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	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	Visual Basic - T1059.005 (dfd7cc1d-e1d8-4394-a198-97c4cab8aa67)	Attack Pattern	1
APT42 - G1044 (c0291346-defe-48d7-9542-9e074ba1bdfb)	Intrusion Set	Spearphishing Link - T1566.002 (2b742742-28c3-4e1b-bab7-8350d6300fa7)	Attack Pattern	1
APT42 - G1044 (c0291346-defe-48d7-9542-9e074ba1bdfb)	Intrusion Set	Credentials from Web Browsers - T1555.003 (58a3e6aa-4453-4cc8-a51f-4befe80b31a8)	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	Standard Encoding - T1132.001 (04fd5427-79c7-44ea-ae13-11b24778ff1c)	Attack Pattern	1
System Information Discovery - T1082 (354a7f88-63fb-41b5-a801-ce3b377b36f1)	Attack Pattern	APT42 - G1044 (c0291346-defe-48d7-9542-9e074ba1bdfb)	Intrusion Set	1
Upload Malware - T1608.001 (3ee16395-03f0-4690-a32e-69ce9ada0f9e)	Attack Pattern	APT42 - G1044 (c0291346-defe-48d7-9542-9e074ba1bdfb)	Intrusion Set	1
Virtual Private Server - T1583.003 (79da0971-3147-4af6-a4f5-e8cd447cd795)	Attack Pattern	APT42 - G1044 (c0291346-defe-48d7-9542-9e074ba1bdfb)	Intrusion Set	1
APT42 - G1044 (c0291346-defe-48d7-9542-9e074ba1bdfb)	Intrusion Set	Domains - T1583.001 (40f5caa0-4cb7-4117-89fc-d421bb493df3)	Attack Pattern	1
Query Public AI Services - T1682 (143122a8-fcda-4dd7-aded-5b9387d9c2d6)	Attack Pattern	APT42 - G1044 (c0291346-defe-48d7-9542-9e074ba1bdfb)	Intrusion Set	1
Local Account - T1087.001 (25659dd6-ea12-45c4-97e6-381e3e4b593e)	Attack Pattern	APT42 - G1044 (c0291346-defe-48d7-9542-9e074ba1bdfb)	Intrusion Set	1
APT42 - G1044 (c0291346-defe-48d7-9542-9e074ba1bdfb)	Intrusion Set	NICECURL - S1192 (0659f55c-3b68-4e5d-8071-12ded6684731)	Malware	1
APT42 - G1044 (c0291346-defe-48d7-9542-9e074ba1bdfb)	Intrusion Set	Impersonation - T1684.001 (cd92d2b8-ce43-4666-9472-f1b4b9f4f8be)	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	Input Capture - T1056 (bb5a00de-e086-4859-a231-fa793f6797e2)	Attack Pattern	1
APT42 - G1044 (c0291346-defe-48d7-9542-9e074ba1bdfb)	Intrusion Set	Match Legitimate Resource Name or Location - T1036.005 (1c4e5d32-1fe9-4116-9d9d-59e3925bd6a2)	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	Windows Management Instrumentation - T1047 (01a5a209-b94c-450b-b7f9-946497d91055)	Attack Pattern	1
APT42 - G1044 (c0291346-defe-48d7-9542-9e074ba1bdfb)	Intrusion Set	Steal Web Session Cookie - T1539 (10ffac09-e42d-4f56-ab20-db94c67d76ff)	Attack Pattern	1
Keylogging - T1056.001 (09a60ea3-a8d1-4ae5-976e-5783248b72a4)	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	Modify Registry - T1112 (57340c81-c025-4189-8fa0-fc7ede51bae4)	Attack Pattern	1
APT42 - G1044 (c0291346-defe-48d7-9542-9e074ba1bdfb)	Intrusion Set	PowerShell - T1059.001 (970a3432-3237-47ad-bcca-7d8cbb217736)	Attack Pattern	1
System Network Configuration Discovery - T1016 (707399d6-ab3e-4963-9315-d9d3818cd6a0)	Attack Pattern	APT42 - G1044 (c0291346-defe-48d7-9542-9e074ba1bdfb)	Intrusion Set	1
Screen Capture - T1113 (0259baeb-9f63-4c69-bf10-eb038c390688)	Attack Pattern	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	Asymmetric Cryptography - T1573.002 (bf176076-b789-408e-8cba-7275e81c0ada)	Attack Pattern	1
Clear Mailbox Data - T1070.008 (438c967d-3996-4870-bfc2-3954752a1927)	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
Data from Cloud Storage - T1530 (3298ce88-1628-43b1-87d9-0b5336b193d7)	Attack Pattern	APT42 - G1044 (c0291346-defe-48d7-9542-9e074ba1bdfb)	Intrusion Set	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	Web Protocols - T1071.001 (df8b2a25-8bdf-4856-953c-a04372b1c161)	Attack Pattern	1
Email Accounts - T1585.002 (65013dd2-bc61-43e3-afb5-a14c4fa7437a)	Attack Pattern	Establish Accounts - T1585 (cdfc5f0a-9bb9-4352-b896-553cfa2d8fd8)	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
Phishing - T1566 (a62a8db3-f23a-4d8f-afd6-9dbc77e7813b)	Attack Pattern	Spearphishing Link - T1566.002 (2b742742-28c3-4e1b-bab7-8350d6300fa7)	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
