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PLATINUM (1fc5671f-5757-43bf-8d6d-a9a93b03713a)

PLATINUM has been targeting its victims since at least as early as 2009, and may have been active for several years prior. Its activities are distinctly different not only from those typically seen in untargeted attacks, but from many targeted attacks as well. A large share of targeted attacks can be characterized as opportunistic: the activity group changes its target profiles and attack geographies based on geopolitical seasons, and may attack institutions all over the world. Like many such groups, PLATINUM seeks to steal sensitive intellectual property related to government interests, but its range of preferred targets is consistently limited to specific governmental organizations, defense institutes, intelligence agencies, diplomatic institutions, and telecommunication providers in South and Southeast Asia. The group’s persistent use of spear phishing tactics (phishing attempts aimed at specific individuals) and access to previously undiscovered zero-day exploits have made it a highly resilient threat.

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PLATINUM - G0068 (f9c06633-dcff-48a1-8588-759e7cec5694) Intrusion Set PLATINUM (1fc5671f-5757-43bf-8d6d-a9a93b03713a) Threat Actor 1
PLATINUM (1fc5671f-5757-43bf-8d6d-a9a93b03713a) Threat Actor PLATINUM (154e97b5-47ef-415a-99a6-2157f1b50339) Microsoft Activity Group actor 1
adbupd - S0202 (0f1ad2ef-41d4-4b7a-9304-ddae68ea3005) Malware PLATINUM - G0068 (f9c06633-dcff-48a1-8588-759e7cec5694) Intrusion Set 2
Credential API Hooking - T1056.004 (f5946b5e-9408-485f-a7f7-b5efc88909b6) Attack Pattern PLATINUM - G0068 (f9c06633-dcff-48a1-8588-759e7cec5694) Intrusion Set 2
Dipsind - S0200 (e170995d-4f61-4f17-b60e-04f9a06ee517) Malware PLATINUM - G0068 (f9c06633-dcff-48a1-8588-759e7cec5694) Intrusion Set 2
PLATINUM - G0068 (f9c06633-dcff-48a1-8588-759e7cec5694) Intrusion Set PLATINUM (154e97b5-47ef-415a-99a6-2157f1b50339) Microsoft Activity Group actor 2
Masquerading - T1036 (42e8de7b-37b2-4258-905a-6897815e58e0) Attack Pattern PLATINUM - G0068 (f9c06633-dcff-48a1-8588-759e7cec5694) Intrusion Set 2
PLATINUM - G0068 (f9c06633-dcff-48a1-8588-759e7cec5694) Intrusion Set Keylogging - T1056.001 (09a60ea3-a8d1-4ae5-976e-5783248b72a4) Attack Pattern 2
Malicious File - T1204.002 (232b7f21-adf9-4b42-b936-b9d6f7df856e) Attack Pattern PLATINUM - G0068 (f9c06633-dcff-48a1-8588-759e7cec5694) Intrusion Set 2
PLATINUM - G0068 (f9c06633-dcff-48a1-8588-759e7cec5694) Intrusion Set Exploitation for Privilege Escalation - T1068 (b21c3b2d-02e6-45b1-980b-e69051040839) Attack Pattern 2
Ingress Tool Transfer - T1105 (e6919abc-99f9-4c6c-95a5-14761e7b2add) Attack Pattern PLATINUM - G0068 (f9c06633-dcff-48a1-8588-759e7cec5694) Intrusion Set 2
