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AppleSeed - S0622 (295721d2-ee20-4fa3-ade3-37f4146b4570)

AppleSeed is a backdoor that has been used by Kimsuky to target South Korean government, academic, and commercial targets since at least 2021.(Citation: Malwarebytes Kimsuky June 2021)

Cluster A Galaxy A Cluster B Galaxy B Level
Spearphishing Attachment - T1566.001 (2e34237d-8574-43f6-aace-ae2915de8597) Attack Pattern AppleSeed - S0622 (295721d2-ee20-4fa3-ade3-37f4146b4570) Malware 1
Malicious File - T1204.002 (232b7f21-adf9-4b42-b936-b9d6f7df856e) Attack Pattern AppleSeed - S0622 (295721d2-ee20-4fa3-ade3-37f4146b4570) Malware 1
AppleSeed - S0622 (295721d2-ee20-4fa3-ade3-37f4146b4570) Malware Keylogging - T1056.001 (09a60ea3-a8d1-4ae5-976e-5783248b72a4) Attack Pattern 1
Deobfuscate/Decode Files or Information - T1140 (3ccef7ae-cb5e-48f6-8302-897105fbf55c) Attack Pattern AppleSeed - S0622 (295721d2-ee20-4fa3-ade3-37f4146b4570) Malware 1
PowerShell - T1059.001 (970a3432-3237-47ad-bcca-7d8cbb217736) Attack Pattern AppleSeed - S0622 (295721d2-ee20-4fa3-ade3-37f4146b4570) Malware 1
Software Packing - T1027.002 (deb98323-e13f-4b0c-8d94-175379069062) Attack Pattern AppleSeed - S0622 (295721d2-ee20-4fa3-ade3-37f4146b4570) Malware 1
Fallback Channels - T1008 (f24faf46-3b26-4dbb-98f2-63460498e433) Attack Pattern AppleSeed - S0622 (295721d2-ee20-4fa3-ade3-37f4146b4570) Malware 1
System Time Discovery - T1124 (f3c544dc-673c-4ef3-accb-53229f1ae077) Attack Pattern AppleSeed - S0622 (295721d2-ee20-4fa3-ade3-37f4146b4570) Malware 1
AppleSeed - S0622 (295721d2-ee20-4fa3-ade3-37f4146b4570) Malware Match Legitimate Name or Location - T1036.005 (1c4e5d32-1fe9-4116-9d9d-59e3925bd6a2) Attack Pattern 1
AppleSeed - S0622 (295721d2-ee20-4fa3-ade3-37f4146b4570) Malware Data Transfer Size Limits - T1030 (c3888c54-775d-4b2f-b759-75a2ececcbfd) Attack Pattern 1
Data from Local System - T1005 (3c4a2599-71ee-4405-ba1e-0e28414b4bc5) Attack Pattern AppleSeed - S0622 (295721d2-ee20-4fa3-ade3-37f4146b4570) Malware 1
Process Discovery - T1057 (8f4a33ec-8b1f-4b80-a2f6-642b2e479580) Attack Pattern AppleSeed - S0622 (295721d2-ee20-4fa3-ade3-37f4146b4570) Malware 1
Exfiltration Over C2 Channel - T1041 (92d7da27-2d91-488e-a00c-059dc162766d) Attack Pattern AppleSeed - S0622 (295721d2-ee20-4fa3-ade3-37f4146b4570) Malware 1
Registry Run Keys / Startup Folder - T1547.001 (9efb1ea7-c37b-4595-9640-b7680cd84279) Attack Pattern AppleSeed - S0622 (295721d2-ee20-4fa3-ade3-37f4146b4570) Malware 1
AppleSeed - S0622 (295721d2-ee20-4fa3-ade3-37f4146b4570) Malware Access Token Manipulation - T1134 (dcaa092b-7de9-4a21-977f-7fcb77e89c48) Attack Pattern 1
System Information Discovery - T1082 (354a7f88-63fb-41b5-a801-ce3b377b36f1) Attack Pattern AppleSeed - S0622 (295721d2-ee20-4fa3-ade3-37f4146b4570) Malware 1
System Network Configuration Discovery - T1016 (707399d6-ab3e-4963-9315-d9d3818cd6a0) Attack Pattern AppleSeed - S0622 (295721d2-ee20-4fa3-ade3-37f4146b4570) Malware 1
JavaScript - T1059.007 (0f4a0c76-ab2d-4cb0-85d3-3f0efb8cba0d) Attack Pattern AppleSeed - S0622 (295721d2-ee20-4fa3-ade3-37f4146b4570) Malware 1
AppleSeed - S0622 (295721d2-ee20-4fa3-ade3-37f4146b4570) Malware Regsvr32 - T1218.010 (b97f1d35-4249-4486-a6b5-ee60ccf24fab) Attack Pattern 1
Data from Removable Media - T1025 (1b7ba276-eedc-4951-a762-0ceea2c030ec) Attack Pattern AppleSeed - S0622 (295721d2-ee20-4fa3-ade3-37f4146b4570) Malware 1
Screen Capture - T1113 (0259baeb-9f63-4c69-bf10-eb038c390688) Attack Pattern AppleSeed - S0622 (295721d2-ee20-4fa3-ade3-37f4146b4570) Malware 1
Native API - T1106 (391d824f-0ef1-47a0-b0ee-c59a75e27670) Attack Pattern AppleSeed - S0622 (295721d2-ee20-4fa3-ade3-37f4146b4570) Malware 1
