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CHOPSTICK - S0023 (ccd61dfc-b03f-4689-8c18-7c97eab08472)

CHOPSTICK is a malware family of modular backdoors used by APT28. It has been used since at least 2012 and is usually dropped on victims as second-stage malware, though it has been used as first-stage malware in several cases. It has both Windows and Linux variants. (Citation: FireEye APT28) (Citation: ESET Sednit Part 2) (Citation: FireEye APT28 January 2017) (Citation: DOJ GRU Indictment Jul 2018) It is tracked separately from the X-Agent for Android.

Cluster A Galaxy A Cluster B Galaxy B Level
X-Agent (3e2c99f9-66cd-48be-86e9-d7c1c164d87c) Tool CHOPSTICK - S0023 (ccd61dfc-b03f-4689-8c18-7c97eab08472) Malware 1
Virtualization/Sandbox Evasion - T1497 (82caa33e-d11a-433a-94ea-9b5a5fbef81d) Attack Pattern CHOPSTICK - S0023 (ccd61dfc-b03f-4689-8c18-7c97eab08472) Malware 1
Mail Protocols - T1071.003 (54b4c251-1f0e-4eba-ba6b-dbc7a6f6f06b) Attack Pattern CHOPSTICK - S0023 (ccd61dfc-b03f-4689-8c18-7c97eab08472) Malware 1
Ingress Tool Transfer - T1105 (e6919abc-99f9-4c6c-95a5-14761e7b2add) Attack Pattern CHOPSTICK - S0023 (ccd61dfc-b03f-4689-8c18-7c97eab08472) Malware 1
CHOPSTICK - S0023 (ccd61dfc-b03f-4689-8c18-7c97eab08472) Malware Command and Scripting Interpreter - T1059 (7385dfaf-6886-4229-9ecd-6fd678040830) Attack Pattern 1
CHOPSTICK - S0023 (ccd61dfc-b03f-4689-8c18-7c97eab08472) Malware Fileless Storage - T1027.011 (02c5abff-30bf-4703-ab92-1f6072fae939) Attack Pattern 1
CHOPSTICK (0a32ceea-fa66-47ab-8bde-150dbd6d2e40) Tool CHOPSTICK - S0023 (ccd61dfc-b03f-4689-8c18-7c97eab08472) Malware 1
Asymmetric Cryptography - T1573.002 (bf176076-b789-408e-8cba-7275e81c0ada) Attack Pattern CHOPSTICK - S0023 (ccd61dfc-b03f-4689-8c18-7c97eab08472) Malware 1
CHOPSTICK - S0023 (ccd61dfc-b03f-4689-8c18-7c97eab08472) Malware Keylogging - T1056.001 (09a60ea3-a8d1-4ae5-976e-5783248b72a4) Attack Pattern 1
Fallback Channels - T1008 (f24faf46-3b26-4dbb-98f2-63460498e433) Attack Pattern CHOPSTICK - S0023 (ccd61dfc-b03f-4689-8c18-7c97eab08472) Malware 1
Query Registry - T1012 (c32f7008-9fea-41f7-8366-5eb9b74bd896) Attack Pattern CHOPSTICK - S0023 (ccd61dfc-b03f-4689-8c18-7c97eab08472) Malware 1
Replication Through Removable Media - T1091 (3b744087-9945-4a6f-91e8-9dbceda417a4) Attack Pattern CHOPSTICK - S0023 (ccd61dfc-b03f-4689-8c18-7c97eab08472) Malware 1
Modify Registry - T1112 (57340c81-c025-4189-8fa0-fc7ede51bae4) Attack Pattern CHOPSTICK - S0023 (ccd61dfc-b03f-4689-8c18-7c97eab08472) Malware 1
Screen Capture - T1113 (0259baeb-9f63-4c69-bf10-eb038c390688) Attack Pattern CHOPSTICK - S0023 (ccd61dfc-b03f-4689-8c18-7c97eab08472) Malware 1
X-Agent (Android) (0a7d9d22-a26d-4a2b-ab9b-b296176c3ecf) Malpedia CHOPSTICK - S0023 (ccd61dfc-b03f-4689-8c18-7c97eab08472) Malware 1
Internal Proxy - T1090.001 (f6dacc85-b37d-458e-b58d-74fc4bbf5755) Attack Pattern CHOPSTICK - S0023 (ccd61dfc-b03f-4689-8c18-7c97eab08472) Malware 1