PLATINUM - G0068 (f9c06633-dcff-48a1-8588-759e7cec5694) Intrusion Set Non-Application Layer Protocol - T1095 (c21d5a77-d422-4a69-acd7-2c53c1faa34b) Attack Pattern 2
PLATINUM - G0068 (f9c06633-dcff-48a1-8588-759e7cec5694) Intrusion Set Drive-by Compromise - T1189 (d742a578-d70e-4d0e-96a6-02a9c30204e6) Attack Pattern 2
PLATINUM - G0068 (f9c06633-dcff-48a1-8588-759e7cec5694) Intrusion Set Process Injection - T1055 (43e7dc91-05b2-474c-b9ac-2ed4fe101f4d) Attack Pattern 2
Spearphishing Attachment - T1566.001 (2e34237d-8574-43f6-aace-ae2915de8597) Attack Pattern PLATINUM - G0068 (f9c06633-dcff-48a1-8588-759e7cec5694) Intrusion Set 2
LSASS Memory - T1003.001 (65f2d882-3f41-4d48-8a06-29af77ec9f90) Attack Pattern PLATINUM - G0068 (f9c06633-dcff-48a1-8588-759e7cec5694) Intrusion Set 2
PLATINUM - G0068 (f9c06633-dcff-48a1-8588-759e7cec5694) Intrusion Set JPIN - S0201 (de6cb631-52f6-4169-a73b-7965390b0c30) Malware 2
adbupd - S0202 (0f1ad2ef-41d4-4b7a-9304-ddae68ea3005) Malware Windows Management Instrumentation Event Subscription - T1546.003 (910906dd-8c0a-475a-9cc1-5e029e2fad58) Attack Pattern 3
adbupd - S0202 (0f1ad2ef-41d4-4b7a-9304-ddae68ea3005) Malware Asymmetric Cryptography - T1573.002 (bf176076-b789-408e-8cba-7275e81c0ada) Attack Pattern 3
adbupd - S0202 (0f1ad2ef-41d4-4b7a-9304-ddae68ea3005) Malware Windows Command Shell - T1059.003 (d1fcf083-a721-4223-aedf-bf8960798d62) Attack Pattern 3
Credential API Hooking - T1056.004 (f5946b5e-9408-485f-a7f7-b5efc88909b6) Attack Pattern Input Capture - T1056 (bb5a00de-e086-4859-a231-fa793f6797e2) Attack Pattern 3
Standard Encoding - T1132.001 (04fd5427-79c7-44ea-ae13-11b24778ff1c) Attack Pattern Dipsind - S0200 (e170995d-4f61-4f17-b60e-04f9a06ee517) Malware 3
Web Protocols - T1071.001 (df8b2a25-8bdf-4856-953c-a04372b1c161) Attack Pattern Dipsind - S0200 (e170995d-4f61-4f17-b60e-04f9a06ee517) Malware 3
Windows Command Shell - T1059.003 (d1fcf083-a721-4223-aedf-bf8960798d62) Attack Pattern Dipsind - S0200 (e170995d-4f61-4f17-b60e-04f9a06ee517) Malware 3
Winlogon Helper DLL - T1547.004 (6836813e-8ec8-4375-b459-abb388cb1a35) Attack Pattern Dipsind - S0200 (e170995d-4f61-4f17-b60e-04f9a06ee517) Malware 3
Scheduled Transfer - T1029 (4eeaf8a9-c86b-4954-a663-9555fb406466) Attack Pattern Dipsind - S0200 (e170995d-4f61-4f17-b60e-04f9a06ee517) Malware 3
Ingress Tool Transfer - T1105 (e6919abc-99f9-4c6c-95a5-14761e7b2add) Attack Pattern Dipsind - S0200 (e170995d-4f61-4f17-b60e-04f9a06ee517) Malware 3
Dipsind - S0200 (e170995d-4f61-4f17-b60e-04f9a06ee517) Malware Symmetric Cryptography - T1573.001 (24bfaeba-cb0d-4525-b3dc-507c77ecec41) Attack Pattern 3
Input Capture - T1056 (bb5a00de-e086-4859-a231-fa793f6797e2) Attack Pattern Keylogging - T1056.001 (09a60ea3-a8d1-4ae5-976e-5783248b72a4) Attack Pattern 3
Malicious File - T1204.002 (232b7f21-adf9-4b42-b936-b9d6f7df856e) Attack Pattern User Execution - T1204 (8c32eb4d-805f-4fc5-bf60-c4d476c131b5) Attack Pattern 3
