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Cardinal RAT - S0348 (b879758f-bbc4-4cab-b5ba-177ac9b009b4)

Cardinal RAT is a potentially low volume remote access trojan (RAT) observed since December 2015. Cardinal RAT is notable for its unique utilization of uncompiled C# source code and the Microsoft Windows built-in csc.exe compiler.(Citation: PaloAlto CardinalRat Apr 2017)

Cluster A Galaxy A Cluster B Galaxy B Level
Cardinal RAT - S0348 (b879758f-bbc4-4cab-b5ba-177ac9b009b4) Malware Malicious File - T1204.002 (232b7f21-adf9-4b42-b936-b9d6f7df856e) Attack Pattern 1
Cardinal RAT - S0348 (b879758f-bbc4-4cab-b5ba-177ac9b009b4) Malware Deobfuscate/Decode Files or Information - T1140 (3ccef7ae-cb5e-48f6-8302-897105fbf55c) Attack Pattern 1
Cardinal RAT - S0348 (b879758f-bbc4-4cab-b5ba-177ac9b009b4) Malware Fallback Channels - T1008 (f24faf46-3b26-4dbb-98f2-63460498e433) Attack Pattern 1
Cardinal RAT - S0348 (b879758f-bbc4-4cab-b5ba-177ac9b009b4) Malware Keylogging - T1056.001 (09a60ea3-a8d1-4ae5-976e-5783248b72a4) Attack Pattern 1
Cardinal RAT - S0348 (b879758f-bbc4-4cab-b5ba-177ac9b009b4) Malware Process Injection - T1055 (43e7dc91-05b2-474c-b9ac-2ed4fe101f4d) Attack Pattern 1
Cardinal RAT - S0348 (b879758f-bbc4-4cab-b5ba-177ac9b009b4) Malware Query Registry - T1012 (c32f7008-9fea-41f7-8366-5eb9b74bd896) Attack Pattern 1
Cardinal RAT - S0348 (b879758f-bbc4-4cab-b5ba-177ac9b009b4) Malware Process Discovery - T1057 (8f4a33ec-8b1f-4b80-a2f6-642b2e479580) Attack Pattern 1
Cardinal RAT - S0348 (b879758f-bbc4-4cab-b5ba-177ac9b009b4) Malware System Owner/User Discovery - T1033 (03d7999c-1f4c-42cc-8373-e7690d318104) Attack Pattern 1
Cardinal RAT - S0348 (b879758f-bbc4-4cab-b5ba-177ac9b009b4) Malware System Information Discovery - T1082 (354a7f88-63fb-41b5-a801-ce3b377b36f1) Attack Pattern 1
Cardinal RAT - S0348 (b879758f-bbc4-4cab-b5ba-177ac9b009b4) Malware Encrypted/Encoded File - T1027.013 (0d91b3c0-5e50-47c3-949a-2a796f04d144) Attack Pattern 1
Cardinal RAT - S0348 (b879758f-bbc4-4cab-b5ba-177ac9b009b4) Malware Registry Run Keys / Startup Folder - T1547.001 (9efb1ea7-c37b-4595-9640-b7680cd84279) Attack Pattern 1
Cardinal RAT - S0348 (b879758f-bbc4-4cab-b5ba-177ac9b009b4) Malware Modify Registry - T1112 (57340c81-c025-4189-8fa0-fc7ede51bae4) Attack Pattern 1
Cardinal RAT - S0348 (b879758f-bbc4-4cab-b5ba-177ac9b009b4) Malware Screen Capture - T1113 (0259baeb-9f63-4c69-bf10-eb038c390688) Attack Pattern 1
Cardinal RAT - S0348 (b879758f-bbc4-4cab-b5ba-177ac9b009b4) Malware File Deletion - T1070.004 (d63a3fb8-9452-4e9d-a60a-54be68d5998c) Attack Pattern 1
Cardinal RAT - S0348 (b879758f-bbc4-4cab-b5ba-177ac9b009b4) Malware Symmetric Cryptography - T1573.001 (24bfaeba-cb0d-4525-b3dc-507c77ecec41) Attack Pattern 1
Cardinal RAT - S0348 (b879758f-bbc4-4cab-b5ba-177ac9b009b4) Malware Proxy - T1090 (731f4f55-b6d0-41d1-a7a9-072a66389aea) Attack Pattern 1
Cardinal RAT - S0348 (b879758f-bbc4-4cab-b5ba-177ac9b009b4) Malware File and Directory Discovery - T1083 (7bc57495-ea59-4380-be31-a64af124ef18) Attack Pattern 1
Cardinal RAT - S0348 (b879758f-bbc4-4cab-b5ba-177ac9b009b4) Malware Compile After Delivery - T1027.004 (c726e0a2-a57a-4b7b-a973-d0f013246617) Attack Pattern 1
Cardinal RAT - S0348 (b879758f-bbc4-4cab-b5ba-177ac9b009b4) Malware Web Protocols - T1071.001 (df8b2a25-8bdf-4856-953c-a04372b1c161) Attack Pattern 1
Cardinal RAT - S0348 (b879758f-bbc4-4cab-b5ba-177ac9b009b4) Malware Archive via Library - T1560.002 (41868330-6ee2-4d0f-b743-9f2294c3c9b6) Attack Pattern 1
Cardinal RAT - S0348 (b879758f-bbc4-4cab-b5ba-177ac9b009b4) Malware Ingress Tool Transfer - T1105 (e6919abc-99f9-4c6c-95a5-14761e7b2add) Attack Pattern 1
Cardinal RAT - S0348 (b879758f-bbc4-4cab-b5ba-177ac9b009b4) Malware Windows Command Shell - T1059.003 (d1fcf083-a721-4223-aedf-bf8960798d62) Attack Pattern 1
Malicious File - T1204.002 (232b7f21-adf9-4b42-b936-b9d6f7df856e) Attack Pattern User Execution - T1204 (8c32eb4d-805f-4fc5-bf60-c4d476c131b5) Attack Pattern 2
Input Capture - T1056 (bb5a00de-e086-4859-a231-fa793f6797e2) Attack Pattern Keylogging - T1056.001 (09a60ea3-a8d1-4ae5-976e-5783248b72a4) 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
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
Indicator Removal - T1070 (799ace7f-e227-4411-baa0-8868704f2a69) Attack Pattern File Deletion - T1070.004 (d63a3fb8-9452-4e9d-a60a-54be68d5998c) Attack Pattern 2
Symmetric Cryptography - T1573.001 (24bfaeba-cb0d-4525-b3dc-507c77ecec41) Attack Pattern Encrypted Channel - T1573 (b8902400-e6c5-4ba2-95aa-2d35b442b118) Attack Pattern 2
Obfuscated Files or Information - T1027 (b3d682b6-98f2-4fb0-aa3b-b4df007ca70a) Attack Pattern Compile After Delivery - T1027.004 (c726e0a2-a57a-4b7b-a973-d0f013246617) 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
Archive via Library - T1560.002 (41868330-6ee2-4d0f-b743-9f2294c3c9b6) Attack Pattern Archive Collected Data - T1560 (53ac20cd-aca3-406e-9aa0-9fc7fdc60a5a) 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