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Group5 - G0043 (7331c66a-5601-4d3f-acf6-ad9e3035eb40)

Group5 is a threat group with a suspected Iranian nexus, though this attribution is not definite. The group has targeted individuals connected to the Syrian opposition via spearphishing and watering holes, normally using Syrian and Iranian themes. Group5 has used two commonly available remote access tools (RATs), njRAT and NanoCore, as well as an Android RAT, DroidJack. (Citation: Citizen Lab Group5)

Cluster A Galaxy A Cluster B Galaxy B Level
Group5 - G0043 (7331c66a-5601-4d3f-acf6-ad9e3035eb40) Intrusion Set NanoCore - S0336 (b4d80f8b-d2b9-4448-8844-4bef777ed676) Malware 1
Group5 - G0043 (7331c66a-5601-4d3f-acf6-ad9e3035eb40) Intrusion Set Encrypted/Encoded File - T1027.013 (0d91b3c0-5e50-47c3-949a-2a796f04d144) Attack Pattern 1
Group5 - G0043 (7331c66a-5601-4d3f-acf6-ad9e3035eb40) Intrusion Set File Deletion - T1070.004 (d63a3fb8-9452-4e9d-a60a-54be68d5998c) Attack Pattern 1
Group5 - G0043 (7331c66a-5601-4d3f-acf6-ad9e3035eb40) Intrusion Set Keylogging - T1056.001 (09a60ea3-a8d1-4ae5-976e-5783248b72a4) Attack Pattern 1
Group5 - G0043 (7331c66a-5601-4d3f-acf6-ad9e3035eb40) Intrusion Set njRAT - S0385 (d906e6f7-434c-44c0-b51a-ed50af8f7945) Malware 1
Group5 - G0043 (7331c66a-5601-4d3f-acf6-ad9e3035eb40) Intrusion Set Screen Capture - T1113 (0259baeb-9f63-4c69-bf10-eb038c390688) Attack Pattern 1
Windows Command Shell - T1059.003 (d1fcf083-a721-4223-aedf-bf8960798d62) Attack Pattern NanoCore - S0336 (b4d80f8b-d2b9-4448-8844-4bef777ed676) Malware 2
NanoCore - S0336 (b4d80f8b-d2b9-4448-8844-4bef777ed676) Malware Disable or Modify Tools - T1685 (bbde9781-60aa-4b8a-a911-895b0c1b3872) Attack Pattern 2
NanoCore - S0336 (b4d80f8b-d2b9-4448-8844-4bef777ed676) Malware Disable or Modify System Firewall - T1686 (eec096b8-c207-43df-b6c1-11523861e452) Attack Pattern 2
Obfuscated Files or Information - T1027 (b3d682b6-98f2-4fb0-aa3b-b4df007ca70a) Attack Pattern NanoCore - S0336 (b4d80f8b-d2b9-4448-8844-4bef777ed676) Malware 2
Keylogging - T1056.001 (09a60ea3-a8d1-4ae5-976e-5783248b72a4) Attack Pattern NanoCore - S0336 (b4d80f8b-d2b9-4448-8844-4bef777ed676) Malware 2
NanoCore - S0336 (b4d80f8b-d2b9-4448-8844-4bef777ed676) Malware Visual Basic - T1059.005 (dfd7cc1d-e1d8-4394-a198-97c4cab8aa67) Attack Pattern 2
NanoCore - S0336 (b4d80f8b-d2b9-4448-8844-4bef777ed676) Malware Modify Registry - T1112 (57340c81-c025-4189-8fa0-fc7ede51bae4) Attack Pattern 2
NanoCore - S0336 (b4d80f8b-d2b9-4448-8844-4bef777ed676) Malware Registry Run Keys / Startup Folder - T1547.001 (9efb1ea7-c37b-4595-9640-b7680cd84279) Attack Pattern 2
NanoCore - S0336 (b4d80f8b-d2b9-4448-8844-4bef777ed676) Malware Ingress Tool Transfer - T1105 (e6919abc-99f9-4c6c-95a5-14761e7b2add) Attack Pattern 2
Symmetric Cryptography - T1573.001 (24bfaeba-cb0d-4525-b3dc-507c77ecec41) Attack Pattern NanoCore - S0336 (b4d80f8b-d2b9-4448-8844-4bef777ed676) Malware 2
Audio Capture - T1123 (1035cdf2-3e5f-446f-a7a7-e8f6d7925967) Attack Pattern NanoCore - S0336 (b4d80f8b-d2b9-4448-8844-4bef777ed676) Malware 2
System Network Configuration Discovery - T1016 (707399d6-ab3e-4963-9315-d9d3818cd6a0) Attack Pattern NanoCore - S0336 (b4d80f8b-d2b9-4448-8844-4bef777ed676) Malware 2
NanoCore - S0336 (b4d80f8b-d2b9-4448-8844-4bef777ed676) Malware Video Capture - T1125 (6faf650d-bf31-4eb4-802d-1000cf38efaf) Attack Pattern 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
