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Darkhotel - G0012 (9e729a7e-0dd6-4097-95bf-db8d64911383)

Darkhotel is a suspected South Korean threat group that has targeted victims primarily in East Asia since at least 2004. The group's name is based on cyber espionage operations conducted via hotel Internet networks against traveling executives and other select guests. Darkhotel has also conducted spearphishing campaigns and infected victims through peer-to-peer and file sharing networks.(Citation: Kaspersky Darkhotel)(Citation: Securelist Darkhotel Aug 2015)(Citation: Microsoft Digital Defense FY20 Sept 2020)

Cluster A Galaxy A Cluster B Galaxy B Level
Darkhotel - APT-C-06 (f52ab8b8-71f2-5a88-946f-853dc3441efe) 360.net Threat Actors Darkhotel - G0012 (9e729a7e-0dd6-4097-95bf-db8d64911383) Intrusion Set 1
Deobfuscate/Decode Files or Information - T1140 (3ccef7ae-cb5e-48f6-8302-897105fbf55c) Attack Pattern Darkhotel - G0012 (9e729a7e-0dd6-4097-95bf-db8d64911383) Intrusion Set 1
Match Legitimate Name or Location - T1036.005 (1c4e5d32-1fe9-4116-9d9d-59e3925bd6a2) Attack Pattern Darkhotel - G0012 (9e729a7e-0dd6-4097-95bf-db8d64911383) Intrusion Set 1
System Time Discovery - T1124 (f3c544dc-673c-4ef3-accb-53229f1ae077) Attack Pattern Darkhotel - G0012 (9e729a7e-0dd6-4097-95bf-db8d64911383) Intrusion Set 1
Virtualization/Sandbox Evasion - T1497 (82caa33e-d11a-433a-94ea-9b5a5fbef81d) Attack Pattern Darkhotel - G0012 (9e729a7e-0dd6-4097-95bf-db8d64911383) Intrusion Set 1
Malicious File - T1204.002 (232b7f21-adf9-4b42-b936-b9d6f7df856e) Attack Pattern Darkhotel - G0012 (9e729a7e-0dd6-4097-95bf-db8d64911383) Intrusion Set 1
Registry Run Keys / Startup Folder - T1547.001 (9efb1ea7-c37b-4595-9640-b7680cd84279) Attack Pattern Darkhotel - G0012 (9e729a7e-0dd6-4097-95bf-db8d64911383) Intrusion Set 1
Code Signing - T1553.002 (32901740-b42c-4fdd-bc02-345b5dc57082) Attack Pattern Darkhotel - G0012 (9e729a7e-0dd6-4097-95bf-db8d64911383) Intrusion Set 1
System Network Configuration Discovery - T1016 (707399d6-ab3e-4963-9315-d9d3818cd6a0) Attack Pattern Darkhotel - G0012 (9e729a7e-0dd6-4097-95bf-db8d64911383) Intrusion Set 1
Drive-by Compromise - T1189 (d742a578-d70e-4d0e-96a6-02a9c30204e6) Attack Pattern Darkhotel - G0012 (9e729a7e-0dd6-4097-95bf-db8d64911383) Intrusion Set 1
Replication Through Removable Media - T1091 (3b744087-9945-4a6f-91e8-9dbceda417a4) Attack Pattern Darkhotel - G0012 (9e729a7e-0dd6-4097-95bf-db8d64911383) Intrusion Set 1
Exploitation for Client Execution - T1203 (be2dcee9-a7a7-4e38-afd6-21b31ecc3d63) Attack Pattern Darkhotel - G0012 (9e729a7e-0dd6-4097-95bf-db8d64911383) Intrusion Set 1
System Information Discovery - T1082 (354a7f88-63fb-41b5-a801-ce3b377b36f1) Attack Pattern Darkhotel - G0012 (9e729a7e-0dd6-4097-95bf-db8d64911383) Intrusion Set 1
Encrypted/Encoded File - T1027.013 (0d91b3c0-5e50-47c3-949a-2a796f04d144) Attack Pattern Darkhotel - G0012 (9e729a7e-0dd6-4097-95bf-db8d64911383) Intrusion Set 1
Keylogging - T1056.001 (09a60ea3-a8d1-4ae5-976e-5783248b72a4) Attack Pattern Darkhotel - G0012 (9e729a7e-0dd6-4097-95bf-db8d64911383) Intrusion Set 1
Process Discovery - T1057 (8f4a33ec-8b1f-4b80-a2f6-642b2e479580) Attack Pattern Darkhotel - G0012 (9e729a7e-0dd6-4097-95bf-db8d64911383) Intrusion Set 1
File and Directory Discovery - T1083 (7bc57495-ea59-4380-be31-a64af124ef18) Attack Pattern Darkhotel - G0012 (9e729a7e-0dd6-4097-95bf-db8d64911383) Intrusion Set 1
User Activity Based Checks - T1497.002 (91541e7e-b969-40c6-bbd8-1b5352ec2938) Attack Pattern Darkhotel - G0012 (9e729a7e-0dd6-4097-95bf-db8d64911383) Intrusion Set 1
