BADNEWS - S0128 (e9595678-d269-469e-ae6b-75e49259de63)

BADNEWS is malware that has been used by the actors responsible for the Patchwork campaign. Its name was given due to its use of RSS feeds, forums, and blogs for command and control. (Citation: Forcepoint Monsoon) (Citation: TrendMicro Patchwork Dec 2017)

Cluster A	Galaxy A	Cluster B	Galaxy B	Level
BADNEWS - S0128 (e9595678-d269-469e-ae6b-75e49259de63)	Malware	Data from Network Shared Drive - T1039 (ae676644-d2d2-41b7-af7e-9bed1b55898c)	Attack Pattern	1
BADNEWS - S0128 (e9595678-d269-469e-ae6b-75e49259de63)	Malware	DLL Side-Loading - T1574.002 (e64c62cf-9cd7-4a14-94ec-cdaac43ab44b)	Attack Pattern	1
BADNEWS - S0128 (e9595678-d269-469e-ae6b-75e49259de63)	Malware	Ingress Tool Transfer - T1105 (e6919abc-99f9-4c6c-95a5-14761e7b2add)	Attack Pattern	1
Standard Encoding - T1132.001 (04fd5427-79c7-44ea-ae13-11b24778ff1c)	Attack Pattern	BADNEWS - S0128 (e9595678-d269-469e-ae6b-75e49259de63)	Malware	1
BADNEWS - S0128 (e9595678-d269-469e-ae6b-75e49259de63)	Malware	Windows Command Shell - T1059.003 (d1fcf083-a721-4223-aedf-bf8960798d62)	Attack Pattern	1
BADNEWS - S0128 (e9595678-d269-469e-ae6b-75e49259de63)	Malware	Keylogging - T1056.001 (09a60ea3-a8d1-4ae5-976e-5783248b72a4)	Attack Pattern	1
BADNEWS - S0128 (e9595678-d269-469e-ae6b-75e49259de63)	Malware	Web Protocols - T1071.001 (df8b2a25-8bdf-4856-953c-a04372b1c161)	Attack Pattern	1
BADNEWS - S0128 (e9595678-d269-469e-ae6b-75e49259de63)	Malware	Match Legitimate Name or Location - T1036.005 (1c4e5d32-1fe9-4116-9d9d-59e3925bd6a2)	Attack Pattern	1
Data from Local System - T1005 (3c4a2599-71ee-4405-ba1e-0e28414b4bc5)	Attack Pattern	BADNEWS - S0128 (e9595678-d269-469e-ae6b-75e49259de63)	Malware	1
BADNEWS - S0128 (e9595678-d269-469e-ae6b-75e49259de63)	Malware	Registry Run Keys / Startup Folder - T1547.001 (9efb1ea7-c37b-4595-9640-b7680cd84279)	Attack Pattern	1
Process Hollowing - T1055.012 (b200542e-e877-4395-875b-cf1a44537ca4)	Attack Pattern	BADNEWS - S0128 (e9595678-d269-469e-ae6b-75e49259de63)	Malware	1
BADNEWS - S0128 (e9595678-d269-469e-ae6b-75e49259de63)	Malware	Dead Drop Resolver - T1102.001 (f7827069-0bf2-4764-af4f-23fae0d181b7)	Attack Pattern	1
Data from Removable Media - T1025 (1b7ba276-eedc-4951-a762-0ceea2c030ec)	Attack Pattern	BADNEWS - S0128 (e9595678-d269-469e-ae6b-75e49259de63)	Malware	1
Screen Capture - T1113 (0259baeb-9f63-4c69-bf10-eb038c390688)	Attack Pattern	BADNEWS - S0128 (e9595678-d269-469e-ae6b-75e49259de63)	Malware	1
Native API - T1106 (391d824f-0ef1-47a0-b0ee-c59a75e27670)	Attack Pattern	BADNEWS - S0128 (e9595678-d269-469e-ae6b-75e49259de63)	Malware	1
BADNEWS - S0128 (e9595678-d269-469e-ae6b-75e49259de63)	Malware	Scheduled Task - T1053.005 (005a06c6-14bf-4118-afa0-ebcd8aebb0c9)	Attack Pattern	1
