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ADVSTORESHELL - S0045 (fb575479-14ef-41e9-bfab-0b7cf10bec73)

ADVSTORESHELL is a spying backdoor that has been used by APT28 from at least 2012 to 2016. It is generally used for long-term espionage and is deployed on targets deemed interesting after a reconnaissance phase. (Citation: Kaspersky Sofacy) (Citation: ESET Sednit Part 2)

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ADVSTORESHELL - S0045 (fb575479-14ef-41e9-bfab-0b7cf10bec73) Malware Asymmetric Cryptography - T1573.002 (bf176076-b789-408e-8cba-7275e81c0ada) Attack Pattern 1
Component Object Model Hijacking - T1546.015 (bc0f5e80-91c0-4e04-9fbb-e4e332c85dae) Attack Pattern ADVSTORESHELL - S0045 (fb575479-14ef-41e9-bfab-0b7cf10bec73) Malware 1
ADVSTORESHELL - S0045 (fb575479-14ef-41e9-bfab-0b7cf10bec73) Malware Keylogging - T1056.001 (09a60ea3-a8d1-4ae5-976e-5783248b72a4) Attack Pattern 1
ADVSTORESHELL - S0045 (fb575479-14ef-41e9-bfab-0b7cf10bec73) Malware Query Registry - T1012 (c32f7008-9fea-41f7-8366-5eb9b74bd896) Attack Pattern 1
Process Discovery - T1057 (8f4a33ec-8b1f-4b80-a2f6-642b2e479580) Attack Pattern ADVSTORESHELL - S0045 (fb575479-14ef-41e9-bfab-0b7cf10bec73) Malware 1
Archive via Custom Method - T1560.003 (143c0cbb-a297-4142-9624-87ffc778980b) Attack Pattern ADVSTORESHELL - S0045 (fb575479-14ef-41e9-bfab-0b7cf10bec73) Malware 1
ADVSTORESHELL - S0045 (fb575479-14ef-41e9-bfab-0b7cf10bec73) Malware Exfiltration Over C2 Channel - T1041 (92d7da27-2d91-488e-a00c-059dc162766d) Attack Pattern 1
System Information Discovery - T1082 (354a7f88-63fb-41b5-a801-ce3b377b36f1) Attack Pattern ADVSTORESHELL - S0045 (fb575479-14ef-41e9-bfab-0b7cf10bec73) Malware 1
Registry Run Keys / Startup Folder - T1547.001 (9efb1ea7-c37b-4595-9640-b7680cd84279) Attack Pattern ADVSTORESHELL - S0045 (fb575479-14ef-41e9-bfab-0b7cf10bec73) Malware 1
Rundll32 - T1218.011 (045d0922-2310-4e60-b5e4-3302302cb3c5) Attack Pattern ADVSTORESHELL - S0045 (fb575479-14ef-41e9-bfab-0b7cf10bec73) Malware 1
ADVSTORESHELL - S0045 (fb575479-14ef-41e9-bfab-0b7cf10bec73) Malware Modify Registry - T1112 (57340c81-c025-4189-8fa0-fc7ede51bae4) Attack Pattern 1
Native API - T1106 (391d824f-0ef1-47a0-b0ee-c59a75e27670) Attack Pattern ADVSTORESHELL - S0045 (fb575479-14ef-41e9-bfab-0b7cf10bec73) Malware 1
Obfuscated Files or Information - T1027 (b3d682b6-98f2-4fb0-aa3b-b4df007ca70a) Attack Pattern ADVSTORESHELL - S0045 (fb575479-14ef-41e9-bfab-0b7cf10bec73) Malware 1
Local Data Staging - T1074.001 (1c34f7aa-9341-4a48-bfab-af22e51aca6c) Attack Pattern ADVSTORESHELL - S0045 (fb575479-14ef-41e9-bfab-0b7cf10bec73) Malware 1
File Deletion - T1070.004 (d63a3fb8-9452-4e9d-a60a-54be68d5998c) Attack Pattern ADVSTORESHELL - S0045 (fb575479-14ef-41e9-bfab-0b7cf10bec73) Malware 1
Symmetric Cryptography - T1573.001 (24bfaeba-cb0d-4525-b3dc-507c77ecec41) Attack Pattern ADVSTORESHELL - S0045 (fb575479-14ef-41e9-bfab-0b7cf10bec73) Malware 1
