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Hornbill - S1077 (15d78a95-af6a-4b06-8dae-76bedb0ec5a1)

Hornbill is one of two mobile malware families known to be used by the APT Confucius. Analysis suggests that Hornbill was first active in early 2018. While Hornbill and Sunbird overlap in core capabilities, Hornbill has tools and behaviors suggesting more passive reconnaissance.(Citation: lookout_hornbill_sunbird_0221)

Cluster A Galaxy A Cluster B Galaxy B Level
Hornbill - S1077 (15d78a95-af6a-4b06-8dae-76bedb0ec5a1) Malware User Evasion - T1628.002 (24a77e53-0751-46fc-b207-99378fb35c08) Attack Pattern 1
Hornbill - S1077 (15d78a95-af6a-4b06-8dae-76bedb0ec5a1) Malware Video Capture - T1512 (d8940e76-f9c1-4912-bea6-e21c251370b6) Attack Pattern 1
File Deletion - T1630.002 (ab7400b7-3476-4776-9545-ef3fa373de63) Attack Pattern Hornbill - S1077 (15d78a95-af6a-4b06-8dae-76bedb0ec5a1) Malware 1
Hornbill - S1077 (15d78a95-af6a-4b06-8dae-76bedb0ec5a1) Malware System Network Configuration Discovery - T1422 (d4536441-1bcc-49fa-80ae-a596ed3f7ffd) Attack Pattern 1
Hornbill - S1077 (15d78a95-af6a-4b06-8dae-76bedb0ec5a1) Malware System Information Discovery - T1426 (e2ea7f6b-8d4f-49c3-819d-660530d12b77) Attack Pattern 1
Hornbill - S1077 (15d78a95-af6a-4b06-8dae-76bedb0ec5a1) Malware Location Tracking - T1430 (99e6295e-741b-4857-b6e5-64989eb039b4) Attack Pattern 1
Hornbill - S1077 (15d78a95-af6a-4b06-8dae-76bedb0ec5a1) Malware Audio Capture - T1429 (6683aa0c-d98a-4f5b-ac57-ca7e9934a760) Attack Pattern 1
Hornbill - S1077 (15d78a95-af6a-4b06-8dae-76bedb0ec5a1) Malware Call Log - T1636.002 (1d1b1558-c833-482e-aabb-d07ef6eae63d) Attack Pattern 1
Screen Capture - T1513 (73c26732-6422-4081-8b63-6d0ae93d449e) Attack Pattern Hornbill - S1077 (15d78a95-af6a-4b06-8dae-76bedb0ec5a1) Malware 1
Hornbill - S1077 (15d78a95-af6a-4b06-8dae-76bedb0ec5a1) Malware Exfiltration Over C2 Channel - T1646 (32063d7f-0a39-440d-a4a3-2694488f96cc) Attack Pattern 1
Hornbill - S1077 (15d78a95-af6a-4b06-8dae-76bedb0ec5a1) Malware Stored Application Data - T1409 (702055ac-4e54-4ae9-9527-e23a38e0b160) Attack Pattern 1
Internet Connection Discovery - T1422.001 (45a5fe76-eda3-4d40-8f22-c186efd6278d) Attack Pattern Hornbill - S1077 (15d78a95-af6a-4b06-8dae-76bedb0ec5a1) Malware 1
Hornbill - S1077 (15d78a95-af6a-4b06-8dae-76bedb0ec5a1) Malware Device Administrator Permissions - T1626.001 (9c049d7b-c92a-4733-9381-27e2bd2ccadc) Attack Pattern 1
Web Protocols - T1437.001 (2282a98b-5049-4f61-9381-55baca7c1add) Attack Pattern Hornbill - S1077 (15d78a95-af6a-4b06-8dae-76bedb0ec5a1) Malware 1
