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Moses Staff - G1009 (4c4a7846-45d5-4761-8eea-725fa989914c)

Moses Staff is a suspected Iranian threat group that has primarily targeted Israeli companies since at least September 2021. Moses Staff openly stated their motivation in attacking Israeli companies is to cause damage by leaking stolen sensitive data and encrypting the victim's networks without a ransom demand.(Citation: Checkpoint MosesStaff Nov 2021)

Security researchers assess Moses Staff is politically motivated, and has targeted government, finance, travel, energy, manufacturing, and utility companies outside of Israel as well, including those in Italy, India, Germany, Chile, Turkey, the UAE, and the US.(Citation: Cybereason StrifeWater Feb 2022)

Cluster A Galaxy A Cluster B Galaxy B Level
Moses Staff - G1009 (4c4a7846-45d5-4761-8eea-725fa989914c) Intrusion Set PsExec - S0029 (ff6caf67-ea1f-4895-b80e-4bb0fc31c6db) mitre-tool 1
Moses Staff - G1009 (4c4a7846-45d5-4761-8eea-725fa989914c) Intrusion Set Encrypted/Encoded File - T1027.013 (0d91b3c0-5e50-47c3-949a-2a796f04d144) Attack Pattern 1
Moses Staff - G1009 (4c4a7846-45d5-4761-8eea-725fa989914c) Intrusion Set Web Shell - T1505.003 (5d0d3609-d06d-49e1-b9c9-b544e0c618cb) Attack Pattern 1
Moses Staff - G1009 (4c4a7846-45d5-4761-8eea-725fa989914c) Intrusion Set Local Account - T1087.001 (25659dd6-ea12-45c4-97e6-381e3e4b593e) Attack Pattern 1
Moses Staff - G1009 (4c4a7846-45d5-4761-8eea-725fa989914c) Intrusion Set System Network Configuration Discovery - T1016 (707399d6-ab3e-4963-9315-d9d3818cd6a0) Attack Pattern 1
Moses Staff - G1009 (4c4a7846-45d5-4761-8eea-725fa989914c) Intrusion Set System Information Discovery - T1082 (354a7f88-63fb-41b5-a801-ce3b377b36f1) Attack Pattern 1
Moses Staff - G1009 (4c4a7846-45d5-4761-8eea-725fa989914c) Intrusion Set DCSrv - S1033 (5633ffd3-81ef-4f98-8f93-4896b03998f0) Malware 1
Moses Staff - G1009 (4c4a7846-45d5-4761-8eea-725fa989914c) Intrusion Set PyDCrypt - S1032 (2ac41e8b-4865-4ced-839d-78e7852c47f3) Malware 1
Moses Staff - G1009 (4c4a7846-45d5-4761-8eea-725fa989914c) Intrusion Set Tool - T1588.002 (a2fdce72-04b2-409a-ac10-cc1695f4fce0) Attack Pattern 1
Moses Staff - G1009 (4c4a7846-45d5-4761-8eea-725fa989914c) Intrusion Set Ingress Tool Transfer - T1105 (e6919abc-99f9-4c6c-95a5-14761e7b2add) Attack Pattern 1
Moses Staff - G1009 (4c4a7846-45d5-4761-8eea-725fa989914c) Intrusion Set Exploit Public-Facing Application - T1190 (3f886f2a-874f-4333-b794-aa6075009b1c) Attack Pattern 1
Moses Staff - G1009 (4c4a7846-45d5-4761-8eea-725fa989914c) Intrusion Set SMB/Windows Admin Shares - T1021.002 (4f9ca633-15c5-463c-9724-bdcd54fde541) Attack Pattern 1
Moses Staff - G1009 (4c4a7846-45d5-4761-8eea-725fa989914c) Intrusion Set Disable or Modify System Firewall - T1562.004 (5372c5fe-f424-4def-bcd5-d3a8e770f07b) Attack Pattern 1
Moses Staff - G1009 (4c4a7846-45d5-4761-8eea-725fa989914c) Intrusion Set Malware - T1587.001 (212306d8-efa4-44c9-8c2d-ed3d2e224aa0) Attack Pattern 1
Moses Staff - G1009 (4c4a7846-45d5-4761-8eea-725fa989914c) Intrusion Set Code Signing - T1553.002 (32901740-b42c-4fdd-bc02-345b5dc57082) Attack Pattern 1
