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Uroburos - S0022 (80a014ba-3fef-4768-990b-37d8bd10d7f4)

Uroburos is a sophisticated cyber espionage tool written in C that has been used by units within Russia's Federal Security Service (FSB) associated with the Turla toolset to collect intelligence on sensitive targets worldwide. Uroburos has several variants and has undergone nearly constant upgrade since its initial development in 2003 to keep it viable after public disclosures. Uroburos is typically deployed to external-facing nodes on a targeted network and has the ability to leverage additional tools and TTPs to further exploit an internal network. Uroburos has interoperable implants for Windows, Linux, and macOS, employs a high level of stealth in communications and architecture, and can easily incorporate new or replacement components.(Citation: Joint Cybersecurity Advisory AA23-129A Snake Malware May 2023)(Citation: Kaspersky Turla)

Cluster A Galaxy A Cluster B Galaxy B Level
Traffic Signaling - T1205 (451a9977-d255-43c9-b431-66de80130c8c) Attack Pattern Uroburos - S0022 (80a014ba-3fef-4768-990b-37d8bd10d7f4) Malware 1
Uroburos - S0022 (80a014ba-3fef-4768-990b-37d8bd10d7f4) Malware System Information Discovery - T1082 (354a7f88-63fb-41b5-a801-ce3b377b36f1) Attack Pattern 1
Software Packing - T1027.002 (deb98323-e13f-4b0c-8d94-175379069062) Attack Pattern Uroburos - S0022 (80a014ba-3fef-4768-990b-37d8bd10d7f4) Malware 1
Inter-Process Communication - T1559 (acd0ba37-7ba9-4cc5-ac61-796586cd856d) Attack Pattern Uroburos - S0022 (80a014ba-3fef-4768-990b-37d8bd10d7f4) Malware 1
Rootkit - T1014 (0f20e3cb-245b-4a61-8a91-2d93f7cb0e9b) Attack Pattern Uroburos - S0022 (80a014ba-3fef-4768-990b-37d8bd10d7f4) Malware 1
Uroburos - S0022 (80a014ba-3fef-4768-990b-37d8bd10d7f4) Malware Asymmetric Cryptography - T1573.002 (bf176076-b789-408e-8cba-7275e81c0ada) Attack Pattern 1
File and Directory Discovery - T1083 (7bc57495-ea59-4380-be31-a64af124ef18) Attack Pattern Uroburos - S0022 (80a014ba-3fef-4768-990b-37d8bd10d7f4) Malware 1
Encrypted/Encoded File - T1027.013 (0d91b3c0-5e50-47c3-949a-2a796f04d144) Attack Pattern Uroburos - S0022 (80a014ba-3fef-4768-990b-37d8bd10d7f4) Malware 1
Uroburos - S0022 (80a014ba-3fef-4768-990b-37d8bd10d7f4) Malware Protocol Tunneling - T1572 (4fe28b27-b13c-453e-a386-c2ef362a573b) Attack Pattern 1
Uroburos - S0022 (80a014ba-3fef-4768-990b-37d8bd10d7f4) Malware Junk Data - T1001.001 (f7c0689c-4dbd-489b-81be-7cb7c7079ade) Attack Pattern 1
Uroburos - S0022 (80a014ba-3fef-4768-990b-37d8bd10d7f4) Malware Embedded Payloads - T1027.009 (0533ab23-3f7d-463f-9bd8-634d27e4dee1) Attack Pattern 1
Fallback Channels - T1008 (f24faf46-3b26-4dbb-98f2-63460498e433) Attack Pattern Uroburos - S0022 (80a014ba-3fef-4768-990b-37d8bd10d7f4) Malware 1
Dynamic-link Library Injection - T1055.001 (f4599aa0-4f85-4a32-80ea-fc39dc965945) Attack Pattern Uroburos - S0022 (80a014ba-3fef-4768-990b-37d8bd10d7f4) Malware 1
Uroburos - S0022 (80a014ba-3fef-4768-990b-37d8bd10d7f4) Malware Turla (22332d52-c0c2-443c-9ffb-f08c0d23722c) Tool 1
Uroburos - S0022 (80a014ba-3fef-4768-990b-37d8bd10d7f4) Malware DNS - T1071.004 (1996eef1-ced3-4d7f-bf94-33298cabbf72) Attack Pattern 1
Query Registry - T1012 (c32f7008-9fea-41f7-8366-5eb9b74bd896) Attack Pattern Uroburos - S0022 (80a014ba-3fef-4768-990b-37d8bd10d7f4) Malware 1
