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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
Data from Local System - T1005 (3c4a2599-71ee-4405-ba1e-0e28414b4bc5) Attack Pattern ThreatNeedle - S0665 (16040b1c-ed28-4850-9d8f-bb8b81c42092) Malware 1
Fileless Storage - T1027.011 (02c5abff-30bf-4703-ab92-1f6072fae939) Attack Pattern ThreatNeedle - S0665 (16040b1c-ed28-4850-9d8f-bb8b81c42092) Malware 1
Encrypted/Encoded File - T1027.013 (0d91b3c0-5e50-47c3-949a-2a796f04d144) 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
Malicious File - T1204.002 (232b7f21-adf9-4b42-b936-b9d6f7df856e) Attack Pattern ThreatNeedle - S0665 (16040b1c-ed28-4850-9d8f-bb8b81c42092) Malware 1
System Information Discovery - T1082 (354a7f88-63fb-41b5-a801-ce3b377b36f1) Attack Pattern ThreatNeedle - S0665 (16040b1c-ed28-4850-9d8f-bb8b81c42092) Malware 1
Deobfuscate/Decode Files or Information - T1140 (3ccef7ae-cb5e-48f6-8302-897105fbf55c) Attack Pattern ThreatNeedle - S0665 (16040b1c-ed28-4850-9d8f-bb8b81c42092) Malware 1
File and Directory Discovery - T1083 (7bc57495-ea59-4380-be31-a64af124ef18) Attack Pattern ThreatNeedle - S0665 (16040b1c-ed28-4850-9d8f-bb8b81c42092) Malware 1
Windows Service - T1543.003 (2959d63f-73fd-46a1-abd2-109d7dcede32) Attack Pattern ThreatNeedle - S0665 (16040b1c-ed28-4850-9d8f-bb8b81c42092) Malware 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 Ingress Tool Transfer - T1105 (e6919abc-99f9-4c6c-95a5-14761e7b2add) Attack Pattern 1
ThreatNeedle - S0665 (16040b1c-ed28-4850-9d8f-bb8b81c42092) Malware Compression - T1027.015 (fbd91bfc-75c2-4f0c-8116-3b4e722906b3) Attack Pattern 1
ThreatNeedle - S0665 (16040b1c-ed28-4850-9d8f-bb8b81c42092) Malware Match Legitimate Resource Name or Location - T1036.005 (1c4e5d32-1fe9-4116-9d9d-59e3925bd6a2) Attack Pattern 1
ThreatNeedle - S0665 (16040b1c-ed28-4850-9d8f-bb8b81c42092) Malware Modify Registry - T1112 (57340c81-c025-4189-8fa0-fc7ede51bae4) Attack Pattern 1
Fileless Storage - T1027.011 (02c5abff-30bf-4703-ab92-1f6072fae939) 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 Encrypted/Encoded File - T1027.013 (0d91b3c0-5e50-47c3-949a-2a796f04d144) 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
Obfuscated Files or Information - T1027 (b3d682b6-98f2-4fb0-aa3b-b4df007ca70a) Attack Pattern Compression - T1027.015 (fbd91bfc-75c2-4f0c-8116-3b4e722906b3) 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