Moses Staff - G1009 (4c4a7846-45d5-4761-8eea-725fa989914c) Intrusion Set StrifeWater - S1034 (fb78294a-7d7a-4d38-8ad0-92e67fddc9f0) Malware 1
Lateral Tool Transfer - T1570 (bf90d72c-c00b-45e3-b3aa-68560560d4c5) Attack Pattern PsExec - S0029 (ff6caf67-ea1f-4895-b80e-4bb0fc31c6db) mitre-tool 2
Service Execution - T1569.002 (f1951e8a-500e-4a26-8803-76d95c4554b4) Attack Pattern PsExec - S0029 (ff6caf67-ea1f-4895-b80e-4bb0fc31c6db) mitre-tool 2
Windows Service - T1543.003 (2959d63f-73fd-46a1-abd2-109d7dcede32) Attack Pattern PsExec - S0029 (ff6caf67-ea1f-4895-b80e-4bb0fc31c6db) mitre-tool 2
SMB/Windows Admin Shares - T1021.002 (4f9ca633-15c5-463c-9724-bdcd54fde541) Attack Pattern PsExec - S0029 (ff6caf67-ea1f-4895-b80e-4bb0fc31c6db) mitre-tool 2
PsExec (6dd05630-9bd8-11e8-a8b9-47ce338a4367) Tool PsExec - S0029 (ff6caf67-ea1f-4895-b80e-4bb0fc31c6db) mitre-tool 2
Domain Account - T1136.002 (7610cada-1499-41a4-b3dd-46467b68d177) Attack Pattern PsExec - S0029 (ff6caf67-ea1f-4895-b80e-4bb0fc31c6db) mitre-tool 2
Obfuscated Files or Information - T1027 (b3d682b6-98f2-4fb0-aa3b-b4df007ca70a) Attack Pattern Encrypted/Encoded File - T1027.013 (0d91b3c0-5e50-47c3-949a-2a796f04d144) Attack Pattern 2
Server Software Component - T1505 (d456de47-a16f-4e46-8980-e67478a12dcb) Attack Pattern Web Shell - T1505.003 (5d0d3609-d06d-49e1-b9c9-b544e0c618cb) Attack Pattern 2
Account Discovery - T1087 (72b74d71-8169-42aa-92e0-e7b04b9f5a08) Attack Pattern Local Account - T1087.001 (25659dd6-ea12-45c4-97e6-381e3e4b593e) Attack Pattern 2
System Shutdown/Reboot - T1529 (ff73aa03-0090-4464-83ac-f89e233c02bc) Attack Pattern DCSrv - S1033 (5633ffd3-81ef-4f98-8f93-4896b03998f0) Malware 2
Native API - T1106 (391d824f-0ef1-47a0-b0ee-c59a75e27670) Attack Pattern DCSrv - S1033 (5633ffd3-81ef-4f98-8f93-4896b03998f0) Malware 2
DCSrv - S1033 (5633ffd3-81ef-4f98-8f93-4896b03998f0) Malware Encrypted/Encoded File - T1027.013 (0d91b3c0-5e50-47c3-949a-2a796f04d144) Attack Pattern 2
DCSrv - S1033 (5633ffd3-81ef-4f98-8f93-4896b03998f0) Malware Data Encrypted for Impact - T1486 (b80d107d-fa0d-4b60-9684-b0433e8bdba0) Attack Pattern 2
DCSrv - S1033 (5633ffd3-81ef-4f98-8f93-4896b03998f0) Malware Modify Registry - T1112 (57340c81-c025-4189-8fa0-fc7ede51bae4) Attack Pattern 2
DCSrv - S1033 (5633ffd3-81ef-4f98-8f93-4896b03998f0) Malware Windows Service - T1543.003 (2959d63f-73fd-46a1-abd2-109d7dcede32) Attack Pattern 2
DCSrv - S1033 (5633ffd3-81ef-4f98-8f93-4896b03998f0) Malware System Time Discovery - T1124 (f3c544dc-673c-4ef3-accb-53229f1ae077) Attack Pattern 2
DCSrv - S1033 (5633ffd3-81ef-4f98-8f93-4896b03998f0) Malware Masquerade Task or Service - T1036.004 (7bdca9d5-d500-4d7d-8c52-5fd47baf4c0c) Attack Pattern 2
Encrypted/Encoded File - T1027.013 (0d91b3c0-5e50-47c3-949a-2a796f04d144) Attack Pattern PyDCrypt - S1032 (2ac41e8b-4865-4ced-839d-78e7852c47f3) Malware 2
System Owner/User Discovery - T1033 (03d7999c-1f4c-42cc-8373-e7690d318104) Attack Pattern PyDCrypt - S1032 (2ac41e8b-4865-4ced-839d-78e7852c47f3) Malware 2
PyDCrypt - S1032 (2ac41e8b-4865-4ced-839d-78e7852c47f3) Malware File Deletion - T1070.004 (d63a3fb8-9452-4e9d-a60a-54be68d5998c) Attack Pattern 2