Data from Local System - T1533 (e1c912a9-e305-434b-9172-8a6ce3ec9c4a) Attack Pattern Hornbill - S1077 (15d78a95-af6a-4b06-8dae-76bedb0ec5a1) Malware 1
Software Discovery - T1418 (198ce408-1470-45ee-b47f-7056050d4fc2) Attack Pattern Hornbill - S1077 (15d78a95-af6a-4b06-8dae-76bedb0ec5a1) Malware 1
Hornbill - S1077 (15d78a95-af6a-4b06-8dae-76bedb0ec5a1) Malware Wi-Fi Discovery - T1422.002 (be63612f-a48f-44f2-a7a6-1763509fcf80) Attack Pattern 1
Match Legitimate Name or Location - T1655.001 (114fed8b-7eed-4136-8b9c-411c5c7fff4b) Attack Pattern Hornbill - S1077 (15d78a95-af6a-4b06-8dae-76bedb0ec5a1) Malware 1
Hornbill - S1077 (15d78a95-af6a-4b06-8dae-76bedb0ec5a1) Malware Access Notifications - T1517 (39dd7871-f59b-495f-a9a5-3cb8cc50c9b2) Attack Pattern 1
Hornbill - S1077 (15d78a95-af6a-4b06-8dae-76bedb0ec5a1) Malware Contact List - T1636.003 (e0b9ecb8-a7d1-43c7-aa30-8e19c6a92c86) Attack Pattern 1
File and Directory Discovery - T1420 (cf28ca46-1fd3-46b4-b1f6-ec0b72361848) Attack Pattern Hornbill - S1077 (15d78a95-af6a-4b06-8dae-76bedb0ec5a1) Malware 1
Hide Artifacts - T1628 (fc53309d-ebd5-4573-9242-57024ebdad4f) Attack Pattern User Evasion - T1628.002 (24a77e53-0751-46fc-b207-99378fb35c08) Attack Pattern 2
Indicator Removal on Host - T1630 (0d4e3bbb-7af5-4c88-a215-0c0906bc1e8d) Attack Pattern File Deletion - T1630.002 (ab7400b7-3476-4776-9545-ef3fa373de63) Attack Pattern 2
Protected User Data - T1636 (11c2c2b7-1fd4-408f-bc2e-fe772ef9df5e) Attack Pattern Call Log - T1636.002 (1d1b1558-c833-482e-aabb-d07ef6eae63d) Attack Pattern 2
Internet Connection Discovery - T1422.001 (45a5fe76-eda3-4d40-8f22-c186efd6278d) Attack Pattern System Network Configuration Discovery - T1422 (d4536441-1bcc-49fa-80ae-a596ed3f7ffd) Attack Pattern 2
Abuse Elevation Control Mechanism - T1626 (08ea902d-ecb5-47ed-a453-2798057bb2d3) Attack Pattern Device Administrator Permissions - T1626.001 (9c049d7b-c92a-4733-9381-27e2bd2ccadc) Attack Pattern 2
Web Protocols - T1437.001 (2282a98b-5049-4f61-9381-55baca7c1add) Attack Pattern Application Layer Protocol - T1437 (6a3f6490-9c44-40de-b059-e5940f246673) Attack Pattern 2
Wi-Fi Discovery - T1422.002 (be63612f-a48f-44f2-a7a6-1763509fcf80) Attack Pattern System Network Configuration Discovery - T1422 (d4536441-1bcc-49fa-80ae-a596ed3f7ffd) Attack Pattern 2
Match Legitimate Name or Location - T1655.001 (114fed8b-7eed-4136-8b9c-411c5c7fff4b) Attack Pattern Masquerading - T1655 (f856eaab-e84a-4265-a8a2-7bf37e5dc2fc) Attack Pattern 2
Protected User Data - T1636 (11c2c2b7-1fd4-408f-bc2e-fe772ef9df5e) Attack Pattern Contact List - T1636.003 (e0b9ecb8-a7d1-43c7-aa30-8e19c6a92c86) Attack Pattern 2