Security Software Discovery - T1518.001 (cba37adb-d6fb-4610-b069-dd04c0643384) Attack Pattern Darkhotel - G0012 (9e729a7e-0dd6-4097-95bf-db8d64911383) Intrusion Set 1
Taint Shared Content - T1080 (246fd3c7-f5e3-466d-8787-4c13d9e3b61c) Attack Pattern Darkhotel - G0012 (9e729a7e-0dd6-4097-95bf-db8d64911383) Intrusion Set 1
Symmetric Cryptography - T1573.001 (24bfaeba-cb0d-4525-b3dc-507c77ecec41) Attack Pattern Darkhotel - G0012 (9e729a7e-0dd6-4097-95bf-db8d64911383) Intrusion Set 1
Ingress Tool Transfer - T1105 (e6919abc-99f9-4c6c-95a5-14761e7b2add) Attack Pattern Darkhotel - G0012 (9e729a7e-0dd6-4097-95bf-db8d64911383) Intrusion Set 1
System Checks - T1497.001 (29be378d-262d-4e99-b00d-852d573628e6) Attack Pattern Darkhotel - G0012 (9e729a7e-0dd6-4097-95bf-db8d64911383) Intrusion Set 1
Spearphishing Attachment - T1566.001 (2e34237d-8574-43f6-aace-ae2915de8597) Attack Pattern Darkhotel - G0012 (9e729a7e-0dd6-4097-95bf-db8d64911383) Intrusion Set 1
Windows Command Shell - T1059.003 (d1fcf083-a721-4223-aedf-bf8960798d62) Attack Pattern Darkhotel - G0012 (9e729a7e-0dd6-4097-95bf-db8d64911383) Intrusion Set 1
Darkhotel - APT-C-06 (f52ab8b8-71f2-5a88-946f-853dc3441efe) 360.net Threat Actors Zigzag Hail (0a4ddab3-a1a6-5372-b11f-5edc25c0e548) Microsoft Activity Group actor 2
Darkhotel - APT-C-06 (f52ab8b8-71f2-5a88-946f-853dc3441efe) 360.net Threat Actors DUBNIUM (b56af6ab-69f8-457a-bf50-c3aefa6dc14a) Microsoft Activity Group actor 2
Darkhotel - APT-C-06 (f52ab8b8-71f2-5a88-946f-853dc3441efe) 360.net Threat Actors DarkHotel (b8c8b96d-61e6-47b1-8e38-fd8ad5d9854d) Threat Actor 2
Match Legitimate Name or Location - T1036.005 (1c4e5d32-1fe9-4116-9d9d-59e3925bd6a2) Attack Pattern Masquerading - T1036 (42e8de7b-37b2-4258-905a-6897815e58e0) Attack Pattern 2
Malicious File - T1204.002 (232b7f21-adf9-4b42-b936-b9d6f7df856e) Attack Pattern User Execution - T1204 (8c32eb4d-805f-4fc5-bf60-c4d476c131b5) 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
Code Signing - T1553.002 (32901740-b42c-4fdd-bc02-345b5dc57082) Attack Pattern Subvert Trust Controls - T1553 (b83e166d-13d7-4b52-8677-dff90c548fd7) 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
Input Capture - T1056 (bb5a00de-e086-4859-a231-fa793f6797e2) Attack Pattern Keylogging - T1056.001 (09a60ea3-a8d1-4ae5-976e-5783248b72a4) Attack Pattern 2
User Activity Based Checks - T1497.002 (91541e7e-b969-40c6-bbd8-1b5352ec2938) Attack Pattern Virtualization/Sandbox Evasion - T1497 (82caa33e-d11a-433a-94ea-9b5a5fbef81d) Attack Pattern 2
Security Software Discovery - T1518.001 (cba37adb-d6fb-4610-b069-dd04c0643384) Attack Pattern Software Discovery - T1518 (e3b6daca-e963-4a69-aee6-ed4fd653ad58) Attack Pattern 2
Symmetric Cryptography - T1573.001 (24bfaeba-cb0d-4525-b3dc-507c77ecec41) Attack Pattern Encrypted Channel - T1573 (b8902400-e6c5-4ba2-95aa-2d35b442b118) Attack Pattern 2
System Checks - T1497.001 (29be378d-262d-4e99-b00d-852d573628e6) Attack Pattern Virtualization/Sandbox Evasion - T1497 (82caa33e-d11a-433a-94ea-9b5a5fbef81d) Attack Pattern 2
Spearphishing Attachment - T1566.001 (2e34237d-8574-43f6-aace-ae2915de8597) Attack Pattern Phishing - T1566 (a62a8db3-f23a-4d8f-afd6-9dbc77e7813b) Attack Pattern 2
Command and Scripting Interpreter - T1059 (7385dfaf-6886-4229-9ecd-6fd678040830) Attack Pattern Windows Command Shell - T1059.003 (d1fcf083-a721-4223-aedf-bf8960798d62) Attack Pattern 2
Zigzag Hail (0a4ddab3-a1a6-5372-b11f-5edc25c0e548) Microsoft Activity Group actor DarkHotel (b8c8b96d-61e6-47b1-8e38-fd8ad5d9854d) Threat Actor 3
DUBNIUM (b56af6ab-69f8-457a-bf50-c3aefa6dc14a) Microsoft Activity Group actor DarkHotel (b8c8b96d-61e6-47b1-8e38-fd8ad5d9854d) Threat Actor 3