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Valak - S0476 (ade37ada-14af-4b44-b36c-210eec255d53)

Valak is a multi-stage modular malware that can function as a standalone information stealer or downloader, first observed in 2019 targeting enterprises in the US and Germany.(Citation: Cybereason Valak May 2020)(Citation: Unit 42 Valak July 2020)

Cluster A Galaxy A Cluster B Galaxy B Level
Valak - S0476 (ade37ada-14af-4b44-b36c-210eec255d53) Malware Spearphishing Attachment - T1566.001 (2e34237d-8574-43f6-aace-ae2915de8597) Attack Pattern 1
Valak - S0476 (ade37ada-14af-4b44-b36c-210eec255d53) Malware NTFS File Attributes - T1564.004 (f2857333-11d4-45bf-b064-2c28d8525be5) Attack Pattern 1
Valak - S0476 (ade37ada-14af-4b44-b36c-210eec255d53) Malware Windows Credential Manager - T1555.004 (d336b553-5da9-46ca-98a8-0b23f49fb447) Attack Pattern 1
Valak - S0476 (ade37ada-14af-4b44-b36c-210eec255d53) Malware Ingress Tool Transfer - T1105 (e6919abc-99f9-4c6c-95a5-14761e7b2add) Attack Pattern 1
Standard Encoding - T1132.001 (04fd5427-79c7-44ea-ae13-11b24778ff1c) Attack Pattern Valak - S0476 (ade37ada-14af-4b44-b36c-210eec255d53) Malware 1
Valak - S0476 (ade37ada-14af-4b44-b36c-210eec255d53) Malware Fileless Storage - T1027.011 (02c5abff-30bf-4703-ab92-1f6072fae939) Attack Pattern 1
Valak - S0476 (ade37ada-14af-4b44-b36c-210eec255d53) Malware Multi-Stage Channels - T1104 (84e02621-8fdf-470f-bd58-993bb6a89d91) Attack Pattern 1
Local Account - T1087.001 (25659dd6-ea12-45c4-97e6-381e3e4b593e) Attack Pattern Valak - S0476 (ade37ada-14af-4b44-b36c-210eec255d53) Malware 1
Valak - S0476 (ade37ada-14af-4b44-b36c-210eec255d53) Malware Malicious File - T1204.002 (232b7f21-adf9-4b42-b936-b9d6f7df856e) Attack Pattern 1
Deobfuscate/Decode Files or Information - T1140 (3ccef7ae-cb5e-48f6-8302-897105fbf55c) Attack Pattern Valak - S0476 (ade37ada-14af-4b44-b36c-210eec255d53) Malware 1
PowerShell - T1059.001 (970a3432-3237-47ad-bcca-7d8cbb217736) Attack Pattern Valak - S0476 (ade37ada-14af-4b44-b36c-210eec255d53) Malware 1
Software Packing - T1027.002 (deb98323-e13f-4b0c-8d94-175379069062) Attack Pattern Valak - S0476 (ade37ada-14af-4b44-b36c-210eec255d53) Malware 1
Fallback Channels - T1008 (f24faf46-3b26-4dbb-98f2-63460498e433) Attack Pattern Valak - S0476 (ade37ada-14af-4b44-b36c-210eec255d53) Malware 1
Query Registry - T1012 (c32f7008-9fea-41f7-8366-5eb9b74bd896) Attack Pattern Valak - S0476 (ade37ada-14af-4b44-b36c-210eec255d53) Malware 1
Process Discovery - T1057 (8f4a33ec-8b1f-4b80-a2f6-642b2e479580) Attack Pattern Valak - S0476 (ade37ada-14af-4b44-b36c-210eec255d53) Malware 1
Valak - S0476 (ade37ada-14af-4b44-b36c-210eec255d53) Malware System Owner/User Discovery - T1033 (03d7999c-1f4c-42cc-8373-e7690d318104) Attack Pattern 1
Valak - S0476 (ade37ada-14af-4b44-b36c-210eec255d53) Malware Exfiltration Over C2 Channel - T1041 (92d7da27-2d91-488e-a00c-059dc162766d) Attack Pattern 1
Credentials in Registry - T1552.002 (341e222a-a6e3-4f6f-b69c-831d792b1580) Attack Pattern Valak - S0476 (ade37ada-14af-4b44-b36c-210eec255d53) Malware 1
System Information Discovery - T1082 (354a7f88-63fb-41b5-a801-ce3b377b36f1) Attack Pattern Valak - S0476 (ade37ada-14af-4b44-b36c-210eec255d53) Malware 1
JavaScript - T1059.007 (0f4a0c76-ab2d-4cb0-85d3-3f0efb8cba0d) Attack Pattern Valak - S0476 (ade37ada-14af-4b44-b36c-210eec255d53) Malware 1
System Network Configuration Discovery - T1016 (707399d6-ab3e-4963-9315-d9d3818cd6a0) Attack Pattern Valak - S0476 (ade37ada-14af-4b44-b36c-210eec255d53) Malware 1
Valak - S0476 (ade37ada-14af-4b44-b36c-210eec255d53) Malware Regsvr32 - T1218.010 (b97f1d35-4249-4486-a6b5-ee60ccf24fab) Attack Pattern 1
Valak - S0476 (ade37ada-14af-4b44-b36c-210eec255d53) Malware Domain Account - T1087.002 (21875073-b0ee-49e3-9077-1e2a885359af) Attack Pattern 1
