APT42 - G1044 (c0291346-defe-48d7-9542-9e074ba1bdfb)

APT42 is an Iranian-sponsored threat group that conducts cyber espionage and surveillance.(Citation: Mandiant APT42-charms) The group primarily focuses on targets in the Middle East region, but has targeted a variety of industries and countries since at least 2015.(Citation: Mandiant APT42-charms) APT42 starts cyber operations through spearphishing emails and/or the PINEFLOWER Android malware, then monitors and collects information from the compromised systems and devices.(Citation: Mandiant APT42-charms) Finally, APT42 exfiltrates data using native features and open-source tools.(Citation: Mandiant APT42-untangling)

APT42 activities have been linked to Magic Hound by other commercial vendors. While there are behavior and software overlaps between Magic Hound and APT42, they appear to be distinct entities and are tracked as separate entities by their originating vendor.

Cluster A	Galaxy A	Cluster B	Galaxy B	Level
APT42 - G1044 (c0291346-defe-48d7-9542-9e074ba1bdfb)	Intrusion Set	Spearphishing Link - T1566.002 (2b742742-28c3-4e1b-bab7-8350d6300fa7)	Attack Pattern	1
Impersonation - T1656 (c9e0c59e-162e-40a4-b8b1-78fab4329ada)	Attack Pattern	APT42 - G1044 (c0291346-defe-48d7-9542-9e074ba1bdfb)	Intrusion Set	1
APT42 - G1044 (c0291346-defe-48d7-9542-9e074ba1bdfb)	Intrusion Set	Data from Cloud Storage - T1530 (3298ce88-1628-43b1-87d9-0b5336b193d7)	Attack Pattern	1
APT42 - G1044 (c0291346-defe-48d7-9542-9e074ba1bdfb)	Intrusion Set	Domains - T1583.001 (40f5caa0-4cb7-4117-89fc-d421bb493df3)	Attack Pattern	1
APT42 - G1044 (c0291346-defe-48d7-9542-9e074ba1bdfb)	Intrusion Set	Visual Basic - T1059.005 (dfd7cc1d-e1d8-4394-a198-97c4cab8aa67)	Attack Pattern	1
APT42 - G1044 (c0291346-defe-48d7-9542-9e074ba1bdfb)	Intrusion Set	Boot or Logon Autostart Execution - T1547 (1ecb2399-e8ba-4f6b-8ba7-5c27d49405cf)	Attack Pattern	1
APT42 - G1044 (c0291346-defe-48d7-9542-9e074ba1bdfb)	Intrusion Set	Standard Encoding - T1132.001 (04fd5427-79c7-44ea-ae13-11b24778ff1c)	Attack Pattern	1
APT42 - G1044 (c0291346-defe-48d7-9542-9e074ba1bdfb)	Intrusion Set	Upload Malware - T1608.001 (3ee16395-03f0-4690-a32e-69ce9ada0f9e)	Attack Pattern	1
Local Account - T1087.001 (25659dd6-ea12-45c4-97e6-381e3e4b593e)	Attack Pattern	APT42 - G1044 (c0291346-defe-48d7-9542-9e074ba1bdfb)	Intrusion Set	1
System Information Discovery - T1082 (354a7f88-63fb-41b5-a801-ce3b377b36f1)	Attack Pattern	APT42 - G1044 (c0291346-defe-48d7-9542-9e074ba1bdfb)	Intrusion Set	1
APT42 - G1044 (c0291346-defe-48d7-9542-9e074ba1bdfb)	Intrusion Set	Input Capture - T1056 (bb5a00de-e086-4859-a231-fa793f6797e2)	Attack Pattern	1
APT42 - G1044 (c0291346-defe-48d7-9542-9e074ba1bdfb)	Intrusion Set	Web Service - T1102 (830c9528-df21-472c-8c14-a036bf17d665)	Attack Pattern	1
