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Gold Dragon - S0249 (b9799466-9dd7-4098-b2d6-f999ce50b9a8)

Gold Dragon is a Korean-language, data gathering implant that was first observed in the wild in South Korea in July 2017. Gold Dragon was used along with Brave Prince and RunningRAT in operations targeting organizations associated with the 2018 Pyeongchang Winter Olympics. (Citation: McAfee Gold Dragon)

Cluster A Galaxy A Cluster B Galaxy B Level
System Information Discovery - T1082 (354a7f88-63fb-41b5-a801-ce3b377b36f1) Attack Pattern Gold Dragon - S0249 (b9799466-9dd7-4098-b2d6-f999ce50b9a8) Malware 1
Local Data Staging - T1074.001 (1c34f7aa-9341-4a48-bfab-af22e51aca6c) Attack Pattern Gold Dragon - S0249 (b9799466-9dd7-4098-b2d6-f999ce50b9a8) Malware 1
File Deletion - T1070.004 (d63a3fb8-9452-4e9d-a60a-54be68d5998c) Attack Pattern Gold Dragon - S0249 (b9799466-9dd7-4098-b2d6-f999ce50b9a8) Malware 1
Archive Collected Data - T1560 (53ac20cd-aca3-406e-9aa0-9fc7fdc60a5a) Attack Pattern Gold Dragon - S0249 (b9799466-9dd7-4098-b2d6-f999ce50b9a8) Malware 1
File and Directory Discovery - T1083 (7bc57495-ea59-4380-be31-a64af124ef18) Attack Pattern Gold Dragon - S0249 (b9799466-9dd7-4098-b2d6-f999ce50b9a8) Malware 1
Disable or Modify Tools - T1562.001 (ac08589e-ee59-4935-8667-d845e38fe579) Attack Pattern Gold Dragon - S0249 (b9799466-9dd7-4098-b2d6-f999ce50b9a8) Malware 1
Ingress Tool Transfer - T1105 (e6919abc-99f9-4c6c-95a5-14761e7b2add) Attack Pattern Gold Dragon - S0249 (b9799466-9dd7-4098-b2d6-f999ce50b9a8) Malware 1
Gold Dragon - S0249 (b9799466-9dd7-4098-b2d6-f999ce50b9a8) Malware Security Software Discovery - T1518.001 (cba37adb-d6fb-4610-b069-dd04c0643384) Attack Pattern 1
Query Registry - T1012 (c32f7008-9fea-41f7-8366-5eb9b74bd896) Attack Pattern Gold Dragon - S0249 (b9799466-9dd7-4098-b2d6-f999ce50b9a8) Malware 1
Windows Command Shell - T1059.003 (d1fcf083-a721-4223-aedf-bf8960798d62) Attack Pattern Gold Dragon - S0249 (b9799466-9dd7-4098-b2d6-f999ce50b9a8) Malware 1
Gold Dragon - S0249 (b9799466-9dd7-4098-b2d6-f999ce50b9a8) Malware Web Protocols - T1071.001 (df8b2a25-8bdf-4856-953c-a04372b1c161) Attack Pattern 1
Process Discovery - T1057 (8f4a33ec-8b1f-4b80-a2f6-642b2e479580) Attack Pattern Gold Dragon - S0249 (b9799466-9dd7-4098-b2d6-f999ce50b9a8) Malware 1
System Owner/User Discovery - T1033 (03d7999c-1f4c-42cc-8373-e7690d318104) Attack Pattern Gold Dragon - S0249 (b9799466-9dd7-4098-b2d6-f999ce50b9a8) Malware 1
Registry Run Keys / Startup Folder - T1547.001 (9efb1ea7-c37b-4595-9640-b7680cd84279) Attack Pattern Gold Dragon - S0249 (b9799466-9dd7-4098-b2d6-f999ce50b9a8) Malware 1
Local Data Staging - T1074.001 (1c34f7aa-9341-4a48-bfab-af22e51aca6c) Attack Pattern Data Staged - T1074 (7dd95ff6-712e-4056-9626-312ea4ab4c5e) 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
Disable or Modify Tools - T1562.001 (ac08589e-ee59-4935-8667-d845e38fe579) Attack Pattern Impair Defenses - T1562 (3d333250-30e4-4a82-9edc-756c68afc529) 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
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
Application Layer Protocol - T1071 (355be19c-ffc9-46d5-8d50-d6a036c675b6) Attack Pattern Web Protocols - T1071.001 (df8b2a25-8bdf-4856-953c-a04372b1c161) 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