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TEARDROP

Actor(s): UNC2452

TEARDROP is a memory only dropper that runs as a service, spawns a thread and reads from the file “gracious_truth.jpg”, which likely has a fake JPG header. Next it checks that HKU\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\CTF exists, decodes an embedded payload using a custom rolling XOR algorithm and manually loads into memory an embedded payload using a custom PE-like file format. TEARDROP does not have code overlap with any previously seen malware. FireEye believe that this was used to execute a customized Cobalt Strike BEACON.

References
2022-07-31 ⋅ BushidoToken Blog ⋅ BushidoToken
@online{bushidotoken:20220731:space:636e570, author = {BushidoToken}, title = {{Space Invaders: Cyber Threats That Are Out Of This World}}, date = {2022-07-31}, organization = {BushidoToken Blog}, url = {https://blog.bushidotoken.net/2022/07/space-invaders-cyber-threats-that-are.html}, language = {English}, urldate = {2022-08-02} } Space Invaders: Cyber Threats That Are Out Of This World
Poison Ivy Raindrop SUNBURST TEARDROP WastedLocker
2022-07-18 ⋅ Palo Alto Networks Unit 42 ⋅ Unit 42
@online{42:20220718:solar:e79bbfb, author = {Unit 42}, title = {{Solar Phoenix}}, date = {2022-07-18}, organization = {Palo Alto Networks Unit 42}, url = {https://unit42.paloaltonetworks.com/atoms/solarphoenix/}, language = {English}, urldate = {2022-07-25} } Solar Phoenix
SUNBURST TEARDROP UNC2452
2022-04-27 ⋅ Mandiant ⋅ Mandiant
@online{mandiant:20220427:assembling:a7068b9, author = {Mandiant}, title = {{Assembling the Russian Nesting Doll: UNC2452 Merged into APT29}}, date = {2022-04-27}, organization = {Mandiant}, url = {https://www.mandiant.com/resources/unc2452-merged-into-apt29}, language = {English}, urldate = {2022-04-29} } Assembling the Russian Nesting Doll: UNC2452 Merged into APT29
Cobalt Strike Raindrop SUNBURST TEARDROP
2021-07-13 ⋅ Symantec ⋅ Threat Hunter Team
@techreport{team:20210713:attacks:76174fd, author = {Threat Hunter Team}, title = {{Attacks Against the Government Sector}}, date = {2021-07-13}, institution = {Symantec}, url = {https://symantec.broadcom.com/hubfs/Attacks-Against-Government-Sector.pdf}, language = {English}, urldate = {2021-07-20} } Attacks Against the Government Sector
Raindrop TEARDROP
2021-07-13 ⋅ YouTube ( Matt Soseman) ⋅ Matt Soseman
@online{soseman:20210713:solarwinds:cb7df1d, author = {Matt Soseman}, title = {{Solarwinds and SUNBURST attacks compromised my lab!}}, date = {2021-07-13}, organization = {YouTube ( Matt Soseman)}, url = {https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GfbxHy6xnbA}, language = {English}, urldate = {2021-07-21} } Solarwinds and SUNBURST attacks compromised my lab!
Cobalt Strike Raindrop SUNBURST TEARDROP
2021-06-01 ⋅ SANS ⋅ Kevin Haley, Jake Williams
@online{haley:20210601:contrarian:6aff18c, author = {Kevin Haley and Jake Williams}, title = {{A Contrarian View on SolarWinds}}, date = {2021-06-01}, organization = {SANS}, url = {https://www.sans.org/webcasts/contrarian-view-solarwinds-119515}, language = {English}, urldate = {2021-06-21} } A Contrarian View on SolarWinds
Cobalt Strike Raindrop SUNBURST TEARDROP
2021-03-08 ⋅ Youtube (SANS Digital Forensics and Incident Response) ⋅ Katie Nickels, Adam Pennington, Jen Burns
@online{nickels:20210308:star:083eb29, author = {Katie Nickels and Adam Pennington and Jen Burns}, title = {{STAR Webcast: Making sense of SolarWinds through the lens of MITRE ATT&CK(R)}}, date = {2021-03-08}, organization = {Youtube (SANS Digital Forensics and Incident Response)}, url = {https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LA-XE5Jy2kU}, language = {English}, urldate = {2021-03-11} } STAR Webcast: Making sense of SolarWinds through the lens of MITRE ATT&CK(R)
Cobalt Strike SUNBURST TEARDROP
2021-03-04 ⋅ Microsoft ⋅ Ramin Nafisi, Andrea Lelli, Microsoft Threat Intelligence Center (MSTIC), Microsoft 365 Defender Threat Intelligence Team