Spearphishing Attachment - T1566.001 (2e34237d-8574-43f6-aace-ae2915de8597) Attack Pattern Phishing - T1566 (a62a8db3-f23a-4d8f-afd6-9dbc77e7813b) Attack Pattern 3
OS Credential Dumping - T1003 (0a3ead4e-6d47-4ccb-854c-a6a4f9d96b22) Attack Pattern LSASS Memory - T1003.001 (65f2d882-3f41-4d48-8a06-29af77ec9f90) Attack Pattern 3
JPIN - S0201 (de6cb631-52f6-4169-a73b-7965390b0c30) Malware File Deletion - T1070.004 (d63a3fb8-9452-4e9d-a60a-54be68d5998c) Attack Pattern 3
Obfuscated Files or Information - T1027 (b3d682b6-98f2-4fb0-aa3b-b4df007ca70a) Attack Pattern JPIN - S0201 (de6cb631-52f6-4169-a73b-7965390b0c30) Malware 3
Ingress Tool Transfer - T1105 (e6919abc-99f9-4c6c-95a5-14761e7b2add) Attack Pattern JPIN - S0201 (de6cb631-52f6-4169-a73b-7965390b0c30) Malware 3
JPIN - S0201 (de6cb631-52f6-4169-a73b-7965390b0c30) Malware File Transfer Protocols - T1071.002 (9a60a291-8960-4387-8a4a-2ab5c18bb50b) Attack Pattern 3
System Owner/User Discovery - T1033 (03d7999c-1f4c-42cc-8373-e7690d318104) Attack Pattern JPIN - S0201 (de6cb631-52f6-4169-a73b-7965390b0c30) Malware 3
File and Directory Discovery - T1083 (7bc57495-ea59-4380-be31-a64af124ef18) Attack Pattern JPIN - S0201 (de6cb631-52f6-4169-a73b-7965390b0c30) Malware 3
JPIN - S0201 (de6cb631-52f6-4169-a73b-7965390b0c30) Malware BITS Jobs - T1197 (c8e87b83-edbb-48d4-9295-4974897525b7) Attack Pattern 3
Disable or Modify Tools - T1685 (bbde9781-60aa-4b8a-a911-895b0c1b3872) Attack Pattern JPIN - S0201 (de6cb631-52f6-4169-a73b-7965390b0c30) Malware 3
Mail Protocols - T1071.003 (54b4c251-1f0e-4eba-ba6b-dbc7a6f6f06b) Attack Pattern JPIN - S0201 (de6cb631-52f6-4169-a73b-7965390b0c30) Malware 3
JPIN - S0201 (de6cb631-52f6-4169-a73b-7965390b0c30) Malware Security Software Discovery - T1518.001 (cba37adb-d6fb-4610-b069-dd04c0643384) Attack Pattern 3
System Information Discovery - T1082 (354a7f88-63fb-41b5-a801-ce3b377b36f1) Attack Pattern JPIN - S0201 (de6cb631-52f6-4169-a73b-7965390b0c30) Malware 3
JPIN - S0201 (de6cb631-52f6-4169-a73b-7965390b0c30) Malware Local Groups - T1069.001 (a01bf75f-00b2-4568-a58f-565ff9bf202b) Attack Pattern 3
JPIN - S0201 (de6cb631-52f6-4169-a73b-7965390b0c30) Malware Windows Permissions - T1222.001 (34e793de-0274-4982-9c1a-246ed1c19dee) Attack Pattern 3
JPIN - S0201 (de6cb631-52f6-4169-a73b-7965390b0c30) Malware Process Injection - T1055 (43e7dc91-05b2-474c-b9ac-2ed4fe101f4d) Attack Pattern 3
Query Registry - T1012 (c32f7008-9fea-41f7-8366-5eb9b74bd896) Attack Pattern JPIN - S0201 (de6cb631-52f6-4169-a73b-7965390b0c30) Malware 3
Process Discovery - T1057 (8f4a33ec-8b1f-4b80-a2f6-642b2e479580) Attack Pattern JPIN - S0201 (de6cb631-52f6-4169-a73b-7965390b0c30) Malware 3
Windows Command Shell - T1059.003 (d1fcf083-a721-4223-aedf-bf8960798d62) Attack Pattern JPIN - S0201 (de6cb631-52f6-4169-a73b-7965390b0c30) Malware 3