Obfuscated Files or Information - T1027 (b3d682b6-98f2-4fb0-aa3b-b4df007ca70a) Attack Pattern AppleSeed - S0622 (295721d2-ee20-4fa3-ade3-37f4146b4570) Malware 1
Local Data Staging - T1074.001 (1c34f7aa-9341-4a48-bfab-af22e51aca6c) Attack Pattern AppleSeed - S0622 (295721d2-ee20-4fa3-ade3-37f4146b4570) Malware 1
File Deletion - T1070.004 (d63a3fb8-9452-4e9d-a60a-54be68d5998c) Attack Pattern AppleSeed - S0622 (295721d2-ee20-4fa3-ade3-37f4146b4570) Malware 1
Automated Collection - T1119 (30208d3e-0d6b-43c8-883e-44462a514619) Attack Pattern AppleSeed - S0622 (295721d2-ee20-4fa3-ade3-37f4146b4570) Malware 1
Exfiltration Over Web Service - T1567 (40597f16-0963-4249-bf4c-ac93b7fb9807) Attack Pattern AppleSeed - S0622 (295721d2-ee20-4fa3-ade3-37f4146b4570) Malware 1
Archive via Utility - T1560.001 (00f90846-cbd1-4fc5-9233-df5c2bf2a662) Attack Pattern AppleSeed - S0622 (295721d2-ee20-4fa3-ade3-37f4146b4570) Malware 1
Archive Collected Data - T1560 (53ac20cd-aca3-406e-9aa0-9fc7fdc60a5a) Attack Pattern AppleSeed - S0622 (295721d2-ee20-4fa3-ade3-37f4146b4570) Malware 1
File and Directory Discovery - T1083 (7bc57495-ea59-4380-be31-a64af124ef18) Attack Pattern AppleSeed - S0622 (295721d2-ee20-4fa3-ade3-37f4146b4570) Malware 1
AppleSeed - S0622 (295721d2-ee20-4fa3-ade3-37f4146b4570) Malware Web Protocols - T1071.001 (df8b2a25-8bdf-4856-953c-a04372b1c161) Attack Pattern 1
Masquerading - T1036 (42e8de7b-37b2-4258-905a-6897815e58e0) Attack Pattern AppleSeed - S0622 (295721d2-ee20-4fa3-ade3-37f4146b4570) Malware 1
Phishing - T1566 (a62a8db3-f23a-4d8f-afd6-9dbc77e7813b) Attack Pattern Spearphishing Attachment - T1566.001 (2e34237d-8574-43f6-aace-ae2915de8597) Attack Pattern 2
User Execution - T1204 (8c32eb4d-805f-4fc5-bf60-c4d476c131b5) Attack Pattern Malicious File - T1204.002 (232b7f21-adf9-4b42-b936-b9d6f7df856e) Attack Pattern 2
Input Capture - T1056 (bb5a00de-e086-4859-a231-fa793f6797e2) Attack Pattern Keylogging - T1056.001 (09a60ea3-a8d1-4ae5-976e-5783248b72a4) Attack Pattern 2
PowerShell - T1059.001 (970a3432-3237-47ad-bcca-7d8cbb217736) Attack Pattern Command and Scripting Interpreter - T1059 (7385dfaf-6886-4229-9ecd-6fd678040830) Attack Pattern 2
Obfuscated Files or Information - T1027 (b3d682b6-98f2-4fb0-aa3b-b4df007ca70a) Attack Pattern Software Packing - T1027.002 (deb98323-e13f-4b0c-8d94-175379069062) Attack Pattern 2
Masquerading - T1036 (42e8de7b-37b2-4258-905a-6897815e58e0) Attack Pattern Match Legitimate Name or Location - T1036.005 (1c4e5d32-1fe9-4116-9d9d-59e3925bd6a2) Attack Pattern 2
Registry Run Keys / Startup Folder - T1547.001 (9efb1ea7-c37b-4595-9640-b7680cd84279) Attack Pattern Boot or Logon Autostart Execution - T1547 (1ecb2399-e8ba-4f6b-8ba7-5c27d49405cf) Attack Pattern 2
JavaScript - T1059.007 (0f4a0c76-ab2d-4cb0-85d3-3f0efb8cba0d) Attack Pattern Command and Scripting Interpreter - T1059 (7385dfaf-6886-4229-9ecd-6fd678040830) Attack Pattern 2
System Binary Proxy Execution - T1218 (457c7820-d331-465a-915e-42f85500ccc4) Attack Pattern Regsvr32 - T1218.010 (b97f1d35-4249-4486-a6b5-ee60ccf24fab) Attack Pattern 2
Local Data Staging - T1074.001 (1c34f7aa-9341-4a48-bfab-af22e51aca6c) Attack Pattern Data Staged - T1074 (7dd95ff6-712e-4056-9626-312ea4ab4c5e) Attack Pattern 2
File Deletion - T1070.004 (d63a3fb8-9452-4e9d-a60a-54be68d5998c) Attack Pattern Indicator Removal - T1070 (799ace7f-e227-4411-baa0-8868704f2a69) Attack Pattern 2
Archive Collected Data - T1560 (53ac20cd-aca3-406e-9aa0-9fc7fdc60a5a) Attack Pattern Archive via Utility - T1560.001 (00f90846-cbd1-4fc5-9233-df5c2bf2a662) Attack Pattern 2
Application Layer Protocol - T1071 (355be19c-ffc9-46d5-8d50-d6a036c675b6) Attack Pattern Web Protocols - T1071.001 (df8b2a25-8bdf-4856-953c-a04372b1c161) Attack Pattern 2