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Stuxnet - S0603 (088f1d6e-0783-47c6-9923-9c79b2af43d4)

Stuxnet was the first publicly reported piece of malware to specifically target industrial control systems devices. Stuxnet is a large and complex piece of malware that utilized multiple different behaviors including multiple zero-day vulnerabilities, a sophisticated Windows rootkit, and network infection routines.(Citation: Nicolas Falliere, Liam O Murchu, Eric Chien February 2011)(Citation: CISA ICS Advisory ICSA-10-272-01)(Citation: ESET Stuxnet Under the Microscope)(Citation: Langer Stuxnet) Stuxnet was discovered in 2010, with some components being used as early as November 2008.(Citation: Nicolas Falliere, Liam O Murchu, Eric Chien February 2011)

Cluster A Galaxy A Cluster B Galaxy B Level
Code Signing - T1553.002 (32901740-b42c-4fdd-bc02-345b5dc57082) Attack Pattern Stuxnet - S0603 (088f1d6e-0783-47c6-9923-9c79b2af43d4) Malware 1
Stuxnet - S0603 (088f1d6e-0783-47c6-9923-9c79b2af43d4) Malware Default Accounts - T1078.001 (6151cbea-819b-455a-9fa6-99a1cc58797d) Attack Pattern 1
Stuxnet - S0603 (088f1d6e-0783-47c6-9923-9c79b2af43d4) Malware Local Account - T1087.001 (25659dd6-ea12-45c4-97e6-381e3e4b593e) Attack Pattern 1
Indicator Removal - T1070 (799ace7f-e227-4411-baa0-8868704f2a69) Attack Pattern Stuxnet - S0603 (088f1d6e-0783-47c6-9923-9c79b2af43d4) Malware 1
Deobfuscate/Decode Files or Information - T1140 (3ccef7ae-cb5e-48f6-8302-897105fbf55c) Attack Pattern Stuxnet - S0603 (088f1d6e-0783-47c6-9923-9c79b2af43d4) Malware 1
Stuxnet - S0603 (088f1d6e-0783-47c6-9923-9c79b2af43d4) Malware SMB/Windows Admin Shares - T1021.002 (4f9ca633-15c5-463c-9724-bdcd54fde541) Attack Pattern 1
Fallback Channels - T1008 (f24faf46-3b26-4dbb-98f2-63460498e433) Attack Pattern Stuxnet - S0603 (088f1d6e-0783-47c6-9923-9c79b2af43d4) Malware 1
System Time Discovery - T1124 (f3c544dc-673c-4ef3-accb-53229f1ae077) Attack Pattern Stuxnet - S0603 (088f1d6e-0783-47c6-9923-9c79b2af43d4) Malware 1
Stuxnet - S0603 (088f1d6e-0783-47c6-9923-9c79b2af43d4) Malware Execution Guardrails - T1480 (853c4192-4311-43e1-bfbb-b11b14911852) Attack Pattern 1
Stuxnet - S0603 (088f1d6e-0783-47c6-9923-9c79b2af43d4) Malware Query Registry - T1012 (c32f7008-9fea-41f7-8366-5eb9b74bd896) Attack Pattern 1
Exploitation for Privilege Escalation - T1068 (b21c3b2d-02e6-45b1-980b-e69051040839) Attack Pattern Stuxnet - S0603 (088f1d6e-0783-47c6-9923-9c79b2af43d4) Malware 1
Stuxnet - S0603 (088f1d6e-0783-47c6-9923-9c79b2af43d4) Malware Remote Services - T1021 (54a649ff-439a-41a4-9856-8d144a2551ba) Attack Pattern 1
Stuxnet - S0603 (088f1d6e-0783-47c6-9923-9c79b2af43d4) Malware Archive via Custom Method - T1560.003 (143c0cbb-a297-4142-9624-87ffc778980b) Attack Pattern 1
Stuxnet - S0603 (088f1d6e-0783-47c6-9923-9c79b2af43d4) Malware Exfiltration Over C2 Channel - T1041 (92d7da27-2d91-488e-a00c-059dc162766d) Attack Pattern 1
Token Impersonation/Theft - T1134.001 (86850eff-2729-40c3-b85e-c4af26da4a2d) Attack Pattern Stuxnet - S0603 (088f1d6e-0783-47c6-9923-9c79b2af43d4) Malware 1
Exploitation of Remote Services - T1210 (9db0cf3a-a3c9-4012-8268-123b9db6fd82) Attack Pattern Stuxnet - S0603 (088f1d6e-0783-47c6-9923-9c79b2af43d4) Malware 1
System Information Discovery - T1082 (354a7f88-63fb-41b5-a801-ce3b377b36f1) Attack Pattern Stuxnet - S0603 (088f1d6e-0783-47c6-9923-9c79b2af43d4) Malware 1