Windows Management Instrumentation - T1047 (01a5a209-b94c-450b-b7f9-946497d91055) Attack Pattern PyDCrypt - S1032 (2ac41e8b-4865-4ced-839d-78e7852c47f3) Malware 2
Python - T1059.006 (cc3502b5-30cc-4473-ad48-42d51a6ef6d1) Attack Pattern PyDCrypt - S1032 (2ac41e8b-4865-4ced-839d-78e7852c47f3) Malware 2
Windows Command Shell - T1059.003 (d1fcf083-a721-4223-aedf-bf8960798d62) Attack Pattern PyDCrypt - S1032 (2ac41e8b-4865-4ced-839d-78e7852c47f3) Malware 2
System Network Connections Discovery - T1049 (7e150503-88e7-4861-866b-ff1ac82c4475) Attack Pattern PyDCrypt - S1032 (2ac41e8b-4865-4ced-839d-78e7852c47f3) Malware 2
Deobfuscate/Decode Files or Information - T1140 (3ccef7ae-cb5e-48f6-8302-897105fbf55c) Attack Pattern PyDCrypt - S1032 (2ac41e8b-4865-4ced-839d-78e7852c47f3) Malware 2
PowerShell - T1059.001 (970a3432-3237-47ad-bcca-7d8cbb217736) Attack Pattern PyDCrypt - S1032 (2ac41e8b-4865-4ced-839d-78e7852c47f3) Malware 2
Disable or Modify System Firewall - T1562.004 (5372c5fe-f424-4def-bcd5-d3a8e770f07b) Attack Pattern PyDCrypt - S1032 (2ac41e8b-4865-4ced-839d-78e7852c47f3) Malware 2
Match Legitimate Resource Name or Location - T1036.005 (1c4e5d32-1fe9-4116-9d9d-59e3925bd6a2) Attack Pattern PyDCrypt - S1032 (2ac41e8b-4865-4ced-839d-78e7852c47f3) Malware 2
Obtain Capabilities - T1588 (ce0687a0-e692-4b77-964a-0784a8e54ff1) Attack Pattern Tool - T1588.002 (a2fdce72-04b2-409a-ac10-cc1695f4fce0) Attack Pattern 2
Remote Services - T1021 (54a649ff-439a-41a4-9856-8d144a2551ba) Attack Pattern SMB/Windows Admin Shares - T1021.002 (4f9ca633-15c5-463c-9724-bdcd54fde541) Attack Pattern 2
Impair Defenses - T1562 (3d333250-30e4-4a82-9edc-756c68afc529) Attack Pattern Disable or Modify System Firewall - T1562.004 (5372c5fe-f424-4def-bcd5-d3a8e770f07b) Attack Pattern 2
Malware - T1587.001 (212306d8-efa4-44c9-8c2d-ed3d2e224aa0) Attack Pattern Develop Capabilities - T1587 (edadea33-549c-4ed1-9783-8f5a5853cbdf) Attack Pattern 2
Subvert Trust Controls - T1553 (b83e166d-13d7-4b52-8677-dff90c548fd7) Attack Pattern Code Signing - T1553.002 (32901740-b42c-4fdd-bc02-345b5dc57082) Attack Pattern 2
Data from Local System - T1005 (3c4a2599-71ee-4405-ba1e-0e28414b4bc5) Attack Pattern StrifeWater - S1034 (fb78294a-7d7a-4d38-8ad0-92e67fddc9f0) Malware 2
StrifeWater - S1034 (fb78294a-7d7a-4d38-8ad0-92e67fddc9f0) Malware Native API - T1106 (391d824f-0ef1-47a0-b0ee-c59a75e27670) Attack Pattern 2
StrifeWater - S1034 (fb78294a-7d7a-4d38-8ad0-92e67fddc9f0) Malware Scheduled Task - T1053.005 (005a06c6-14bf-4118-afa0-ebcd8aebb0c9) Attack Pattern 2
StrifeWater - S1034 (fb78294a-7d7a-4d38-8ad0-92e67fddc9f0) Malware Exfiltration Over C2 Channel - T1041 (92d7da27-2d91-488e-a00c-059dc162766d) Attack Pattern 2
StrifeWater - S1034 (fb78294a-7d7a-4d38-8ad0-92e67fddc9f0) Malware System Owner/User Discovery - T1033 (03d7999c-1f4c-42cc-8373-e7690d318104) Attack Pattern 2
StrifeWater - S1034 (fb78294a-7d7a-4d38-8ad0-92e67fddc9f0) Malware Screen Capture - T1113 (0259baeb-9f63-4c69-bf10-eb038c390688) Attack Pattern 2
StrifeWater - S1034 (fb78294a-7d7a-4d38-8ad0-92e67fddc9f0) Malware Symmetric Cryptography - T1573.001 (24bfaeba-cb0d-4525-b3dc-507c77ecec41) Attack Pattern 2