APT42 - G1044 (c0291346-defe-48d7-9542-9e074ba1bdfb)	Intrusion Set	Virtual Private Server - T1583.003 (79da0971-3147-4af6-a4f5-e8cd447cd795)	Attack Pattern	1
Security Software Discovery - T1518.001 (cba37adb-d6fb-4610-b069-dd04c0643384)	Attack Pattern	APT42 - G1044 (c0291346-defe-48d7-9542-9e074ba1bdfb)	Intrusion Set	1
APT42 - G1044 (c0291346-defe-48d7-9542-9e074ba1bdfb)	Intrusion Set	Credentials from Web Browsers - T1555.003 (58a3e6aa-4453-4cc8-a51f-4befe80b31a8)	Attack Pattern	1
APT42 - G1044 (c0291346-defe-48d7-9542-9e074ba1bdfb)	Intrusion Set	Keylogging - T1056.001 (09a60ea3-a8d1-4ae5-976e-5783248b72a4)	Attack Pattern	1
APT42 - G1044 (c0291346-defe-48d7-9542-9e074ba1bdfb)	Intrusion Set	PowerShell - T1059.001 (970a3432-3237-47ad-bcca-7d8cbb217736)	Attack Pattern	1
NICECURL - S1192 (0659f55c-3b68-4e5d-8071-12ded6684731)	Malware	APT42 - G1044 (c0291346-defe-48d7-9542-9e074ba1bdfb)	Intrusion Set	1
APT42 - G1044 (c0291346-defe-48d7-9542-9e074ba1bdfb)	Intrusion Set	Tool - T1588.002 (a2fdce72-04b2-409a-ac10-cc1695f4fce0)	Attack Pattern	1
APT42 - G1044 (c0291346-defe-48d7-9542-9e074ba1bdfb)	Intrusion Set	Modify Registry - T1112 (57340c81-c025-4189-8fa0-fc7ede51bae4)	Attack Pattern	1
APT42 - G1044 (c0291346-defe-48d7-9542-9e074ba1bdfb)	Intrusion Set	Multi-Factor Authentication Interception - T1111 (dd43c543-bb85-4a6f-aa6e-160d90d06a49)	Attack Pattern	1
APT42 - G1044 (c0291346-defe-48d7-9542-9e074ba1bdfb)	Intrusion Set	Windows Management Instrumentation - T1047 (01a5a209-b94c-450b-b7f9-946497d91055)	Attack Pattern	1
APT42 - G1044 (c0291346-defe-48d7-9542-9e074ba1bdfb)	Intrusion Set	Screen Capture - T1113 (0259baeb-9f63-4c69-bf10-eb038c390688)	Attack Pattern	1
Asymmetric Cryptography - T1573.002 (bf176076-b789-408e-8cba-7275e81c0ada)	Attack Pattern	APT42 - G1044 (c0291346-defe-48d7-9542-9e074ba1bdfb)	Intrusion Set	1
APT42 - G1044 (c0291346-defe-48d7-9542-9e074ba1bdfb)	Intrusion Set	TAMECAT - S1193 (12fdf05a-4bd1-4f45-9cde-d3af35f82db1)	Malware	1
APT42 - G1044 (c0291346-defe-48d7-9542-9e074ba1bdfb)	Intrusion Set	Steal Web Session Cookie - T1539 (10ffac09-e42d-4f56-ab20-db94c67d76ff)	Attack Pattern	1
Match Legitimate Resource Name or Location - T1036.005 (1c4e5d32-1fe9-4116-9d9d-59e3925bd6a2)	Attack Pattern	APT42 - G1044 (c0291346-defe-48d7-9542-9e074ba1bdfb)	Intrusion Set	1
APT42 - G1044 (c0291346-defe-48d7-9542-9e074ba1bdfb)	Intrusion Set	Scheduled Task - T1053.005 (005a06c6-14bf-4118-afa0-ebcd8aebb0c9)	Attack Pattern	1
APT42 - G1044 (c0291346-defe-48d7-9542-9e074ba1bdfb)	Intrusion Set	System Network Configuration Discovery - T1016 (707399d6-ab3e-4963-9315-d9d3818cd6a0)	Attack Pattern	1
APT42 - G1044 (c0291346-defe-48d7-9542-9e074ba1bdfb)	Intrusion Set	Clear Mailbox Data - T1070.008 (438c967d-3996-4870-bfc2-3954752a1927)	Attack Pattern	1