Uroburos - S0022 (80a014ba-3fef-4768-990b-37d8bd10d7f4) Malware File Deletion - T1070.004 (d63a3fb8-9452-4e9d-a60a-54be68d5998c) Attack Pattern 1
Non-Application Layer Protocol - T1095 (c21d5a77-d422-4a69-acd7-2c53c1faa34b) Attack Pattern Uroburos - S0022 (80a014ba-3fef-4768-990b-37d8bd10d7f4) Malware 1
Process Discovery - T1057 (8f4a33ec-8b1f-4b80-a2f6-642b2e479580) Attack Pattern Uroburos - S0022 (80a014ba-3fef-4768-990b-37d8bd10d7f4) Malware 1
Multi-hop Proxy - T1090.003 (a782ebe2-daba-42c7-bc82-e8e9d923162d) Attack Pattern Uroburos - S0022 (80a014ba-3fef-4768-990b-37d8bd10d7f4) Malware 1
Uroburos - S0022 (80a014ba-3fef-4768-990b-37d8bd10d7f4) Malware Protocol or Service Impersonation - T1001.003 (c325b232-d5bc-4dde-a3ec-71f3db9e8adc) Attack Pattern 1
Non-Standard Encoding - T1132.002 (d467bc38-284b-4a00-96ac-125f447799fc) Attack Pattern Uroburos - S0022 (80a014ba-3fef-4768-990b-37d8bd10d7f4) Malware 1
Windows Command Shell - T1059.003 (d1fcf083-a721-4223-aedf-bf8960798d62) Attack Pattern Uroburos - S0022 (80a014ba-3fef-4768-990b-37d8bd10d7f4) Malware 1
Web Protocols - T1071.001 (df8b2a25-8bdf-4856-953c-a04372b1c161) Attack Pattern Uroburos - S0022 (80a014ba-3fef-4768-990b-37d8bd10d7f4) Malware 1
Ingress Tool Transfer - T1105 (e6919abc-99f9-4c6c-95a5-14761e7b2add) Attack Pattern Uroburos - S0022 (80a014ba-3fef-4768-990b-37d8bd10d7f4) Malware 1
Uroburos - S0022 (80a014ba-3fef-4768-990b-37d8bd10d7f4) Malware Deobfuscate/Decode Files or Information - T1140 (3ccef7ae-cb5e-48f6-8302-897105fbf55c) Attack Pattern 1
Uroburos - S0022 (80a014ba-3fef-4768-990b-37d8bd10d7f4) Malware Symmetric Cryptography - T1573.001 (24bfaeba-cb0d-4525-b3dc-507c77ecec41) Attack Pattern 1
Modify Registry - T1112 (57340c81-c025-4189-8fa0-fc7ede51bae4) Attack Pattern Uroburos - S0022 (80a014ba-3fef-4768-990b-37d8bd10d7f4) Malware 1
Hidden File System - T1564.005 (dfebc3b7-d19d-450b-81c7-6dafe4184c04) Attack Pattern Uroburos - S0022 (80a014ba-3fef-4768-990b-37d8bd10d7f4) Malware 1
Native API - T1106 (391d824f-0ef1-47a0-b0ee-c59a75e27670) Attack Pattern Uroburos - S0022 (80a014ba-3fef-4768-990b-37d8bd10d7f4) Malware 1
Windows Service - T1543.003 (2959d63f-73fd-46a1-abd2-109d7dcede32) Attack Pattern Uroburos - S0022 (80a014ba-3fef-4768-990b-37d8bd10d7f4) Malware 1
Masquerade Task or Service - T1036.004 (7bdca9d5-d500-4d7d-8c52-5fd47baf4c0c) Attack Pattern Uroburos - S0022 (80a014ba-3fef-4768-990b-37d8bd10d7f4) Malware 1
Data from Local System - T1005 (3c4a2599-71ee-4405-ba1e-0e28414b4bc5) Attack Pattern Uroburos - S0022 (80a014ba-3fef-4768-990b-37d8bd10d7f4) Malware 1
Uroburos - S0022 (80a014ba-3fef-4768-990b-37d8bd10d7f4) Malware Mail Protocols - T1071.003 (54b4c251-1f0e-4eba-ba6b-dbc7a6f6f06b) Attack Pattern 1
Uroburos - S0022 (80a014ba-3fef-4768-990b-37d8bd10d7f4) Malware Multi-Stage Channels - T1104 (84e02621-8fdf-470f-bd58-993bb6a89d91) Attack Pattern 1
Fileless Storage - T1027.011 (02c5abff-30bf-4703-ab92-1f6072fae939) Attack Pattern Uroburos - S0022 (80a014ba-3fef-4768-990b-37d8bd10d7f4) Malware 1
Uroburos (Windows) (d674ffd2-1f27-403b-8fe9-b4af6e303e5c) Malpedia Uroburos - S0022 (80a014ba-3fef-4768-990b-37d8bd10d7f4) Malware 1
Reflective Code Loading - T1620 (4933e63b-9b77-476e-ab29-761bc5b7d15a) Attack Pattern Uroburos - S0022 (80a014ba-3fef-4768-990b-37d8bd10d7f4) Malware 1
