c) Attack Pattern ZIRCONIUM - G0128 (4283ae19-69c7-4347-a35e-b56f08eb660b) Intrusion Set 1
Software Packing - T1027.002 (deb98323-e13f-4b0c-8d94-175379069062) Attack Pattern ZIRCONIUM - G0128 (4283ae19-69c7-4347-a35e-b56f08eb660b) Intrusion Set 1
System Time Discovery - T1124 (f3c544dc-673c-4ef3-accb-53229f1ae077) Attack Pattern ZIRCONIUM - G0128 (4283ae19-69c7-4347-a35e-b56f08eb660b) Intrusion Set 1
Query Registry - T1012 (c32f7008-9fea-41f7-8366-5eb9b74bd896) Attack Pattern ZIRCONIUM - G0128 (4283ae19-69c7-4347-a35e-b56f08eb660b) Intrusion Set 1
ZIRCONIUM - G0128 (4283ae19-69c7-4347-a35e-b56f08eb660b) Intrusion Set Masquerade Task or Service - T1036.004 (7bdca9d5-d500-4d7d-8c52-5fd47baf4c0c) Attack Pattern 1
Exfiltration Over C2 Channel - T1041 (92d7da27-2d91-488e-a00c-059dc162766d) Attack Pattern ZIRCONIUM - G0128 (4283ae19-69c7-4347-a35e-b56f08eb660b) Intrusion Set 1
System Owner/User Discovery - T1033 (03d7999c-1f4c-42cc-8373-e7690d318104) Attack Pattern ZIRCONIUM - G0128 (4283ae19-69c7-4347-a35e-b56f08eb660b) Intrusion Set 1
Registry Run Keys / Startup Folder - T1547.001 (9efb1ea7-c37b-4595-9640-b7680cd84279) Attack Pattern ZIRCONIUM - G0128 (4283ae19-69c7-4347-a35e-b56f08eb660b) Intrusion Set 1
ZIRCONIUM - G0128 (4283ae19-69c7-4347-a35e-b56f08eb660b) Intrusion Set Python - T1059.006 (cc3502b5-30cc-4473-ad48-42d51a6ef6d1) Attack Pattern 1
System Information Discovery - T1082 (354a7f88-63fb-41b5-a801-ce3b377b36f1) Attack Pattern ZIRCONIUM - G0128 (4283ae19-69c7-4347-a35e-b56f08eb660b) Intrusion Set 1
System Network Configuration Discovery - T1016 (707399d6-ab3e-4963-9315-d9d3818cd6a0) Attack Pattern ZIRCONIUM - G0128 (4283ae19-69c7-4347-a35e-b56f08eb660b) Intrusion Set 1
Spearphishing Link - T1566.002 (2b742742-28c3-4e1b-bab7-8350d6300fa7) Attack Pattern ZIRCONIUM - G0128 (4283ae19-69c7-4347-a35e-b56f08eb660b) Intrusion Set 1
Symmetric Cryptography - T1573.001 (24bfaeba-cb0d-4525-b3dc-507c77ecec41) Attack Pattern ZIRCONIUM - G0128 (4283ae19-69c7-4347-a35e-b56f08eb660b) Intrusion Set 1
Phishing for Information - T1598 (cca0ccb6-a068-4574-a722-b1556f86833a) Attack Pattern ZIRCONIUM - G0128 (4283ae19-69c7-4347-a35e-b56f08eb660b) Intrusion Set 1
Msiexec - T1218.007 (365be77f-fc0e-42ee-bac8-4faf806d9336) Attack Pattern ZIRCONIUM - G0128 (4283ae19-69c7-4347-a35e-b56f08eb660b) Intrusion Set 1
Domains - T1583.001 (40f5caa0-4cb7-4117-89fc-d421bb493df3) Attack Pattern ZIRCONIUM - G0128 (4283ae19-69c7-4347-a35e-b56f08eb660b) Intrusion Set 1
Masquerading - T1036 (42e8de7b-37b2-4258-905a-6897815e58e0) Attack Pattern ZIRCONIUM - G0128 (4283ae19-69c7-4347-a35e-b56f08eb660b) Intrusion Set 1
Bidirectional Communication - T1102.002 (be055942-6e63-49d7-9fa1-9cb7d8a8f3f4) Attack Pattern ZIRCONIUM - G0128 (4283ae19-69c7-4347-a35e-b56f08eb660b) Intrusion Set 1