APT42 - G1044 (c0291346-defe-48d7-9542-9e074ba1bdfb)	Intrusion Set	Email Accounts - T1585.002 (65013dd2-bc61-43e3-afb5-a14c4fa7437a)	Attack Pattern	1
APT42 - G1044 (c0291346-defe-48d7-9542-9e074ba1bdfb)	Intrusion Set	Indicator Removal - T1070 (799ace7f-e227-4411-baa0-8868704f2a69)	Attack Pattern	1
APT42 - G1044 (c0291346-defe-48d7-9542-9e074ba1bdfb)	Intrusion Set	Web Protocols - T1071.001 (df8b2a25-8bdf-4856-953c-a04372b1c161)	Attack Pattern	1
Phishing - T1566 (a62a8db3-f23a-4d8f-afd6-9dbc77e7813b)	Attack Pattern	Spearphishing Link - T1566.002 (2b742742-28c3-4e1b-bab7-8350d6300fa7)	Attack Pattern	2
Domains - T1583.001 (40f5caa0-4cb7-4117-89fc-d421bb493df3)	Attack Pattern	Acquire Infrastructure - T1583 (0458aab9-ad42-4eac-9e22-706a95bafee2)	Attack Pattern	2
Visual Basic - T1059.005 (dfd7cc1d-e1d8-4394-a198-97c4cab8aa67)	Attack Pattern	Command and Scripting Interpreter - T1059 (7385dfaf-6886-4229-9ecd-6fd678040830)	Attack Pattern	2
Data Encoding - T1132 (cc7b8c4e-9be0-47ca-b0bb-83915ec3ee2f)	Attack Pattern	Standard Encoding - T1132.001 (04fd5427-79c7-44ea-ae13-11b24778ff1c)	Attack Pattern	2
Stage Capabilities - T1608 (84771bc3-f6a0-403e-b144-01af70e5fda0)	Attack Pattern	Upload Malware - T1608.001 (3ee16395-03f0-4690-a32e-69ce9ada0f9e)	Attack Pattern	2
Local Account - T1087.001 (25659dd6-ea12-45c4-97e6-381e3e4b593e)	Attack Pattern	Account Discovery - T1087 (72b74d71-8169-42aa-92e0-e7b04b9f5a08)	Attack Pattern	2
Virtual Private Server - T1583.003 (79da0971-3147-4af6-a4f5-e8cd447cd795)	Attack Pattern	Acquire Infrastructure - T1583 (0458aab9-ad42-4eac-9e22-706a95bafee2)	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
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	2
Input Capture - T1056 (bb5a00de-e086-4859-a231-fa793f6797e2)	Attack Pattern	Keylogging - T1056.001 (09a60ea3-a8d1-4ae5-976e-5783248b72a4)	Attack Pattern	2
PowerShell - T1059.001 (970a3432-3237-47ad-bcca-7d8cbb217736)	Attack Pattern	Command and Scripting Interpreter - T1059 (7385dfaf-6886-4229-9ecd-6fd678040830)	Attack Pattern	2
NICECURL - S1192 (0659f55c-3b68-4e5d-8071-12ded6684731)	Malware	Asymmetric Cryptography - T1573.002 (bf176076-b789-408e-8cba-7275e81c0ada)	Attack Pattern	2
NICECURL - S1192 (0659f55c-3b68-4e5d-8071-12ded6684731)	Malware	File Deletion - T1070.004 (d63a3fb8-9452-4e9d-a60a-54be68d5998c)	Attack Pattern	2
NICECURL - S1192 (0659f55c-3b68-4e5d-8071-12ded6684731)	Malware	Ingress Tool Transfer - T1105 (e6919abc-99f9-4c6c-95a5-14761e7b2add)	Attack Pattern	2
NICECURL - S1192 (0659f55c-3b68-4e5d-8071-12ded6684731)	Malware	Command and Scripting Interpreter - T1059 (7385dfaf-6886-4229-9ecd-6fd678040830)	Attack Pattern	2
NICECURL - S1192 (0659f55c-3b68-4e5d-8071-12ded6684731)	Malware	Web Protocols - T1071.001 (df8b2a25-8bdf-4856-953c-a04372b1c161)	Attack Pattern	2
