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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
Replication Through Removable Media - T1091 (3b744087-9945-4a6f-91e8-9dbceda417a4) 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
Darkhotel - G0012 (9e729a7e-0dd6-4097-95bf-db8d64911383) Intrusion Set Exploitation for Client Execution - T1203 (be2dcee9-a7a7-4e38-afd6-21b31ecc3d63) Attack Pattern 1
Code Signing - T1553.002 (32901740-b42c-4fdd-bc02-345b5dc57082) Attack Pattern Darkhotel - G0012 (9e729a7e-0dd6-4097-95bf-db8d64911383) Intrusion Set 1
Darkhotel - G0012 (9e729a7e-0dd6-4097-95bf-db8d64911383) Intrusion Set Ingress Tool Transfer - T1105 (e6919abc-99f9-4c6c-95a5-14761e7b2add) Attack Pattern 1
Darkhotel - G0012 (9e729a7e-0dd6-4097-95bf-db8d64911383) Intrusion Set Darkhotel - APT-C-06 (f52ab8b8-71f2-5a88-946f-853dc3441efe) 360.net Threat Actors 1
Darkhotel - G0012 (9e729a7e-0dd6-4097-95bf-db8d64911383) Intrusion Set File and Directory Discovery - T1083 (7bc57495-ea59-4380-be31-a64af124ef18) Attack Pattern 1
Darkhotel - G0012 (9e729a7e-0dd6-4097-95bf-db8d64911383) Intrusion Set User Activity Based Checks - T1497.002 (91541e7e-b969-40c6-bbd8-1b5352ec2938) Attack Pattern 1
Darkhotel - G0012 (9e729a7e-0dd6-4097-95bf-db8d64911383) Intrusion Set System Time Discovery - T1124 (f3c544dc-673c-4ef3-accb-53229f1ae077) Attack Pattern 1
Darkhotel - G0012 (9e729a7e-0dd6-4097-95bf-db8d64911383) Intrusion Set Symmetric Cryptography - T1573.001 (24bfaeba-cb0d-4525-b3dc-507c77ecec41) Attack Pattern 1
Darkhotel - G0012 (9e729a7e-0dd6-4097-95bf-db8d64911383) Intrusion Set Security Software Discovery - T1518.001 (cba37adb-d6fb-4610-b069-dd04c0643384) Attack Pattern 1
Darkhotel - G0012 (9e729a7e-0dd6-4097-95bf-db8d64911383) Intrusion Set System Information Discovery - T1082 (354a7f88-63fb-41b5-a801-ce3b377b36f1) Attack Pattern 1
Malicious File - T1204.002 (232b7f21-adf9-4b42-b936-b9d6f7df856e) Attack Pattern Darkhotel - G0012 (9e729a7e-0dd6-4097-95bf-db8d64911383) Intrusion Set 1
Darkhotel - G0012 (9e729a7e-0dd6-4097-95bf-db8d64911383) Intrusion Set Registry Run Keys / Startup Folder - T1547.001 (9efb1ea7-c37b-4595-9640-b7680cd84279) Attack Pattern 1
Darkhotel - G0012 (9e729a7e-0dd6-4097-95bf-db8d64911383) Intrusion Set System Checks - T1497.001 (29be378d-262d-4e99-b00d-852d573628e6) Attack Pattern 1
Darkhotel - G0012 (9e729a7e-0dd6-4097-95bf-db8d64911383) Intrusion Set Drive-by Compromise - T1189 (d742a578-d70e-4d0e-96a6-02a9c30204e6) Attack Pattern 1
Spearphishing Attachment - T1566.001 (2e34237d-8574-43f6-aace-ae2915de8597) Attack Pattern Darkhotel - G0012 (9e729a7e-0dd6-4097-95bf-db8d64911383) Intrusion Set 1
Darkhotel - G0012 (9e729a7e-0dd6-4097-95bf-db8d64911383) Intrusion Set Match Legitimate Resource Name or Location - T1036.005 (1c4e5d32-1fe9-4116-9d9d-59e3925bd6a2) Attack Pattern 1
Darkhotel - G0012 (9e729a7e-0dd6-4097-95bf-db8d64911383) Intrusion Set Deobfuscate/Decode Files or Information - T1140 (3ccef7ae-cb5e-48f6-8302-897105fbf55c) Attack Pattern 1
