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ThreatNeedle - S0665 (16040b1c-ed28-4850-9d8f-bb8b81c42092)

ThreatNeedle is a backdoor that has been used by Lazarus Group since at least 2019 to target cryptocurrency, defense, and mobile gaming organizations. It is considered to be an advanced cluster of Lazarus Group's Manuscrypt (a.k.a. NukeSped) malware family.(Citation: Kaspersky ThreatNeedle Feb 2021)

Cluster A Galaxy A Cluster B Galaxy B Level
Match Legitimate Resource Name or Location - T1036.005 (1c4e5d32-1fe9-4116-9d9d-59e3925bd6a2) Attack Pattern ThreatNeedle - S0665 (16040b1c-ed28-4850-9d8f-bb8b81c42092) Malware 1
Modify Registry - T1112 (57340c81-c025-4189-8fa0-fc7ede51bae4) Attack Pattern ThreatNeedle - S0665 (16040b1c-ed28-4850-9d8f-bb8b81c42092) Malware 1
ThreatNeedle - S0665 (16040b1c-ed28-4850-9d8f-bb8b81c42092) Malware Fileless Storage - T1027.011 (02c5abff-30bf-4703-ab92-1f6072fae939) Attack Pattern 1
ThreatNeedle - S0665 (16040b1c-ed28-4850-9d8f-bb8b81c42092) Malware Encrypted/Encoded File - T1027.013 (0d91b3c0-5e50-47c3-949a-2a796f04d144) Attack Pattern 1
ThreatNeedle - S0665 (16040b1c-ed28-4850-9d8f-bb8b81c42092) Malware Compression - T1027.015 (fbd91bfc-75c2-4f0c-8116-3b4e722906b3) Attack Pattern 1
System Information Discovery - T1082 (354a7f88-63fb-41b5-a801-ce3b377b36f1) Attack Pattern ThreatNeedle - S0665 (16040b1c-ed28-4850-9d8f-bb8b81c42092) Malware 1
Spearphishing Attachment - T1566.001 (2e34237d-8574-43f6-aace-ae2915de8597) Attack Pattern ThreatNeedle - S0665 (16040b1c-ed28-4850-9d8f-bb8b81c42092) Malware 1
ThreatNeedle - S0665 (16040b1c-ed28-4850-9d8f-bb8b81c42092) Malware Malicious File - T1204.002 (232b7f21-adf9-4b42-b936-b9d6f7df856e) Attack Pattern 1
ThreatNeedle - S0665 (16040b1c-ed28-4850-9d8f-bb8b81c42092) Malware Deobfuscate/Decode Files or Information - T1140 (3ccef7ae-cb5e-48f6-8302-897105fbf55c) Attack Pattern 1
File and Directory Discovery - T1083 (7bc57495-ea59-4380-be31-a64af124ef18) Attack Pattern ThreatNeedle - S0665 (16040b1c-ed28-4850-9d8f-bb8b81c42092) Malware 1
ThreatNeedle - S0665 (16040b1c-ed28-4850-9d8f-bb8b81c42092) Malware Windows Service - T1543.003 (2959d63f-73fd-46a1-abd2-109d7dcede32) Attack Pattern 1
ThreatNeedle - S0665 (16040b1c-ed28-4850-9d8f-bb8b81c42092) Malware Ingress Tool Transfer - T1105 (e6919abc-99f9-4c6c-95a5-14761e7b2add) Attack Pattern 1
ThreatNeedle - S0665 (16040b1c-ed28-4850-9d8f-bb8b81c42092) Malware Registry Run Keys / Startup Folder - T1547.001 (9efb1ea7-c37b-4595-9640-b7680cd84279) Attack Pattern 1
ThreatNeedle - S0665 (16040b1c-ed28-4850-9d8f-bb8b81c42092) Malware Data from Local System - T1005 (3c4a2599-71ee-4405-ba1e-0e28414b4bc5) Attack Pattern 1
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
Fileless Storage - T1027.011 (02c5abff-30bf-4703-ab92-1f6072fae939) Attack Pattern Obfuscated Files or Information - T1027 (b3d682b6-98f2-4fb0-aa3b-b4df007ca70a) Attack Pattern 2
Encrypted/Encoded File - T1027.013 (0d91b3c0-5e50-47c3-949a-2a796f04d144) Attack Pattern Obfuscated Files or Information - T1027 (b3d682b6-98f2-4fb0-aa3b-b4df007ca70a) Attack Pattern 2
Obfuscated Files or Information - T1027 (b3d682b6-98f2-4fb0-aa3b-b4df007ca70a) Attack Pattern Compression - T1027.015 (fbd91bfc-75c2-4f0c-8116-3b4e722906b3) Attack Pattern 2
Spearphishing Attachment - T1566.001 (2e34237d-8574-43f6-aace-ae2915de8597) Attack Pattern Phishing - T1566 (a62a8db3-f23a-4d8f-afd6-9dbc77e7813b) Attack Pattern 2
Malicious File - T1204.002 (232b7f21-adf9-4b42-b936-b9d6f7df856e) Attack Pattern User Execution - T1204 (8c32eb4d-805f-4fc5-bf60-c4d476c131b5) 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
Boot or Logon Autostart Execution - T1547 (1ecb2399-e8ba-4f6b-8ba7-5c27d49405cf) Attack Pattern Registry Run Keys / Startup Folder - T1547.001 (9efb1ea7-c37b-4595-9640-b7680cd84279) Attack Pattern 2