StrifeWater - S1034 (fb78294a-7d7a-4d38-8ad0-92e67fddc9f0) Malware File Deletion - T1070.004 (d63a3fb8-9452-4e9d-a60a-54be68d5998c) Attack Pattern 2
StrifeWater - S1034 (fb78294a-7d7a-4d38-8ad0-92e67fddc9f0) Malware System Information Discovery - T1082 (354a7f88-63fb-41b5-a801-ce3b377b36f1) Attack Pattern 2
StrifeWater - S1034 (fb78294a-7d7a-4d38-8ad0-92e67fddc9f0) Malware Windows Command Shell - T1059.003 (d1fcf083-a721-4223-aedf-bf8960798d62) Attack Pattern 2
StrifeWater - S1034 (fb78294a-7d7a-4d38-8ad0-92e67fddc9f0) Malware Time Based Checks - T1497.003 (4bed873f-0b7d-41d4-b93a-b6905d1f90b0) Attack Pattern 2
StrifeWater - S1034 (fb78294a-7d7a-4d38-8ad0-92e67fddc9f0) Malware File and Directory Discovery - T1083 (7bc57495-ea59-4380-be31-a64af124ef18) Attack Pattern 2
StrifeWater - S1034 (fb78294a-7d7a-4d38-8ad0-92e67fddc9f0) Malware System Time Discovery - T1124 (f3c544dc-673c-4ef3-accb-53229f1ae077) Attack Pattern 2
StrifeWater - S1034 (fb78294a-7d7a-4d38-8ad0-92e67fddc9f0) Malware Ingress Tool Transfer - T1105 (e6919abc-99f9-4c6c-95a5-14761e7b2add) Attack Pattern 2
StrifeWater - S1034 (fb78294a-7d7a-4d38-8ad0-92e67fddc9f0) Malware Match Legitimate Resource Name or Location - T1036.005 (1c4e5d32-1fe9-4116-9d9d-59e3925bd6a2) Attack Pattern 2
Service Execution - T1569.002 (f1951e8a-500e-4a26-8803-76d95c4554b4) Attack Pattern System Services - T1569 (d157f9d2-d09a-4efa-bb2a-64963f94e253) Attack Pattern 3
Create or Modify System Process - T1543 (106c0cf6-bf73-4601-9aa8-0945c2715ec5) Attack Pattern Windows Service - T1543.003 (2959d63f-73fd-46a1-abd2-109d7dcede32) Attack Pattern 3
Create Account - T1136 (e01be9c5-e763-4caf-aeb7-000b416aef67) Attack Pattern Domain Account - T1136.002 (7610cada-1499-41a4-b3dd-46467b68d177) Attack Pattern 3
Masquerading - T1036 (42e8de7b-37b2-4258-905a-6897815e58e0) Attack Pattern Masquerade Task or Service - T1036.004 (7bdca9d5-d500-4d7d-8c52-5fd47baf4c0c) Attack Pattern 3
Indicator Removal - T1070 (799ace7f-e227-4411-baa0-8868704f2a69) Attack Pattern File Deletion - T1070.004 (d63a3fb8-9452-4e9d-a60a-54be68d5998c) Attack Pattern 3
Python - T1059.006 (cc3502b5-30cc-4473-ad48-42d51a6ef6d1) Attack Pattern Command and Scripting Interpreter - T1059 (7385dfaf-6886-4229-9ecd-6fd678040830) Attack Pattern 3
Windows Command Shell - T1059.003 (d1fcf083-a721-4223-aedf-bf8960798d62) Attack Pattern Command and Scripting Interpreter - T1059 (7385dfaf-6886-4229-9ecd-6fd678040830) Attack Pattern 3
PowerShell - T1059.001 (970a3432-3237-47ad-bcca-7d8cbb217736) Attack Pattern Command and Scripting Interpreter - T1059 (7385dfaf-6886-4229-9ecd-6fd678040830) Attack Pattern 3
Masquerading - T1036 (42e8de7b-37b2-4258-905a-6897815e58e0) Attack Pattern Match Legitimate Resource Name or Location - T1036.005 (1c4e5d32-1fe9-4116-9d9d-59e3925bd6a2) 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
Encrypted Channel - T1573 (b8902400-e6c5-4ba2-95aa-2d35b442b118) Attack Pattern Symmetric Cryptography - T1573.001 (24bfaeba-cb0d-4525-b3dc-507c77ecec41) Attack Pattern 3
Time Based Checks - T1497.003 (4bed873f-0b7d-41d4-b93a-b6905d1f90b0) Attack Pattern Virtualization/Sandbox Evasion - T1497 (82caa33e-d11a-433a-94ea-9b5a5fbef81d) Attack Pattern 3