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