Darkhotel - G0012 (9e729a7e-0dd6-4097-95bf-db8d64911383) Intrusion Set Process Discovery - T1057 (8f4a33ec-8b1f-4b80-a2f6-642b2e479580) Attack Pattern 1
Darkhotel - G0012 (9e729a7e-0dd6-4097-95bf-db8d64911383) Intrusion Set Windows Command Shell - T1059.003 (d1fcf083-a721-4223-aedf-bf8960798d62) Attack Pattern 1
Darkhotel - G0012 (9e729a7e-0dd6-4097-95bf-db8d64911383) Intrusion Set Encrypted/Encoded File - T1027.013 (0d91b3c0-5e50-47c3-949a-2a796f04d144) Attack Pattern 1
Keylogging - T1056.001 (09a60ea3-a8d1-4ae5-976e-5783248b72a4) 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
Darkhotel - G0012 (9e729a7e-0dd6-4097-95bf-db8d64911383) Intrusion Set System Network Configuration Discovery - T1016 (707399d6-ab3e-4963-9315-d9d3818cd6a0) Attack Pattern 1
Code Signing - T1553.002 (32901740-b42c-4fdd-bc02-345b5dc57082) Attack Pattern Subvert Trust Controls - T1553 (b83e166d-13d7-4b52-8677-dff90c548fd7) Attack Pattern 2
Zigzag Hail (0a4ddab3-a1a6-5372-b11f-5edc25c0e548) Microsoft Activity Group actor Darkhotel - APT-C-06 (f52ab8b8-71f2-5a88-946f-853dc3441efe) 360.net Threat Actors 2
DarkHotel (b8c8b96d-61e6-47b1-8e38-fd8ad5d9854d) Threat Actor Darkhotel - APT-C-06 (f52ab8b8-71f2-5a88-946f-853dc3441efe) 360.net Threat Actors 2
DUBNIUM (b56af6ab-69f8-457a-bf50-c3aefa6dc14a) Microsoft Activity Group actor Darkhotel - APT-C-06 (f52ab8b8-71f2-5a88-946f-853dc3441efe) 360.net Threat Actors 2
Virtualization/Sandbox Evasion - T1497 (82caa33e-d11a-433a-94ea-9b5a5fbef81d) Attack Pattern User Activity Based Checks - T1497.002 (91541e7e-b969-40c6-bbd8-1b5352ec2938) 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
Software Discovery - T1518 (e3b6daca-e963-4a69-aee6-ed4fd653ad58) Attack Pattern Security Software Discovery - T1518.001 (cba37adb-d6fb-4610-b069-dd04c0643384) 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
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 2
Virtualization/Sandbox Evasion - T1497 (82caa33e-d11a-433a-94ea-9b5a5fbef81d) Attack Pattern System Checks - T1497.001 (29be378d-262d-4e99-b00d-852d573628e6) Attack Pattern 2
Spearphishing Attachment - T1566.001 (2e34237d-8574-43f6-aace-ae2915de8597) Attack Pattern Phishing - T1566 (a62a8db3-f23a-4d8f-afd6-9dbc77e7813b) Attack Pattern 2
Match Legitimate Resource Name or Location - T1036.005 (1c4e5d32-1fe9-4116-9d9d-59e3925bd6a2) Attack Pattern Masquerading - T1036 (42e8de7b-37b2-4258-905a-6897815e58e0) 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
Encrypted/Encoded File - T1027.013 (0d91b3c0-5e50-47c3-949a-2a796f04d144) Attack Pattern Obfuscated Files or Information - T1027 (b3d682b6-98f2-4fb0-aa3b-b4df007ca70a) Attack Pattern 2
Keylogging - T1056.001 (09a60ea3-a8d1-4ae5-976e-5783248b72a4) Attack Pattern Input Capture - T1056 (bb5a00de-e086-4859-a231-fa793f6797e2) Attack Pattern 2
Zigzag Hail (0a4ddab3-a1a6-5372-b11f-5edc25c0e548) Microsoft Activity Group actor DarkHotel (b8c8b96d-61e6-47b1-8e38-fd8ad5d9854d) Threat Actor 3
DarkHotel (b8c8b96d-61e6-47b1-8e38-fd8ad5d9854d) Threat Actor DUBNIUM (b56af6ab-69f8-457a-bf50-c3aefa6dc14a) Microsoft Activity Group actor 3