Tool - T1588.002 (a2fdce72-04b2-409a-ac10-cc1695f4fce0)	Attack Pattern	Obtain Capabilities - T1588 (ce0687a0-e692-4b77-964a-0784a8e54ff1)	Attack Pattern	2
Asymmetric Cryptography - T1573.002 (bf176076-b789-408e-8cba-7275e81c0ada)	Attack Pattern	Encrypted Channel - T1573 (b8902400-e6c5-4ba2-95aa-2d35b442b118)	Attack Pattern	2
Windows Management Instrumentation - T1047 (01a5a209-b94c-450b-b7f9-946497d91055)	Attack Pattern	TAMECAT - S1193 (12fdf05a-4bd1-4f45-9cde-d3af35f82db1)	Malware	2
Security Software Discovery - T1518.001 (cba37adb-d6fb-4610-b069-dd04c0643384)	Attack Pattern	TAMECAT - S1193 (12fdf05a-4bd1-4f45-9cde-d3af35f82db1)	Malware	2
Symmetric Cryptography - T1573.001 (24bfaeba-cb0d-4525-b3dc-507c77ecec41)	Attack Pattern	TAMECAT - S1193 (12fdf05a-4bd1-4f45-9cde-d3af35f82db1)	Malware	2
Visual Basic - T1059.005 (dfd7cc1d-e1d8-4394-a198-97c4cab8aa67)	Attack Pattern	TAMECAT - S1193 (12fdf05a-4bd1-4f45-9cde-d3af35f82db1)	Malware	2
Windows Command Shell - T1059.003 (d1fcf083-a721-4223-aedf-bf8960798d62)	Attack Pattern	TAMECAT - S1193 (12fdf05a-4bd1-4f45-9cde-d3af35f82db1)	Malware	2
PowerShell - T1059.001 (970a3432-3237-47ad-bcca-7d8cbb217736)	Attack Pattern	TAMECAT - S1193 (12fdf05a-4bd1-4f45-9cde-d3af35f82db1)	Malware	2
Ingress Tool Transfer - T1105 (e6919abc-99f9-4c6c-95a5-14761e7b2add)	Attack Pattern	TAMECAT - S1193 (12fdf05a-4bd1-4f45-9cde-d3af35f82db1)	Malware	2
Standard Encoding - T1132.001 (04fd5427-79c7-44ea-ae13-11b24778ff1c)	Attack Pattern	TAMECAT - S1193 (12fdf05a-4bd1-4f45-9cde-d3af35f82db1)	Malware	2
Web Protocols - T1071.001 (df8b2a25-8bdf-4856-953c-a04372b1c161)	Attack Pattern	TAMECAT - S1193 (12fdf05a-4bd1-4f45-9cde-d3af35f82db1)	Malware	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
Scheduled Task - T1053.005 (005a06c6-14bf-4118-afa0-ebcd8aebb0c9)	Attack Pattern	Scheduled Task/Job - T1053 (35dd844a-b219-4e2b-a6bb-efa9a75995a9)	Attack Pattern	2
Indicator Removal - T1070 (799ace7f-e227-4411-baa0-8868704f2a69)	Attack Pattern	Clear Mailbox Data - T1070.008 (438c967d-3996-4870-bfc2-3954752a1927)	Attack Pattern	2
Establish Accounts - T1585 (cdfc5f0a-9bb9-4352-b896-553cfa2d8fd8)	Attack Pattern	Email Accounts - T1585.002 (65013dd2-bc61-43e3-afb5-a14c4fa7437a)	Attack Pattern	2
Application Layer Protocol - T1071 (355be19c-ffc9-46d5-8d50-d6a036c675b6)	Attack Pattern	Web Protocols - T1071.001 (df8b2a25-8bdf-4856-953c-a04372b1c161)	Attack Pattern	2
File Deletion - T1070.004 (d63a3fb8-9452-4e9d-a60a-54be68d5998c)	Attack Pattern	Indicator Removal - T1070 (799ace7f-e227-4411-baa0-8868704f2a69)	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
Command and Scripting Interpreter - T1059 (7385dfaf-6886-4229-9ecd-6fd678040830)	Attack Pattern	Windows Command Shell - T1059.003 (d1fcf083-a721-4223-aedf-bf8960798d62)	Attack Pattern	3