BADNEWS - S0128 (e9595678-d269-469e-ae6b-75e49259de63)	Malware	Invalid Code Signature - T1036.001 (b4b7458f-81f2-4d38-84be-1c5ba0167a52)	Attack Pattern	1
BADNEWS - S0128 (e9595678-d269-469e-ae6b-75e49259de63)	Malware	Local Data Staging - T1074.001 (1c34f7aa-9341-4a48-bfab-af22e51aca6c)	Attack Pattern	1
BADNEWS - S0128 (e9595678-d269-469e-ae6b-75e49259de63)	Malware	Symmetric Cryptography - T1573.001 (24bfaeba-cb0d-4525-b3dc-507c77ecec41)	Attack Pattern	1
Automated Collection - T1119 (30208d3e-0d6b-43c8-883e-44462a514619)	Attack Pattern	BADNEWS - S0128 (e9595678-d269-469e-ae6b-75e49259de63)	Malware	1
BADNEWS - S0128 (e9595678-d269-469e-ae6b-75e49259de63)	Malware	File and Directory Discovery - T1083 (7bc57495-ea59-4380-be31-a64af124ef18)	Attack Pattern	1
BADNEWS - S0128 (e9595678-d269-469e-ae6b-75e49259de63)	Malware	Data Encoding - T1132 (cc7b8c4e-9be0-47ca-b0bb-83915ec3ee2f)	Attack Pattern	1
BADNEWS - S0128 (e9595678-d269-469e-ae6b-75e49259de63)	Malware	Peripheral Device Discovery - T1120 (348f1eef-964b-4eb6-bb53-69b3dcb0c643)	Attack Pattern	1
BADNEWS - S0128 (e9595678-d269-469e-ae6b-75e49259de63)	Malware	Bidirectional Communication - T1102.002 (be055942-6e63-49d7-9fa1-9cb7d8a8f3f4)	Attack Pattern	1
DLL Side-Loading - T1574.002 (e64c62cf-9cd7-4a14-94ec-cdaac43ab44b)	Attack Pattern	Hijack Execution Flow - T1574 (aedfca76-3b30-4866-b2aa-0f1d7fd1e4b6)	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
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
Input Capture - T1056 (bb5a00de-e086-4859-a231-fa793f6797e2)	Attack Pattern	Keylogging - T1056.001 (09a60ea3-a8d1-4ae5-976e-5783248b72a4)	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
Masquerading - T1036 (42e8de7b-37b2-4258-905a-6897815e58e0)	Attack Pattern	Match Legitimate Name or Location - T1036.005 (1c4e5d32-1fe9-4116-9d9d-59e3925bd6a2)	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
Process Hollowing - T1055.012 (b200542e-e877-4395-875b-cf1a44537ca4)	Attack Pattern	Process Injection - T1055 (43e7dc91-05b2-474c-b9ac-2ed4fe101f4d)	Attack Pattern	2
Web Service - T1102 (830c9528-df21-472c-8c14-a036bf17d665)	Attack Pattern	Dead Drop Resolver - T1102.001 (f7827069-0bf2-4764-af4f-23fae0d181b7)	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
Masquerading - T1036 (42e8de7b-37b2-4258-905a-6897815e58e0)	Attack Pattern	Invalid Code Signature - T1036.001 (b4b7458f-81f2-4d38-84be-1c5ba0167a52)	Attack Pattern	2
Local Data Staging - T1074.001 (1c34f7aa-9341-4a48-bfab-af22e51aca6c)	Attack Pattern	Data Staged - T1074 (7dd95ff6-712e-4056-9626-312ea4ab4c5e)	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
Web Service - T1102 (830c9528-df21-472c-8c14-a036bf17d665)	Attack Pattern	Bidirectional Communication - T1102.002 (be055942-6e63-49d7-9fa1-9cb7d8a8f3f4)	Attack Pattern	2