Malicious Link - T1204.001 (ef67e13e-5598-4adc-bdb2-998225874fa9) Attack Pattern ZIRCONIUM - G0128 (4283ae19-69c7-4347-a35e-b56f08eb660b) Intrusion Set 1
ZIRCONIUM - G0128 (4283ae19-69c7-4347-a35e-b56f08eb660b) Intrusion Set Exfiltration to Cloud Storage - T1567.002 (bf1b6176-597c-4600-bfcd-ac989670f96b) Attack Pattern 1
Credentials from Web Browsers - T1555.003 (58a3e6aa-4453-4cc8-a51f-4befe80b31a8) Attack Pattern Credentials from Password Stores - T1555 (3fc9b85a-2862-4363-a64d-d692e3ffbee0) Attack Pattern 2
Acquire Infrastructure - T1583 (0458aab9-ad42-4eac-9e22-706a95bafee2) Attack Pattern Web Services - T1583.006 (88d31120-5bc7-4ce3-a9c0-7cf147be8e54) Attack Pattern 2
Windows Command Shell - T1059.003 (d1fcf083-a721-4223-aedf-bf8960798d62) Attack Pattern Command and Scripting Interpreter - T1059 (7385dfaf-6886-4229-9ecd-6fd678040830) Attack Pattern 2
Spearphishing Link - T1598.003 (2d3f5b3c-54ca-4f4d-bb1f-849346d31230) Attack Pattern Phishing for Information - T1598 (cca0ccb6-a068-4574-a722-b1556f86833a) Attack Pattern 2
Obfuscated Files or Information - T1027 (b3d682b6-98f2-4fb0-aa3b-b4df007ca70a) Attack Pattern Software Packing - T1027.002 (deb98323-e13f-4b0c-8d94-175379069062) Attack Pattern 2
Masquerading - T1036 (42e8de7b-37b2-4258-905a-6897815e58e0) Attack Pattern Masquerade Task or Service - T1036.004 (7bdca9d5-d500-4d7d-8c52-5fd47baf4c0c) Attack Pattern 2
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 2
Command and Scripting Interpreter - T1059 (7385dfaf-6886-4229-9ecd-6fd678040830) Attack Pattern Python - T1059.006 (cc3502b5-30cc-4473-ad48-42d51a6ef6d1) Attack Pattern 2
Spearphishing Link - T1566.002 (2b742742-28c3-4e1b-bab7-8350d6300fa7) Attack Pattern Phishing - T1566 (a62a8db3-f23a-4d8f-afd6-9dbc77e7813b) Attack Pattern 2
Encrypted Channel - T1573 (b8902400-e6c5-4ba2-95aa-2d35b442b118) Attack Pattern Symmetric Cryptography - T1573.001 (24bfaeba-cb0d-4525-b3dc-507c77ecec41) Attack Pattern 2
Msiexec - T1218.007 (365be77f-fc0e-42ee-bac8-4faf806d9336) Attack Pattern System Binary Proxy Execution - T1218 (457c7820-d331-465a-915e-42f85500ccc4) Attack Pattern 2
Domains - T1583.001 (40f5caa0-4cb7-4117-89fc-d421bb493df3) Attack Pattern Acquire Infrastructure - T1583 (0458aab9-ad42-4eac-9e22-706a95bafee2) Attack Pattern 2
Web Service - T1102 (830c9528-df21-472c-8c14-a036bf17d665) Attack Pattern Bidirectional Communication - T1102.002 (be055942-6e63-49d7-9fa1-9cb7d8a8f3f4) Attack Pattern 2
User Execution - T1204 (8c32eb4d-805f-4fc5-bf60-c4d476c131b5) Attack Pattern Malicious Link - T1204.001 (ef67e13e-5598-4adc-bdb2-998225874fa9) Attack Pattern 2
Exfiltration Over Web Service - T1567 (40597f16-0963-4249-bf4c-ac93b7fb9807) Attack Pattern Exfiltration to Cloud Storage - T1567.002 (bf1b6176-597c-4600-bfcd-ac989670f96b) Attack Pattern 2