Obfuscated Files or Information - T1027 (b3d682b6-98f2-4fb0-aa3b-b4df007ca70a) Attack Pattern Software Packing - T1027.002 (deb98323-e13f-4b0c-8d94-175379069062) Attack Pattern 2
Encrypted Channel - T1573 (b8902400-e6c5-4ba2-95aa-2d35b442b118) Attack Pattern Asymmetric Cryptography - T1573.002 (bf176076-b789-408e-8cba-7275e81c0ada) 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
Data Obfuscation - T1001 (ad255bfe-a9e6-4b52-a258-8d3462abe842) Attack Pattern Junk Data - T1001.001 (f7c0689c-4dbd-489b-81be-7cb7c7079ade) Attack Pattern 2
Obfuscated Files or Information - T1027 (b3d682b6-98f2-4fb0-aa3b-b4df007ca70a) Attack Pattern Embedded Payloads - T1027.009 (0533ab23-3f7d-463f-9bd8-634d27e4dee1) Attack Pattern 2
Dynamic-link Library Injection - T1055.001 (f4599aa0-4f85-4a32-80ea-fc39dc965945) Attack Pattern Process Injection - T1055 (43e7dc91-05b2-474c-b9ac-2ed4fe101f4d) Attack Pattern 2
Uroburos (Windows) (d674ffd2-1f27-403b-8fe9-b4af6e303e5c) Malpedia Turla (22332d52-c0c2-443c-9ffb-f08c0d23722c) Tool 2
Application Layer Protocol - T1071 (355be19c-ffc9-46d5-8d50-d6a036c675b6) Attack Pattern DNS - T1071.004 (1996eef1-ced3-4d7f-bf94-33298cabbf72) Attack Pattern 2
Indicator Removal - T1070 (799ace7f-e227-4411-baa0-8868704f2a69) Attack Pattern File Deletion - T1070.004 (d63a3fb8-9452-4e9d-a60a-54be68d5998c) Attack Pattern 2
Proxy - T1090 (731f4f55-b6d0-41d1-a7a9-072a66389aea) Attack Pattern Multi-hop Proxy - T1090.003 (a782ebe2-daba-42c7-bc82-e8e9d923162d) Attack Pattern 2
Data Obfuscation - T1001 (ad255bfe-a9e6-4b52-a258-8d3462abe842) Attack Pattern Protocol or Service Impersonation - T1001.003 (c325b232-d5bc-4dde-a3ec-71f3db9e8adc) Attack Pattern 2
Data Encoding - T1132 (cc7b8c4e-9be0-47ca-b0bb-83915ec3ee2f) Attack Pattern Non-Standard Encoding - T1132.002 (d467bc38-284b-4a00-96ac-125f447799fc) Attack Pattern 2
Command and Scripting Interpreter - T1059 (7385dfaf-6886-4229-9ecd-6fd678040830) Attack Pattern Windows Command Shell - T1059.003 (d1fcf083-a721-4223-aedf-bf8960798d62) Attack Pattern 2
Web Protocols - T1071.001 (df8b2a25-8bdf-4856-953c-a04372b1c161) Attack Pattern Application Layer Protocol - T1071 (355be19c-ffc9-46d5-8d50-d6a036c675b6) Attack Pattern 2
Encrypted Channel - T1573 (b8902400-e6c5-4ba2-95aa-2d35b442b118) Attack Pattern Symmetric Cryptography - T1573.001 (24bfaeba-cb0d-4525-b3dc-507c77ecec41) Attack Pattern 2
Hide Artifacts - T1564 (22905430-4901-4c2a-84f6-98243cb173f8) Attack Pattern Hidden File System - T1564.005 (dfebc3b7-d19d-450b-81c7-6dafe4184c04) Attack Pattern 2
Windows Service - T1543.003 (2959d63f-73fd-46a1-abd2-109d7dcede32) Attack Pattern Create or Modify System Process - T1543 (106c0cf6-bf73-4601-9aa8-0945c2715ec5) Attack Pattern 2
Masquerade Task or Service - T1036.004 (7bdca9d5-d500-4d7d-8c52-5fd47baf4c0c) Attack Pattern Masquerading - T1036 (42e8de7b-37b2-4258-905a-6897815e58e0) Attack Pattern 2
Application Layer Protocol - T1071 (355be19c-ffc9-46d5-8d50-d6a036c675b6) Attack Pattern Mail Protocols - T1071.003 (54b4c251-1f0e-4eba-ba6b-dbc7a6f6f06b) Attack Pattern 2
Obfuscated Files or Information - T1027 (b3d682b6-98f2-4fb0-aa3b-b4df007ca70a) Attack Pattern Fileless Storage - T1027.011 (02c5abff-30bf-4703-ab92-1f6072fae939) Attack Pattern 2