File Deletion - T1070.004 (d63a3fb8-9452-4e9d-a60a-54be68d5998c) Attack Pattern Indicator Removal - T1070 (799ace7f-e227-4411-baa0-8868704f2a69) Attack Pattern 2
Keylogging - T1056.001 (09a60ea3-a8d1-4ae5-976e-5783248b72a4) Attack Pattern Input Capture - T1056 (bb5a00de-e086-4859-a231-fa793f6797e2) Attack Pattern 2
njRAT - S0385 (d906e6f7-434c-44c0-b51a-ed50af8f7945) Malware Credentials from Web Browsers - T1555.003 (58a3e6aa-4453-4cc8-a51f-4befe80b31a8) Attack Pattern 2
Compile After Delivery - T1027.004 (c726e0a2-a57a-4b7b-a973-d0f013246617) Attack Pattern njRAT - S0385 (d906e6f7-434c-44c0-b51a-ed50af8f7945) Malware 2
njRAT - S0385 (d906e6f7-434c-44c0-b51a-ed50af8f7945) Malware Standard Encoding - T1132.001 (04fd5427-79c7-44ea-ae13-11b24778ff1c) Attack Pattern 2
System Information Discovery - T1082 (354a7f88-63fb-41b5-a801-ce3b377b36f1) Attack Pattern njRAT - S0385 (d906e6f7-434c-44c0-b51a-ed50af8f7945) Malware 2
njRAT - S0385 (d906e6f7-434c-44c0-b51a-ed50af8f7945) Malware Application Window Discovery - T1010 (4ae4f953-fe58-4cc8-a327-33257e30a830) Attack Pattern 2
Non-Standard Port - T1571 (b18eae87-b469-4e14-b454-b171b416bc18) Attack Pattern njRAT - S0385 (d906e6f7-434c-44c0-b51a-ed50af8f7945) Malware 2
njRAT - S0385 (d906e6f7-434c-44c0-b51a-ed50af8f7945) Malware Registry Run Keys / Startup Folder - T1547.001 (9efb1ea7-c37b-4595-9640-b7680cd84279) Attack Pattern 2
Query Registry - T1012 (c32f7008-9fea-41f7-8366-5eb9b74bd896) Attack Pattern njRAT - S0385 (d906e6f7-434c-44c0-b51a-ed50af8f7945) Malware 2
Process Discovery - T1057 (8f4a33ec-8b1f-4b80-a2f6-642b2e479580) Attack Pattern njRAT - S0385 (d906e6f7-434c-44c0-b51a-ed50af8f7945) Malware 2
njRAT - S0385 (d906e6f7-434c-44c0-b51a-ed50af8f7945) Malware Windows Host Firewall - T1686.003 (291ede6c-1473-454c-b614-5ac5ea63c987) Attack Pattern 2
Windows Command Shell - T1059.003 (d1fcf083-a721-4223-aedf-bf8960798d62) Attack Pattern njRAT - S0385 (d906e6f7-434c-44c0-b51a-ed50af8f7945) Malware 2
njRAT - S0385 (d906e6f7-434c-44c0-b51a-ed50af8f7945) Malware Encrypted/Encoded File - T1027.013 (0d91b3c0-5e50-47c3-949a-2a796f04d144) Attack Pattern 2
njRAT - S0385 (d906e6f7-434c-44c0-b51a-ed50af8f7945) Malware Data from Local System - T1005 (3c4a2599-71ee-4405-ba1e-0e28414b4bc5) Attack Pattern 2
njRAT - S0385 (d906e6f7-434c-44c0-b51a-ed50af8f7945) Malware Exfiltration Over C2 Channel - T1041 (92d7da27-2d91-488e-a00c-059dc162766d) Attack Pattern 2
njRAT - S0385 (d906e6f7-434c-44c0-b51a-ed50af8f7945) Malware Keylogging - T1056.001 (09a60ea3-a8d1-4ae5-976e-5783248b72a4) Attack Pattern 2
njRAT - S0385 (d906e6f7-434c-44c0-b51a-ed50af8f7945) Malware Modify Registry - T1112 (57340c81-c025-4189-8fa0-fc7ede51bae4) Attack Pattern 2
njRAT - S0385 (d906e6f7-434c-44c0-b51a-ed50af8f7945) Malware PowerShell - T1059.001 (970a3432-3237-47ad-bcca-7d8cbb217736) Attack Pattern 2
njRAT - S0385 (d906e6f7-434c-44c0-b51a-ed50af8f7945) Malware Native API - T1106 (391d824f-0ef1-47a0-b0ee-c59a75e27670) Attack Pattern 2
njRAT - S0385 (d906e6f7-434c-44c0-b51a-ed50af8f7945) Malware Screen Capture - T1113 (0259baeb-9f63-4c69-bf10-eb038c390688) Attack Pattern 2
njRAT - S0385 (d906e6f7-434c-44c0-b51a-ed50af8f7945) Malware Replication Through Removable Media - T1091 (3b744087-9945-4a6f-91e8-9dbceda417a4) Attack Pattern 2
njRAT - S0385 (d906e6f7-434c-44c0-b51a-ed50af8f7945) Malware Peripheral Device Discovery - T1120 (348f1eef-964b-4eb6-bb53-69b3dcb0c643) Attack Pattern 2