Domain Generation Algorithms - T1568.002 (118f61a5-eb3e-4fb6-931f-2096647f4ecd) Attack Pattern CHOPSTICK - S0023 (ccd61dfc-b03f-4689-8c18-7c97eab08472) Malware 1
Communication Through Removable Media - T1092 (64196062-5210-42c3-9a02-563a0d1797ef) Attack Pattern CHOPSTICK - S0023 (ccd61dfc-b03f-4689-8c18-7c97eab08472) Malware 1
Symmetric Cryptography - T1573.001 (24bfaeba-cb0d-4525-b3dc-507c77ecec41) Attack Pattern CHOPSTICK - S0023 (ccd61dfc-b03f-4689-8c18-7c97eab08472) Malware 1
File and Directory Discovery - T1083 (7bc57495-ea59-4380-be31-a64af124ef18) Attack Pattern CHOPSTICK - S0023 (ccd61dfc-b03f-4689-8c18-7c97eab08472) Malware 1
CHOPSTICK - S0023 (ccd61dfc-b03f-4689-8c18-7c97eab08472) Malware Security Software Discovery - T1518.001 (cba37adb-d6fb-4610-b069-dd04c0643384) Attack Pattern 1
CHOPSTICK - S0023 (ccd61dfc-b03f-4689-8c18-7c97eab08472) Malware Web Protocols - T1071.001 (df8b2a25-8bdf-4856-953c-a04372b1c161) Attack Pattern 1
X-Agent (3e2c99f9-66cd-48be-86e9-d7c1c164d87c) Tool X-Agent for Android - S0314 (56660521-6db4-4e5a-a927-464f22954b7c) Malware 2
X-Agent (3e2c99f9-66cd-48be-86e9-d7c1c164d87c) Tool X-Agent (Android) (0a7d9d22-a26d-4a2b-ab9b-b296176c3ecf) Malpedia 2
X-Agent (3e2c99f9-66cd-48be-86e9-d7c1c164d87c) Tool CHOPSTICK (0a32ceea-fa66-47ab-8bde-150dbd6d2e40) Tool 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
CHOPSTICK (0a32ceea-fa66-47ab-8bde-150dbd6d2e40) Tool X-Agent for Android - S0314 (56660521-6db4-4e5a-a927-464f22954b7c) Malware 2
X-Agent (Android) (0a7d9d22-a26d-4a2b-ab9b-b296176c3ecf) Malpedia CHOPSTICK (0a32ceea-fa66-47ab-8bde-150dbd6d2e40) Tool 2
Asymmetric Cryptography - T1573.002 (bf176076-b789-408e-8cba-7275e81c0ada) Attack Pattern Encrypted Channel - T1573 (b8902400-e6c5-4ba2-95aa-2d35b442b118) Attack Pattern 2
Input Capture - T1056 (bb5a00de-e086-4859-a231-fa793f6797e2) Attack Pattern Keylogging - T1056.001 (09a60ea3-a8d1-4ae5-976e-5783248b72a4) Attack Pattern 2
Proxy - T1090 (731f4f55-b6d0-41d1-a7a9-072a66389aea) Attack Pattern Internal Proxy - T1090.001 (f6dacc85-b37d-458e-b58d-74fc4bbf5755) Attack Pattern 2
Domain Generation Algorithms - T1568.002 (118f61a5-eb3e-4fb6-931f-2096647f4ecd) Attack Pattern Dynamic Resolution - T1568 (7bd9c723-2f78-4309-82c5-47cad406572b) 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
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
Location Tracking - T1430 (99e6295e-741b-4857-b6e5-64989eb039b4) Attack Pattern X-Agent for Android - S0314 (56660521-6db4-4e5a-a927-464f22954b7c) Malware 3
X-Agent (Android) (0a7d9d22-a26d-4a2b-ab9b-b296176c3ecf) Malpedia X-Agent for Android - S0314 (56660521-6db4-4e5a-a927-464f22954b7c) Malware 3
X-Agent for Android - S0314 (56660521-6db4-4e5a-a927-464f22954b7c) Malware Match Legitimate Name or Location - T1655.001 (114fed8b-7eed-4136-8b9c-411c5c7fff4b) Attack Pattern 3
Masquerading - T1655 (f856eaab-e84a-4265-a8a2-7bf37e5dc2fc) Attack Pattern Match Legitimate Name or Location - T1655.001 (114fed8b-7eed-4136-8b9c-411c5c7fff4b) Attack Pattern 4