Stuxnet - S0603 (088f1d6e-0783-47c6-9923-9c79b2af43d4) Malware Encrypted/Encoded File - T1027.013 (0d91b3c0-5e50-47c3-949a-2a796f04d144) Attack Pattern 1
System Network Configuration Discovery - T1016 (707399d6-ab3e-4963-9315-d9d3818cd6a0) Attack Pattern Stuxnet - S0603 (088f1d6e-0783-47c6-9923-9c79b2af43d4) Malware 1
Stuxnet - S0603 (088f1d6e-0783-47c6-9923-9c79b2af43d4) Malware Network Share Discovery - T1135 (3489cfc5-640f-4bb3-a103-9137b97de79f) Attack Pattern 1
Stuxnet - S0603 (088f1d6e-0783-47c6-9923-9c79b2af43d4) Malware Replication Through Removable Media - T1091 (3b744087-9945-4a6f-91e8-9dbceda417a4) Attack Pattern 1
Stuxnet - S0603 (088f1d6e-0783-47c6-9923-9c79b2af43d4) Malware Modify Registry - T1112 (57340c81-c025-4189-8fa0-fc7ede51bae4) Attack Pattern 1
Stuxnet - S0603 (088f1d6e-0783-47c6-9923-9c79b2af43d4) Malware Domain Accounts - T1078.002 (c3d4bdd9-2cfe-4a80-9d0c-07a29ecdce8f) Attack Pattern 1
Domain Account - T1087.002 (21875073-b0ee-49e3-9077-1e2a885359af) Attack Pattern Stuxnet - S0603 (088f1d6e-0783-47c6-9923-9c79b2af43d4) Malware 1
Native API - T1106 (391d824f-0ef1-47a0-b0ee-c59a75e27670) Attack Pattern Stuxnet - S0603 (088f1d6e-0783-47c6-9923-9c79b2af43d4) Malware 1
Internal Proxy - T1090.001 (f6dacc85-b37d-458e-b58d-74fc4bbf5755) Attack Pattern Stuxnet - S0603 (088f1d6e-0783-47c6-9923-9c79b2af43d4) Malware 1
Stuxnet - S0603 (088f1d6e-0783-47c6-9923-9c79b2af43d4) Malware Scheduled Task - T1053.005 (005a06c6-14bf-4118-afa0-ebcd8aebb0c9) Attack Pattern 1
Windows Management Instrumentation - T1047 (01a5a209-b94c-450b-b7f9-946497d91055) Attack Pattern Stuxnet - S0603 (088f1d6e-0783-47c6-9923-9c79b2af43d4) Malware 1
Stuxnet - S0603 (088f1d6e-0783-47c6-9923-9c79b2af43d4) Malware File Deletion - T1070.004 (d63a3fb8-9452-4e9d-a60a-54be68d5998c) Attack Pattern 1
Symmetric Cryptography - T1573.001 (24bfaeba-cb0d-4525-b3dc-507c77ecec41) Attack Pattern Stuxnet - S0603 (088f1d6e-0783-47c6-9923-9c79b2af43d4) Malware 1
SQL Stored Procedures - T1505.001 (f9e9365a-9ca2-4d9c-8e7c-050d73d1101a) Attack Pattern Stuxnet - S0603 (088f1d6e-0783-47c6-9923-9c79b2af43d4) Malware 1
Stuxnet - S0603 (088f1d6e-0783-47c6-9923-9c79b2af43d4) Malware Rootkit - T1014 (0f20e3cb-245b-4a61-8a91-2d93f7cb0e9b) Attack Pattern 1
Stuxnet - S0603 (088f1d6e-0783-47c6-9923-9c79b2af43d4) Malware Windows Service - T1543.003 (2959d63f-73fd-46a1-abd2-109d7dcede32) Attack Pattern 1
Stuxnet - S0603 (088f1d6e-0783-47c6-9923-9c79b2af43d4) Malware File and Directory Discovery - T1083 (7bc57495-ea59-4380-be31-a64af124ef18) Attack Pattern 1
Stuxnet - S0603 (088f1d6e-0783-47c6-9923-9c79b2af43d4) Malware Security Software Discovery - T1518.001 (cba37adb-d6fb-4610-b069-dd04c0643384) Attack Pattern 1
Stuxnet - S0603 (088f1d6e-0783-47c6-9923-9c79b2af43d4) Malware Taint Shared Content - T1080 (246fd3c7-f5e3-466d-8787-4c13d9e3b61c) Attack Pattern 1
Web Protocols - T1071.001 (df8b2a25-8bdf-4856-953c-a04372b1c161) Attack Pattern Stuxnet - S0603 (088f1d6e-0783-47c6-9923-9c79b2af43d4) Malware 1
Stuxnet - S0603 (088f1d6e-0783-47c6-9923-9c79b2af43d4) Malware Lateral Tool Transfer - T1570 (bf90d72c-c00b-45e3-b3aa-68560560d4c5) Attack Pattern 1
Stuxnet - S0603 (088f1d6e-0783-47c6-9923-9c79b2af43d4) Malware Peripheral Device Discovery - T1120 (348f1eef-964b-4eb6-bb53-69b3dcb0c643) Attack Pattern 1