Security Software Discovery - T1518.001 (cba37adb-d6fb-4610-b069-dd04c0643384)	Attack Pattern	Software Discovery - T1518 (e3b6daca-e963-4a69-aee6-ed4fd653ad58)	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
Upload Malware - T1608.001 (3ee16395-03f0-4690-a32e-69ce9ada0f9e)	Attack Pattern	Stage Capabilities - T1608 (84771bc3-f6a0-403e-b144-01af70e5fda0)	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
Domains - T1583.001 (40f5caa0-4cb7-4117-89fc-d421bb493df3)	Attack Pattern	Acquire Infrastructure - T1583 (0458aab9-ad42-4eac-9e22-706a95bafee2)	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
File Deletion - T1070.004 (d63a3fb8-9452-4e9d-a60a-54be68d5998c)	Attack Pattern	NICECURL - S1192 (0659f55c-3b68-4e5d-8071-12ded6684731)	Malware	2
Ingress Tool Transfer - T1105 (e6919abc-99f9-4c6c-95a5-14761e7b2add)	Attack Pattern	NICECURL - S1192 (0659f55c-3b68-4e5d-8071-12ded6684731)	Malware	2
Asymmetric Cryptography - T1573.002 (bf176076-b789-408e-8cba-7275e81c0ada)	Attack Pattern	NICECURL - S1192 (0659f55c-3b68-4e5d-8071-12ded6684731)	Malware	2
Command and Scripting Interpreter - T1059 (7385dfaf-6886-4229-9ecd-6fd678040830)	Attack Pattern	NICECURL - S1192 (0659f55c-3b68-4e5d-8071-12ded6684731)	Malware	2
NICECURL - S1192 (0659f55c-3b68-4e5d-8071-12ded6684731)	Malware	Web Protocols - T1071.001 (df8b2a25-8bdf-4856-953c-a04372b1c161)	Attack Pattern	2
Social Engineering - T1684 (41e4d77a-6275-4976-9e35-785985598519)	Attack Pattern	Impersonation - T1684.001 (cd92d2b8-ce43-4666-9472-f1b4b9f4f8be)	Attack Pattern	2
Masquerading - T1036 (42e8de7b-37b2-4258-905a-6897815e58e0)	Attack Pattern	Match Legitimate Resource Name or Location - T1036.005 (1c4e5d32-1fe9-4116-9d9d-59e3925bd6a2)	Attack Pattern	2
Keylogging - T1056.001 (09a60ea3-a8d1-4ae5-976e-5783248b72a4)	Attack Pattern	Input Capture - T1056 (bb5a00de-e086-4859-a231-fa793f6797e2)	Attack Pattern	2
Windows Command Shell - T1059.003 (d1fcf083-a721-4223-aedf-bf8960798d62)	Attack Pattern	TAMECAT - S1193 (12fdf05a-4bd1-4f45-9cde-d3af35f82db1)	Malware	2
TAMECAT - S1193 (12fdf05a-4bd1-4f45-9cde-d3af35f82db1)	Malware	Web Protocols - T1071.001 (df8b2a25-8bdf-4856-953c-a04372b1c161)	Attack Pattern	2
TAMECAT - S1193 (12fdf05a-4bd1-4f45-9cde-d3af35f82db1)	Malware	Visual Basic - T1059.005 (dfd7cc1d-e1d8-4394-a198-97c4cab8aa67)	Attack Pattern	2
TAMECAT - S1193 (12fdf05a-4bd1-4f45-9cde-d3af35f82db1)	Malware	Ingress Tool Transfer - T1105 (e6919abc-99f9-4c6c-95a5-14761e7b2add)	Attack Pattern	2
TAMECAT - S1193 (12fdf05a-4bd1-4f45-9cde-d3af35f82db1)	Malware	PowerShell - T1059.001 (970a3432-3237-47ad-bcca-7d8cbb217736)	Attack Pattern	2
Symmetric Cryptography - T1573.001 (24bfaeba-cb0d-4525-b3dc-507c77ecec41)	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
TAMECAT - S1193 (12fdf05a-4bd1-4f45-9cde-d3af35f82db1)	Malware	Windows Management Instrumentation - T1047 (01a5a209-b94c-450b-b7f9-946497d91055)	Attack Pattern	2
TAMECAT - S1193 (12fdf05a-4bd1-4f45-9cde-d3af35f82db1)	Malware	Standard Encoding - T1132.001 (04fd5427-79c7-44ea-ae13-11b24778ff1c)	Attack Pattern	2
Command and Scripting Interpreter - T1059 (7385dfaf-6886-4229-9ecd-6fd678040830)	Attack Pattern	PowerShell - T1059.001 (970a3432-3237-47ad-bcca-7d8cbb217736)	Attack Pattern	2
Obtain Capabilities - T1588 (ce0687a0-e692-4b77-964a-0784a8e54ff1)	Attack Pattern	Tool - T1588.002 (a2fdce72-04b2-409a-ac10-cc1695f4fce0)	Attack Pattern	2
Encrypted Channel - T1573 (b8902400-e6c5-4ba2-95aa-2d35b442b118)	Attack Pattern	Asymmetric Cryptography - T1573.002 (bf176076-b789-408e-8cba-7275e81c0ada)	Attack Pattern	2
Clear Mailbox Data - T1070.008 (438c967d-3996-4870-bfc2-3954752a1927)	Attack Pattern	Indicator Removal - T1070 (799ace7f-e227-4411-baa0-8868704f2a69)	Attack Pattern	2
Scheduled Task/Job - T1053 (35dd844a-b219-4e2b-a6bb-efa9a75995a9)	Attack Pattern	Scheduled Task - T1053.005 (005a06c6-14bf-4118-afa0-ebcd8aebb0c9)	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
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
Symmetric Cryptography - T1573.001 (24bfaeba-cb0d-4525-b3dc-507c77ecec41)	Attack Pattern	Encrypted Channel - T1573 (b8902400-e6c5-4ba2-95aa-2d35b442b118)	Attack Pattern	3