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Rising Sun - S0448 (56e6b6c2-e573-4969-8bab-783205cebbbf)

Rising Sun is a modular backdoor that was used extensively in Operation Sharpshooter between 2017 and 2019. Rising Sun infected at least 87 organizations around the world, including nuclear, defense, energy, and financial service companies. Security researchers assessed Rising Sun included some source code from Lazarus Group's Trojan Duuzer.(Citation: McAfee Sharpshooter December 2018)

Cluster A Galaxy A Cluster B Galaxy B Level
Rising Sun - S0448 (56e6b6c2-e573-4969-8bab-783205cebbbf) Malware Windows Command Shell - T1059.003 (d1fcf083-a721-4223-aedf-bf8960798d62) Attack Pattern 1
Asymmetric Cryptography - T1573.002 (bf176076-b789-408e-8cba-7275e81c0ada) Attack Pattern Rising Sun - S0448 (56e6b6c2-e573-4969-8bab-783205cebbbf) Malware 1
Rising Sun - S0448 (56e6b6c2-e573-4969-8bab-783205cebbbf) Malware Indicator Removal - T1070 (799ace7f-e227-4411-baa0-8868704f2a69) Attack Pattern 1
Deobfuscate/Decode Files or Information - T1140 (3ccef7ae-cb5e-48f6-8302-897105fbf55c) Attack Pattern Rising Sun - S0448 (56e6b6c2-e573-4969-8bab-783205cebbbf) Malware 1
Query Registry - T1012 (c32f7008-9fea-41f7-8366-5eb9b74bd896) Attack Pattern Rising Sun - S0448 (56e6b6c2-e573-4969-8bab-783205cebbbf) Malware 1
Data from Local System - T1005 (3c4a2599-71ee-4405-ba1e-0e28414b4bc5) Attack Pattern Rising Sun - S0448 (56e6b6c2-e573-4969-8bab-783205cebbbf) Malware 1
Process Discovery - T1057 (8f4a33ec-8b1f-4b80-a2f6-642b2e479580) Attack Pattern Rising Sun - S0448 (56e6b6c2-e573-4969-8bab-783205cebbbf) Malware 1
Rising Sun - S0448 (56e6b6c2-e573-4969-8bab-783205cebbbf) Malware Archive via Custom Method - T1560.003 (143c0cbb-a297-4142-9624-87ffc778980b) Attack Pattern 1
Rising Sun - S0448 (56e6b6c2-e573-4969-8bab-783205cebbbf) Malware Exfiltration Over C2 Channel - T1041 (92d7da27-2d91-488e-a00c-059dc162766d) Attack Pattern 1
Rising Sun - S0448 (56e6b6c2-e573-4969-8bab-783205cebbbf) Malware System Owner/User Discovery - T1033 (03d7999c-1f4c-42cc-8373-e7690d318104) Attack Pattern 1
System Information Discovery - T1082 (354a7f88-63fb-41b5-a801-ce3b377b36f1) Attack Pattern Rising Sun - S0448 (56e6b6c2-e573-4969-8bab-783205cebbbf) Malware 1
Encrypted/Encoded File - T1027.013 (0d91b3c0-5e50-47c3-949a-2a796f04d144) Attack Pattern Rising Sun - S0448 (56e6b6c2-e573-4969-8bab-783205cebbbf) Malware 1
System Network Configuration Discovery - T1016 (707399d6-ab3e-4963-9315-d9d3818cd6a0) Attack Pattern Rising Sun - S0448 (56e6b6c2-e573-4969-8bab-783205cebbbf) Malware 1
Rising Sun - S0448 (56e6b6c2-e573-4969-8bab-783205cebbbf) Malware Internet Connection Discovery - T1016.001 (132d5b37-aac5-4378-a8dc-3127b18a73dc) Attack Pattern 1
Native API - T1106 (391d824f-0ef1-47a0-b0ee-c59a75e27670) Attack Pattern Rising Sun - S0448 (56e6b6c2-e573-4969-8bab-783205cebbbf) Malware 1
Rising Sun - S0448 (56e6b6c2-e573-4969-8bab-783205cebbbf) Malware Hidden Files and Directories - T1564.001 (ec8fc7e2-b356-455c-8db5-2e37be158e7d) Attack Pattern 1
Rising Sun - S0448 (56e6b6c2-e573-4969-8bab-783205cebbbf) Malware File Deletion - T1070.004 (d63a3fb8-9452-4e9d-a60a-54be68d5998c) Attack Pattern 1
Rising Sun - S0448 (56e6b6c2-e573-4969-8bab-783205cebbbf) Malware File and Directory Discovery - T1083 (7bc57495-ea59-4380-be31-a64af124ef18) Attack Pattern 1
Rising Sun - S0448 (56e6b6c2-e573-4969-8bab-783205cebbbf) Malware Web Protocols - T1071.001 (df8b2a25-8bdf-4856-953c-a04372b1c161) Attack Pattern 1
Windows Command Shell - T1059.003 (d1fcf083-a721-4223-aedf-bf8960798d62) Attack Pattern Command and Scripting Interpreter - T1059 (7385dfaf-6886-4229-9ecd-6fd678040830) Attack Pattern 2
Asymmetric Cryptography - T1573.002 (bf176076-b789-408e-8cba-7275e81c0ada) Attack Pattern Encrypted Channel - T1573 (b8902400-e6c5-4ba2-95aa-2d35b442b118) Attack Pattern 2
Archive via Custom Method - T1560.003 (143c0cbb-a297-4142-9624-87ffc778980b) Attack Pattern Archive Collected Data - T1560 (53ac20cd-aca3-406e-9aa0-9fc7fdc60a5a) 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
System Network Configuration Discovery - T1016 (707399d6-ab3e-4963-9315-d9d3818cd6a0) Attack Pattern Internet Connection Discovery - T1016.001 (132d5b37-aac5-4378-a8dc-3127b18a73dc) Attack Pattern 2
Hidden Files and Directories - T1564.001 (ec8fc7e2-b356-455c-8db5-2e37be158e7d) Attack Pattern Hide Artifacts - T1564 (22905430-4901-4c2a-84f6-98243cb173f8) 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
Application Layer Protocol - T1071 (355be19c-ffc9-46d5-8d50-d6a036c675b6) Attack Pattern Web Protocols - T1071.001 (df8b2a25-8bdf-4856-953c-a04372b1c161) Attack Pattern 2