Stuxnet - S0603 (088f1d6e-0783-47c6-9923-9c79b2af43d4) Malware Dynamic-link Library Injection - T1055.001 (f4599aa0-4f85-4a32-80ea-fc39dc965945) Attack Pattern 1
Stuxnet - S0603 (088f1d6e-0783-47c6-9923-9c79b2af43d4) Malware Shared Modules - T1129 (0a5231ec-41af-4a35-83d0-6bdf11f28c65) Attack Pattern 1
Stuxnet - S0603 (088f1d6e-0783-47c6-9923-9c79b2af43d4) Malware Standard Encoding - T1132.001 (04fd5427-79c7-44ea-ae13-11b24778ff1c) Attack Pattern 1
Stuxnet - S0603 (088f1d6e-0783-47c6-9923-9c79b2af43d4) Malware Impair Defenses - T1562 (3d333250-30e4-4a82-9edc-756c68afc529) Attack Pattern 1
Timestomp - T1070.006 (47f2d673-ca62-47e9-929b-1b0be9657611) Attack Pattern Stuxnet - S0603 (088f1d6e-0783-47c6-9923-9c79b2af43d4) Malware 1
Code Signing - T1553.002 (32901740-b42c-4fdd-bc02-345b5dc57082) Attack Pattern Subvert Trust Controls - T1553 (b83e166d-13d7-4b52-8677-dff90c548fd7) Attack Pattern 2
Valid Accounts - T1078 (b17a1a56-e99c-403c-8948-561df0cffe81) Attack Pattern Default Accounts - T1078.001 (6151cbea-819b-455a-9fa6-99a1cc58797d) Attack Pattern 2
Account Discovery - T1087 (72b74d71-8169-42aa-92e0-e7b04b9f5a08) Attack Pattern Local Account - T1087.001 (25659dd6-ea12-45c4-97e6-381e3e4b593e) Attack Pattern 2
SMB/Windows Admin Shares - T1021.002 (4f9ca633-15c5-463c-9724-bdcd54fde541) Attack Pattern Remote Services - T1021 (54a649ff-439a-41a4-9856-8d144a2551ba) Attack Pattern 2
Archive Collected Data - T1560 (53ac20cd-aca3-406e-9aa0-9fc7fdc60a5a) Attack Pattern Archive via Custom Method - T1560.003 (143c0cbb-a297-4142-9624-87ffc778980b) Attack Pattern 2
Token Impersonation/Theft - T1134.001 (86850eff-2729-40c3-b85e-c4af26da4a2d) Attack Pattern Access Token Manipulation - T1134 (dcaa092b-7de9-4a21-977f-7fcb77e89c48) 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
Valid Accounts - T1078 (b17a1a56-e99c-403c-8948-561df0cffe81) Attack Pattern Domain Accounts - T1078.002 (c3d4bdd9-2cfe-4a80-9d0c-07a29ecdce8f) Attack Pattern 2
Domain Account - T1087.002 (21875073-b0ee-49e3-9077-1e2a885359af) Attack Pattern Account Discovery - T1087 (72b74d71-8169-42aa-92e0-e7b04b9f5a08) Attack Pattern 2
Internal Proxy - T1090.001 (f6dacc85-b37d-458e-b58d-74fc4bbf5755) Attack Pattern Proxy - T1090 (731f4f55-b6d0-41d1-a7a9-072a66389aea) 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 File Deletion - T1070.004 (d63a3fb8-9452-4e9d-a60a-54be68d5998c) 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
Server Software Component - T1505 (d456de47-a16f-4e46-8980-e67478a12dcb) Attack Pattern SQL Stored Procedures - T1505.001 (f9e9365a-9ca2-4d9c-8e7c-050d73d1101a) Attack Pattern 2
Create or Modify System Process - T1543 (106c0cf6-bf73-4601-9aa8-0945c2715ec5) Attack Pattern Windows Service - T1543.003 (2959d63f-73fd-46a1-abd2-109d7dcede32) 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
Web Protocols - T1071.001 (df8b2a25-8bdf-4856-953c-a04372b1c161) Attack Pattern Application Layer Protocol - T1071 (355be19c-ffc9-46d5-8d50-d6a036c675b6) Attack Pattern 2
Process Injection - T1055 (43e7dc91-05b2-474c-b9ac-2ed4fe101f4d) Attack Pattern Dynamic-link Library Injection - T1055.001 (f4599aa0-4f85-4a32-80ea-fc39dc965945) 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
Indicator Removal - T1070 (799ace7f-e227-4411-baa0-8868704f2a69) Attack Pattern Timestomp - T1070.006 (47f2d673-ca62-47e9-929b-1b0be9657611) Attack Pattern 2