Gorgon Group

Gorgon Group is a threat group consisting of members who are suspected to be Pakistan-based or have other connections to Pakistan. The group has performed a mix of criminal and targeted attacks, including campaigns against government organizations in the United Kingdom, Spain, Russia, and the United States. [1]

ID: G0078
Version: 1.5
Created: 17 October 2018
Last Modified: 12 October 2021

Techniques Used

Domain ID Name Use
Enterprise T1112 修改注册表

Gorgon Group malware can deactivate security mechanisms in Microsoft Office by editing several keys and values under HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Office\.[1]

Enterprise T1140 反混淆/解码文件或信息

Gorgon Group malware can decode contents from a payload that was Base64 encoded and write the contents to a file.[1]

Enterprise T1547 .001 启动或登录自动启动执行: Registry Run Keys / Startup Folder

Gorgon Group malware can create a .lnk file and add a Registry Run key to establish persistence.[1]

.009 启动或登录自动启动执行: Shortcut Modification

Gorgon Group malware can create a .lnk file and add a Registry Run key to establish persistence.[1]

Enterprise T1059 .001 命令与脚本解释器: PowerShell

Gorgon Group malware can use PowerShell commands to download and execute a payload and open a decoy document on the victim’s machine.[1]

.003 命令与脚本解释器: Windows Command Shell

Gorgon Group malware can use cmd.exe to download and execute payloads and to execute commands on the system.[1]

.005 命令与脚本解释器: Visual Basic

Gorgon Group has used macros in Spearphishing Attachments as well as executed VBScripts on victim machines.[1]

Enterprise T1562 .001 妨碍防御: Disable or Modify Tools

Gorgon Group malware can attempt to disable security features in Microsoft Office and Windows Defender using the taskkill command.[1]

Enterprise T1106 本机API

Gorgon Group malware can leverage the Windows API call, CreateProcessA(), for execution.[1]

Enterprise T1204 .002 用户执行: Malicious File

Gorgon Group attempted to get users to launch malicious Microsoft Office attachments delivered via spearphishing emails.[1]

Enterprise T1588 .002 获取能力: Tool

Gorgon Group has obtained and used tools such as QuasarRAT and Remcos.[1]

Enterprise T1105 输入工具传输

Gorgon Group malware can download additional files from C2 servers.[1]

Enterprise T1055 .002 进程注入: Portable Executable Injection

Gorgon Group malware can download a remote access tool, ShiftyBug, and inject into another process.[1]

.012 进程注入: Process Hollowing

Gorgon Group malware can use process hollowing to inject one of its trojans into another process.[1]

Enterprise T1566 .001 钓鱼: Spearphishing Attachment

Gorgon Group sent emails to victims with malicious Microsoft Office documents attached.[1]

Enterprise T1564 .003 隐藏伪装: Hidden Window

Gorgon Group has used -W Hidden to conceal PowerShell windows by setting the WindowStyle parameter to hidden. [1]

Software

ID Name References Techniques
S0336 NanoCore [1] 修改注册表, 加密通道: Symmetric Cryptography, 启动或登录自动启动执行: Registry Run Keys / Startup Folder, 命令与脚本解释器: Windows Command Shell, 命令与脚本解释器: Visual Basic, 妨碍防御: Disable or Modify System Firewall, 妨碍防御: Disable or Modify Tools, 混淆文件或信息, 系统网络配置发现, 视频捕获, 输入工具传输, 输入捕获: Keylogging, 音频捕获
S0385 njRAT [1] 从密码存储中获取凭证: Credentials from Web Browsers, 从本地系统获取数据, 修改注册表, 动态解析: Fast Flux DNS, 启动或登录自动启动执行: Registry Run Keys / Startup Folder, 命令与脚本解释器: PowerShell, 命令与脚本解释器: Windows Command Shell, 外围设备发现, 妨碍防御: Disable or Modify System Firewall, 屏幕捕获, 应用层协议: Web Protocols, 应用窗口发现, 数据编码: Standard Encoding, 文件和目录发现, 本机API, 查询注册表, 混淆文件或信息: Encrypted/Encoded File, 混淆文件或信息: Compile After Delivery, 移除指标: File Deletion, 移除指标: Clear Persistence, 系统信息发现, 系统所有者/用户发现, 视频捕获, 输入工具传输, 输入捕获: Keylogging, 进程发现, 远程服务: Remote Desktop Protocol, 远程系统发现, 通过C2信道渗出, 通过可移动媒体复制, 非标准端口
S0262 QuasarRAT [1] 从密码存储中获取凭证: Credentials from Web Browsers, 从密码存储中获取凭证, 从本地系统获取数据, 代理, 修改注册表, 加密通道: Symmetric Cryptography, 启动或登录自动启动执行: Registry Run Keys / Startup Folder, 命令与脚本解释器: Windows Command Shell, 未加密凭证: Credentials In Files, 滥用权限提升控制机制: Bypass User Account Control, 系统位置发现, 系统信息发现, 系统所有者/用户发现, 系统网络配置发现, 视频捕获, 输入工具传输, 输入捕获: Keylogging, 远程服务: Remote Desktop Protocol, 隐藏伪装: Hidden Window, 隐藏伪装: Hidden Files and Directories, 非应用层协议, 非标准端口, 预定任务/作业: Scheduled Task, 颠覆信任控制: Code Signing
S0332 Remcos [1] 代理, 修改注册表, 剪贴板数据, 启动或登录自动启动执行: Registry Run Keys / Startup Folder, 命令与脚本解释器: Python, 命令与脚本解释器: Windows Command Shell, 屏幕捕获, 文件和目录发现, 混淆文件或信息, 滥用权限提升控制机制: Bypass User Account Control, 虚拟化/沙盒规避: System Checks, 视频捕获, 输入工具传输, 输入捕获: Keylogging, 进程注入, 音频捕获

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