Valak - S0476 (ade37ada-14af-4b44-b36c-210eec255d53) Malware Modify Registry - T1112 (57340c81-c025-4189-8fa0-fc7ede51bae4) Attack Pattern 1
Screen Capture - T1113 (0259baeb-9f63-4c69-bf10-eb038c390688) Attack Pattern Valak - S0476 (ade37ada-14af-4b44-b36c-210eec255d53) Malware 1
Remote Email Collection - T1114.002 (b4694861-542c-48ea-9eb1-10d356e7140a) Attack Pattern Valak - S0476 (ade37ada-14af-4b44-b36c-210eec255d53) Malware 1
Valak - S0476 (ade37ada-14af-4b44-b36c-210eec255d53) Malware Dynamic Data Exchange - T1559.002 (232a7e42-cd6e-4902-8fe9-2960f529dd4d) Attack Pattern 1
Valak - S0476 (ade37ada-14af-4b44-b36c-210eec255d53) Malware Scheduled Task - T1053.005 (005a06c6-14bf-4118-afa0-ebcd8aebb0c9) Attack Pattern 1
Spearphishing Link - T1566.002 (2b742742-28c3-4e1b-bab7-8350d6300fa7) Attack Pattern Valak - S0476 (ade37ada-14af-4b44-b36c-210eec255d53) Malware 1
Obfuscated Files or Information - T1027 (b3d682b6-98f2-4fb0-aa3b-b4df007ca70a) Attack Pattern Valak - S0476 (ade37ada-14af-4b44-b36c-210eec255d53) Malware 1
Valak - S0476 (ade37ada-14af-4b44-b36c-210eec255d53) Malware Windows Management Instrumentation - T1047 (01a5a209-b94c-450b-b7f9-946497d91055) Attack Pattern 1
Automated Collection - T1119 (30208d3e-0d6b-43c8-883e-44462a514619) Attack Pattern Valak - S0476 (ade37ada-14af-4b44-b36c-210eec255d53) Malware 1
Valak - S0476 (ade37ada-14af-4b44-b36c-210eec255d53) Malware Security Software Discovery - T1518.001 (cba37adb-d6fb-4610-b069-dd04c0643384) Attack Pattern 1
Valak - S0476 (ade37ada-14af-4b44-b36c-210eec255d53) Malware Web Protocols - T1071.001 (df8b2a25-8bdf-4856-953c-a04372b1c161) Attack Pattern 1
Phishing - T1566 (a62a8db3-f23a-4d8f-afd6-9dbc77e7813b) Attack Pattern Spearphishing Attachment - T1566.001 (2e34237d-8574-43f6-aace-ae2915de8597) Attack Pattern 2
NTFS File Attributes - T1564.004 (f2857333-11d4-45bf-b064-2c28d8525be5) Attack Pattern Hide Artifacts - T1564 (22905430-4901-4c2a-84f6-98243cb173f8) Attack Pattern 2
Windows Credential Manager - T1555.004 (d336b553-5da9-46ca-98a8-0b23f49fb447) Attack Pattern Credentials from Password Stores - T1555 (3fc9b85a-2862-4363-a64d-d692e3ffbee0) 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
Obfuscated Files or Information - T1027 (b3d682b6-98f2-4fb0-aa3b-b4df007ca70a) Attack Pattern Fileless Storage - T1027.011 (02c5abff-30bf-4703-ab92-1f6072fae939) Attack Pattern 2
Local Account - T1087.001 (25659dd6-ea12-45c4-97e6-381e3e4b593e) Attack Pattern Account Discovery - T1087 (72b74d71-8169-42aa-92e0-e7b04b9f5a08) 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
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
Credentials in Registry - T1552.002 (341e222a-a6e3-4f6f-b69c-831d792b1580) Attack Pattern Unsecured Credentials - T1552 (435dfb86-2697-4867-85b5-2fef496c0517) 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
Domain Account - T1087.002 (21875073-b0ee-49e3-9077-1e2a885359af) Attack Pattern Account Discovery - T1087 (72b74d71-8169-42aa-92e0-e7b04b9f5a08) Attack Pattern 2
Remote Email Collection - T1114.002 (b4694861-542c-48ea-9eb1-10d356e7140a) Attack Pattern Email Collection - T1114 (1608f3e1-598a-42f4-a01a-2e252e81728f) Attack Pattern 2
Inter-Process Communication - T1559 (acd0ba37-7ba9-4cc5-ac61-796586cd856d) Attack Pattern Dynamic Data Exchange - T1559.002 (232a7e42-cd6e-4902-8fe9-2960f529dd4d) Attack Pattern 2
Scheduled Task/Job - T1053 (35dd844a-b219-4e2b-a6bb-efa9a75995a9) Attack Pattern Scheduled Task - T1053.005 (005a06c6-14bf-4118-afa0-ebcd8aebb0c9) Attack Pattern 2
Spearphishing Link - T1566.002 (2b742742-28c3-4e1b-bab7-8350d6300fa7) Attack Pattern Phishing - T1566 (a62a8db3-f23a-4d8f-afd6-9dbc77e7813b) Attack Pattern 2
Software Discovery - T1518 (e3b6daca-e963-4a69-aee6-ed4fd653ad58) Attack Pattern Security Software Discovery - T1518.001 (cba37adb-d6fb-4610-b069-dd04c0643384) 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