Archive Collected Data - T1560 (53ac20cd-aca3-406e-9aa0-9fc7fdc60a5a) Attack Pattern ADVSTORESHELL - S0045 (fb575479-14ef-41e9-bfab-0b7cf10bec73) Malware 1
ADVSTORESHELL - S0045 (fb575479-14ef-41e9-bfab-0b7cf10bec73) Malware File and Directory Discovery - T1083 (7bc57495-ea59-4380-be31-a64af124ef18) Attack Pattern 1
Web Protocols - T1071.001 (df8b2a25-8bdf-4856-953c-a04372b1c161) Attack Pattern ADVSTORESHELL - S0045 (fb575479-14ef-41e9-bfab-0b7cf10bec73) Malware 1
ADVSTORESHELL - S0045 (fb575479-14ef-41e9-bfab-0b7cf10bec73) Malware Peripheral Device Discovery - T1120 (348f1eef-964b-4eb6-bb53-69b3dcb0c643) Attack Pattern 1
ADVSTORESHELL - S0045 (fb575479-14ef-41e9-bfab-0b7cf10bec73) Malware Scheduled Transfer - T1029 (4eeaf8a9-c86b-4954-a663-9555fb406466) Attack Pattern 1
ADVSTORESHELL - S0045 (fb575479-14ef-41e9-bfab-0b7cf10bec73) Malware Sedreco (21ab9e14-602a-4a76-a308-dbf5d6a91d75) Malpedia 1
ADVSTORESHELL - S0045 (fb575479-14ef-41e9-bfab-0b7cf10bec73) Malware Standard Encoding - T1132.001 (04fd5427-79c7-44ea-ae13-11b24778ff1c) Attack Pattern 1
EVILTOSS (6374fc53-9a0d-41ba-b9cf-2a9765d69fbb) Tool ADVSTORESHELL - S0045 (fb575479-14ef-41e9-bfab-0b7cf10bec73) Malware 1
ADVSTORESHELL - S0045 (fb575479-14ef-41e9-bfab-0b7cf10bec73) Malware Windows Command Shell - T1059.003 (d1fcf083-a721-4223-aedf-bf8960798d62) Attack Pattern 1
Encrypted Channel - T1573 (b8902400-e6c5-4ba2-95aa-2d35b442b118) Attack Pattern Asymmetric Cryptography - T1573.002 (bf176076-b789-408e-8cba-7275e81c0ada) Attack Pattern 2
Component Object Model Hijacking - T1546.015 (bc0f5e80-91c0-4e04-9fbb-e4e332c85dae) Attack Pattern Event Triggered Execution - T1546 (b6301b64-ef57-4cce-bb0b-77026f14a8db) Attack Pattern 2
Input Capture - T1056 (bb5a00de-e086-4859-a231-fa793f6797e2) Attack Pattern Keylogging - T1056.001 (09a60ea3-a8d1-4ae5-976e-5783248b72a4) Attack Pattern 2
Archive Collected Data - T1560 (53ac20cd-aca3-406e-9aa0-9fc7fdc60a5a) Attack Pattern Archive via Custom Method - T1560.003 (143c0cbb-a297-4142-9624-87ffc778980b) 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
Rundll32 - T1218.011 (045d0922-2310-4e60-b5e4-3302302cb3c5) Attack Pattern System Binary Proxy Execution - T1218 (457c7820-d331-465a-915e-42f85500ccc4) Attack Pattern 2
Data Staged - T1074 (7dd95ff6-712e-4056-9626-312ea4ab4c5e) Attack Pattern Local Data Staging - T1074.001 (1c34f7aa-9341-4a48-bfab-af22e51aca6c) 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
Web Protocols - T1071.001 (df8b2a25-8bdf-4856-953c-a04372b1c161) Attack Pattern Application Layer Protocol - T1071 (355be19c-ffc9-46d5-8d50-d6a036c675b6) Attack Pattern 2
Data Encoding - T1132 (cc7b8c4e-9be0-47ca-b0bb-83915ec3ee2f) Attack Pattern Standard Encoding - T1132.001 (04fd5427-79c7-44ea-ae13-11b24778ff1c) Attack Pattern 2
EVILTOSS (6374fc53-9a0d-41ba-b9cf-2a9765d69fbb) Tool Sedreco (21ab9e14-602a-4a76-a308-dbf5d6a91d75) Malpedia 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