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SLOWPULSE - S1104 (f8fc98ac-ad6d-44db-b6e2-f0c6eb4eace4)

SLOWPULSE is a malware that was used by APT5 as early as 2020 including against U.S. Defense Industrial Base (DIB) companies. SLOWPULSE has several variants and can modify legitimate Pulse Secure VPN files in order to log credentials and bypass single and two-factor authentication flows.(Citation: Mandiant Pulse Secure Zero-Day April 2021)

Cluster A Galaxy A Cluster B Galaxy B Level
Local Data Staging - T1074.001 (1c34f7aa-9341-4a48-bfab-af22e51aca6c) Attack Pattern SLOWPULSE - S1104 (f8fc98ac-ad6d-44db-b6e2-f0c6eb4eace4) Malware 1
Compromise Host Software Binary - T1554 (960c3c86-1480-4d72-b4e0-8c242e84a5c5) Attack Pattern SLOWPULSE - S1104 (f8fc98ac-ad6d-44db-b6e2-f0c6eb4eace4) Malware 1
Multi-Factor Authentication Interception - T1111 (dd43c543-bb85-4a6f-aa6e-160d90d06a49) Attack Pattern SLOWPULSE - S1104 (f8fc98ac-ad6d-44db-b6e2-f0c6eb4eace4) Malware 1
SLOWPULSE - S1104 (f8fc98ac-ad6d-44db-b6e2-f0c6eb4eace4) Malware Network Device Authentication - T1556.004 (fa44a152-ac48-441e-a524-dd7b04b8adcd) Attack Pattern 1
SLOWPULSE - S1104 (f8fc98ac-ad6d-44db-b6e2-f0c6eb4eace4) Malware Multi-Factor Authentication - T1556.006 (b4409cd8-0da9-46e1-a401-a241afd4d1cc) Attack Pattern 1
Obfuscated Files or Information - T1027 (b3d682b6-98f2-4fb0-aa3b-b4df007ca70a) Attack Pattern SLOWPULSE - S1104 (f8fc98ac-ad6d-44db-b6e2-f0c6eb4eace4) Malware 1
Data Staged - T1074 (7dd95ff6-712e-4056-9626-312ea4ab4c5e) Attack Pattern Local Data Staging - T1074.001 (1c34f7aa-9341-4a48-bfab-af22e51aca6c) Attack Pattern 2
Modify Authentication Process - T1556 (f4c1826f-a322-41cd-9557-562100848c84) Attack Pattern Network Device Authentication - T1556.004 (fa44a152-ac48-441e-a524-dd7b04b8adcd) Attack Pattern 2
Modify Authentication Process - T1556 (f4c1826f-a322-41cd-9557-562100848c84) Attack Pattern Multi-Factor Authentication - T1556.006 (b4409cd8-0da9-46e1-a401-a241afd4d1cc) Attack Pattern 2