njRAT - S0385 (d906e6f7-434c-44c0-b51a-ed50af8f7945) Malware Remote Desktop Protocol - T1021.001 (eb062747-2193-45de-8fa2-e62549c37ddf) Attack Pattern 2
njRAT - S0385 (d906e6f7-434c-44c0-b51a-ed50af8f7945) Malware File Deletion - T1070.004 (d63a3fb8-9452-4e9d-a60a-54be68d5998c) Attack Pattern 2
njRAT - S0385 (d906e6f7-434c-44c0-b51a-ed50af8f7945) Malware Remote System Discovery - T1018 (e358d692-23c0-4a31-9eb6-ecc13a8d7735) Attack Pattern 2
njRAT - S0385 (d906e6f7-434c-44c0-b51a-ed50af8f7945) Malware Ingress Tool Transfer - T1105 (e6919abc-99f9-4c6c-95a5-14761e7b2add) Attack Pattern 2
Clear Persistence - T1070.009 (d2c4e5ea-dbdf-4113-805a-b1e2a337fb33) Attack Pattern njRAT - S0385 (d906e6f7-434c-44c0-b51a-ed50af8f7945) Malware 2
Fast Flux DNS - T1568.001 (29ba5a15-3b7b-4732-b817-65ea8f6468e6) Attack Pattern njRAT - S0385 (d906e6f7-434c-44c0-b51a-ed50af8f7945) Malware 2
njRAT - S0385 (d906e6f7-434c-44c0-b51a-ed50af8f7945) Malware File and Directory Discovery - T1083 (7bc57495-ea59-4380-be31-a64af124ef18) Attack Pattern 2
njRAT - S0385 (d906e6f7-434c-44c0-b51a-ed50af8f7945) Malware Video Capture - T1125 (6faf650d-bf31-4eb4-802d-1000cf38efaf) Attack Pattern 2
njRAT - S0385 (d906e6f7-434c-44c0-b51a-ed50af8f7945) Malware System Owner/User Discovery - T1033 (03d7999c-1f4c-42cc-8373-e7690d318104) Attack Pattern 2
njRAT - S0385 (d906e6f7-434c-44c0-b51a-ed50af8f7945) Malware Web Protocols - T1071.001 (df8b2a25-8bdf-4856-953c-a04372b1c161) 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 3
Visual Basic - T1059.005 (dfd7cc1d-e1d8-4394-a198-97c4cab8aa67) Attack Pattern Command and Scripting Interpreter - T1059 (7385dfaf-6886-4229-9ecd-6fd678040830) Attack Pattern 3
Boot or Logon Autostart Execution - T1547 (1ecb2399-e8ba-4f6b-8ba7-5c27d49405cf) Attack Pattern Registry Run Keys / Startup Folder - T1547.001 (9efb1ea7-c37b-4595-9640-b7680cd84279) Attack Pattern 3
Symmetric Cryptography - T1573.001 (24bfaeba-cb0d-4525-b3dc-507c77ecec41) Attack Pattern Encrypted Channel - T1573 (b8902400-e6c5-4ba2-95aa-2d35b442b118) Attack Pattern 3
Credentials from Password Stores - T1555 (3fc9b85a-2862-4363-a64d-d692e3ffbee0) Attack Pattern Credentials from Web Browsers - T1555.003 (58a3e6aa-4453-4cc8-a51f-4befe80b31a8) Attack Pattern 3
Obfuscated Files or Information - T1027 (b3d682b6-98f2-4fb0-aa3b-b4df007ca70a) Attack Pattern Compile After Delivery - T1027.004 (c726e0a2-a57a-4b7b-a973-d0f013246617) Attack Pattern 3
Data Encoding - T1132 (cc7b8c4e-9be0-47ca-b0bb-83915ec3ee2f) Attack Pattern Standard Encoding - T1132.001 (04fd5427-79c7-44ea-ae13-11b24778ff1c) Attack Pattern 3
Disable or Modify System Firewall - T1686 (eec096b8-c207-43df-b6c1-11523861e452) Attack Pattern Windows Host Firewall - T1686.003 (291ede6c-1473-454c-b614-5ac5ea63c987) Attack Pattern 3
Command and Scripting Interpreter - T1059 (7385dfaf-6886-4229-9ecd-6fd678040830) Attack Pattern PowerShell - T1059.001 (970a3432-3237-47ad-bcca-7d8cbb217736) Attack Pattern 3
Remote Services - T1021 (54a649ff-439a-41a4-9856-8d144a2551ba) Attack Pattern Remote Desktop Protocol - T1021.001 (eb062747-2193-45de-8fa2-e62549c37ddf) Attack Pattern 3
Clear Persistence - T1070.009 (d2c4e5ea-dbdf-4113-805a-b1e2a337fb33) Attack Pattern Indicator Removal - T1070 (799ace7f-e227-4411-baa0-8868704f2a69) 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
Application Layer Protocol - T1071 (355be19c-ffc9-46d5-8d50-d6a036c675b6) Attack Pattern Web Protocols - T1071.001 (df8b2a25-8bdf-4856-953c-a04372b1c161) Attack Pattern 3