System Service Discovery - T1007 (322bad5a-1c49-4d23-ab79-76d641794afa) Attack Pattern JPIN - S0201 (de6cb631-52f6-4169-a73b-7965390b0c30) Malware 3
JPIN - S0201 (de6cb631-52f6-4169-a73b-7965390b0c30) Malware Keylogging - T1056.001 (09a60ea3-a8d1-4ae5-976e-5783248b72a4) Attack Pattern 3
System Network Configuration Discovery - T1016 (707399d6-ab3e-4963-9315-d9d3818cd6a0) Attack Pattern JPIN - S0201 (de6cb631-52f6-4169-a73b-7965390b0c30) Malware 3
Windows Management Instrumentation Event Subscription - T1546.003 (910906dd-8c0a-475a-9cc1-5e029e2fad58) Attack Pattern Event Triggered Execution - T1546 (b6301b64-ef57-4cce-bb0b-77026f14a8db) Attack Pattern 4
Encrypted Channel - T1573 (b8902400-e6c5-4ba2-95aa-2d35b442b118) Attack Pattern Asymmetric Cryptography - T1573.002 (bf176076-b789-408e-8cba-7275e81c0ada) Attack Pattern 4
Windows Command Shell - T1059.003 (d1fcf083-a721-4223-aedf-bf8960798d62) Attack Pattern Command and Scripting Interpreter - T1059 (7385dfaf-6886-4229-9ecd-6fd678040830) Attack Pattern 4
Standard Encoding - T1132.001 (04fd5427-79c7-44ea-ae13-11b24778ff1c) Attack Pattern Data Encoding - T1132 (cc7b8c4e-9be0-47ca-b0bb-83915ec3ee2f) Attack Pattern 4
Web Protocols - T1071.001 (df8b2a25-8bdf-4856-953c-a04372b1c161) Attack Pattern Application Layer Protocol - T1071 (355be19c-ffc9-46d5-8d50-d6a036c675b6) Attack Pattern 4
Winlogon Helper DLL - T1547.004 (6836813e-8ec8-4375-b459-abb388cb1a35) Attack Pattern Boot or Logon Autostart Execution - T1547 (1ecb2399-e8ba-4f6b-8ba7-5c27d49405cf) Attack Pattern 4
Encrypted Channel - T1573 (b8902400-e6c5-4ba2-95aa-2d35b442b118) Attack Pattern Symmetric Cryptography - T1573.001 (24bfaeba-cb0d-4525-b3dc-507c77ecec41) Attack Pattern 4
File Deletion - T1070.004 (d63a3fb8-9452-4e9d-a60a-54be68d5998c) Attack Pattern Indicator Removal - T1070 (799ace7f-e227-4411-baa0-8868704f2a69) Attack Pattern 4
Application Layer Protocol - T1071 (355be19c-ffc9-46d5-8d50-d6a036c675b6) Attack Pattern File Transfer Protocols - T1071.002 (9a60a291-8960-4387-8a4a-2ab5c18bb50b) Attack Pattern 4
Mail Protocols - T1071.003 (54b4c251-1f0e-4eba-ba6b-dbc7a6f6f06b) Attack Pattern Application Layer Protocol - T1071 (355be19c-ffc9-46d5-8d50-d6a036c675b6) Attack Pattern 4
Software Discovery - T1518 (e3b6daca-e963-4a69-aee6-ed4fd653ad58) Attack Pattern Security Software Discovery - T1518.001 (cba37adb-d6fb-4610-b069-dd04c0643384) Attack Pattern 4
Permission Groups Discovery - T1069 (15dbf668-795c-41e6-8219-f0447c0e64ce) Attack Pattern Local Groups - T1069.001 (a01bf75f-00b2-4568-a58f-565ff9bf202b) Attack Pattern 4
File and Directory Permissions Modification - T1222 (65917ae0-b854-4139-83fe-bf2441cf0196) Attack Pattern Windows Permissions - T1222.001 (34e793de-0274-4982-9c1a-246ed1c19dee) Attack Pattern 4