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Kapeka - S1190 (a43e55c9-0b7c-42c0-81de-b7a42d724db9)

Kapeka is a backdoor written in C++ used against victims in Eastern Europe since at least mid-2022. Kapeka has technical overlaps with Exaramel for Windows and Prestige malware variants, both of which are linked to Sandworm Team. Kapeka may have been used in advance of Prestige deployment in late 2022.(Citation: WithSecure Kapeka 2024)(Citation: Microsoft KnuckleTouch 2024)

Cluster A Galaxy A Cluster B Galaxy B Level
Native API - T1106 (391d824f-0ef1-47a0-b0ee-c59a75e27670) Attack Pattern Kapeka - S1190 (a43e55c9-0b7c-42c0-81de-b7a42d724db9) Malware 1
Scheduled Task - T1053.005 (005a06c6-14bf-4118-afa0-ebcd8aebb0c9) Attack Pattern Kapeka - S1190 (a43e55c9-0b7c-42c0-81de-b7a42d724db9) Malware 1
Encrypted/Encoded File - T1027.013 (0d91b3c0-5e50-47c3-949a-2a796f04d144) Attack Pattern Kapeka - S1190 (a43e55c9-0b7c-42c0-81de-b7a42d724db9) Malware 1
Query Registry - T1012 (c32f7008-9fea-41f7-8366-5eb9b74bd896) Attack Pattern Kapeka - S1190 (a43e55c9-0b7c-42c0-81de-b7a42d724db9) Malware 1
Web Protocols - T1071.001 (df8b2a25-8bdf-4856-953c-a04372b1c161) Attack Pattern Kapeka - S1190 (a43e55c9-0b7c-42c0-81de-b7a42d724db9) Malware 1
System Information Discovery - T1082 (354a7f88-63fb-41b5-a801-ce3b377b36f1) Attack Pattern Kapeka - S1190 (a43e55c9-0b7c-42c0-81de-b7a42d724db9) Malware 1
Rundll32 - T1218.011 (045d0922-2310-4e60-b5e4-3302302cb3c5) Attack Pattern Kapeka - S1190 (a43e55c9-0b7c-42c0-81de-b7a42d724db9) Malware 1
Windows Command Shell - T1059.003 (d1fcf083-a721-4223-aedf-bf8960798d62) Attack Pattern Kapeka - S1190 (a43e55c9-0b7c-42c0-81de-b7a42d724db9) Malware 1
Kapeka - S1190 (a43e55c9-0b7c-42c0-81de-b7a42d724db9) Malware Clear Persistence - T1070.009 (d2c4e5ea-dbdf-4113-805a-b1e2a337fb33) Attack Pattern 1
Deobfuscate/Decode Files or Information - T1140 (3ccef7ae-cb5e-48f6-8302-897105fbf55c) Attack Pattern Kapeka - S1190 (a43e55c9-0b7c-42c0-81de-b7a42d724db9) Malware 1
Standard Encoding - T1132.001 (04fd5427-79c7-44ea-ae13-11b24778ff1c) Attack Pattern Kapeka - S1190 (a43e55c9-0b7c-42c0-81de-b7a42d724db9) Malware 1
Masquerade File Type - T1036.008 (208884f1-7b83-4473-ac22-4e1cf6c41471) Attack Pattern Kapeka - S1190 (a43e55c9-0b7c-42c0-81de-b7a42d724db9) Malware 1
Kapeka - S1190 (a43e55c9-0b7c-42c0-81de-b7a42d724db9) Malware Proxy - T1090 (731f4f55-b6d0-41d1-a7a9-072a66389aea) Attack Pattern 1
Kapeka - S1190 (a43e55c9-0b7c-42c0-81de-b7a42d724db9) Malware Modify Registry - T1112 (57340c81-c025-4189-8fa0-fc7ede51bae4) Attack Pattern 1
Scheduled Task - T1053.005 (005a06c6-14bf-4118-afa0-ebcd8aebb0c9) Attack Pattern Scheduled Task/Job - T1053 (35dd844a-b219-4e2b-a6bb-efa9a75995a9) 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
Application Layer Protocol - T1071 (355be19c-ffc9-46d5-8d50-d6a036c675b6) Attack Pattern Web Protocols - T1071.001 (df8b2a25-8bdf-4856-953c-a04372b1c161) Attack Pattern 2
Rundll32 - T1218.011 (045d0922-2310-4e60-b5e4-3302302cb3c5) Attack Pattern System Binary Proxy Execution - T1218 (457c7820-d331-465a-915e-42f85500ccc4) Attack Pattern 2
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
Indicator Removal - T1070 (799ace7f-e227-4411-baa0-8868704f2a69) Attack Pattern Clear Persistence - T1070.009 (d2c4e5ea-dbdf-4113-805a-b1e2a337fb33) Attack Pattern 2
Standard Encoding - T1132.001 (04fd5427-79c7-44ea-ae13-11b24778ff1c) Attack Pattern Data Encoding - T1132 (cc7b8c4e-9be0-47ca-b0bb-83915ec3ee2f) Attack Pattern 2
Masquerade File Type - T1036.008 (208884f1-7b83-4473-ac22-4e1cf6c41471) Attack Pattern Masquerading - T1036 (42e8de7b-37b2-4258-905a-6897815e58e0) Attack Pattern 2