@online{nafisi:20210304:goldmax:3fa3f68, author = {Ramin Nafisi and Andrea Lelli and Microsoft Threat Intelligence Center (MSTIC) and Microsoft 365 Defender Threat Intelligence Team}, title = {{GoldMax, GoldFinder, and Sibot: Analyzing NOBELIUM’s layered persistence}}, date = {2021-03-04}, organization = {Microsoft}, url = {https://www.microsoft.com/security/blog/2021/03/04/goldmax-goldfinder-sibot-analyzing-nobelium-malware}, language = {English}, urldate = {2021-03-06} } GoldMax, GoldFinder, and Sibot: Analyzing NOBELIUM’s layered persistence
SUNBURST TEARDROP UNC2452
2021-02-23 ⋅ CrowdStrike ⋅ CrowdStrike
@techreport{crowdstrike:20210223:2021:bf5bc4f, author = {CrowdStrike}, title = {{2021 Global Threat Report}}, date = {2021-02-23}, institution = {CrowdStrike}, url = {https://go.crowdstrike.com/rs/281-OBQ-266/images/Report2021GTR.pdf}, language = {English}, urldate = {2021-02-25} } 2021 Global Threat Report
RansomEXX Amadey Anchor Avaddon BazarBackdoor Clop Cobalt Strike Conti Cutwail DanaBot DarkSide DoppelPaymer Dridex Egregor Emotet Hakbit IcedID JSOutProx KerrDown LockBit Mailto Maze MedusaLocker Mespinoza Mount Locker NedDnLoader Nemty Pay2Key PlugX Pushdo PwndLocker PyXie QakBot Quasar RAT RagnarLocker Ragnarok RansomEXX REvil Ryuk Sekhmet ShadowPad SmokeLoader Snake SUNBURST SunCrypt TEARDROP TrickBot WastedLocker Winnti Zloader KNOCKOUT SPIDER OUTLAW SPIDER RIDDLE SPIDER SOLAR SPIDER VIKING SPIDER
2021-02-16 ⋅ Accenture ⋅ Alexandrea Berninger
@online{berninger:20210216:hard:55e809e, author = {Alexandrea Berninger}, title = {{Hard lessons learned: Threat intel takeaways from the community response to Solarigate}}, date = {2021-02-16}, organization = {Accenture}, url = {https://www.accenture.com/us-en/blogs/cyber-defense/threat-intel-takeaways-solarigate}, language = {English}, urldate = {2021-02-20} } Hard lessons learned: Threat intel takeaways from the community response to Solarigate
SUNBURST TEARDROP
2021-02-09 ⋅ Securehat ⋅ Securehat
@online{securehat:20210209:extracting:0f4ae2f, author = {Securehat}, title = {{Extracting the Cobalt Strike Config from a TEARDROP Loader}}, date = {2021-02-09}, organization = {Securehat}, url = {https://blog.securehat.co.uk/malware-analysis/extracting-the-cobalt-strike-config-from-a-teardrop-loader}, language = {English}, urldate = {2021-02-10} } Extracting the Cobalt Strike Config from a TEARDROP Loader
Cobalt Strike TEARDROP
2021-02-08 ⋅ US-CERT ⋅ US-CERT
@online{uscert:20210208:malware:f32efbc, author = {US-CERT}, title = {{Malware Analysis Report (AR21-039B): MAR-10320115-1.v1 - TEARDROP}}, date = {2021-02-08}, organization = {US-CERT}, url = {https://us-cert.cisa.gov/ncas/analysis-reports/ar21-039b}, language = {English}, urldate = {2021-02-09} } Malware Analysis Report (AR21-039B): MAR-10320115-1.v1 - TEARDROP
TEARDROP
2021-01-20 ⋅ Microsoft ⋅ Microsoft 365 Defender Research Team, Microsoft Threat Intelligence Center (MSTIC), Microsoft Cyber Defense Operations Center (CDOC)
@online{team:20210120:deep:1cc0551, author = {Microsoft 365 Defender Research Team and Microsoft Threat Intelligence Center (MSTIC) and Microsoft Cyber Defense Operations Center (CDOC)}, title = {{Deep dive into the Solorigate second-stage activation: From SUNBURST to TEARDROP and Raindrop}}, date = {2021-01-20}, organization = {Microsoft}, url = {https://www.microsoft.com/security/blog/2021/01/20/deep-dive-into-the-solorigate-second-stage-activation-from-sunburst-to-teardrop-and-raindrop/}, language = {English}, urldate = {2021-01-21} } Deep dive into the Solorigate second-stage activation: From SUNBURST to TEARDROP and Raindrop
Cobalt Strike SUNBURST TEARDROP
2021-01-18 ⋅ Symantec ⋅ Threat Hunter Team
@online{team:20210118:raindrop:9ab1262, author = {Threat Hunter Team}, title = {{Raindrop: New Malware Discovered in SolarWinds Investigation}}, date = {2021-01-18}, organization = {Symantec}, url = {https://symantec-enterprise-blogs.security.com/blogs/threat-intelligence/solarwinds-raindrop-malware}, language = {English}, urldate = {2021-01-21} } Raindrop: New Malware Discovered in SolarWinds Investigation
Cobalt Strike Raindrop SUNBURST TEARDROP
2021-01-12 ⋅ BrightTALK (FireEye) ⋅ Ben Read, John Hultquist
@online{read:20210112:unc2452:6e54c6c, author = {Ben Read and John Hultquist}, title = {{UNC2452: What We Know So Far}}, date = {2021-01-12}, organization = {BrightTALK (FireEye)}, url = {https://www.brighttalk.com/webcast/7451/462719}, language = {English}, urldate = {2021-01-18} } UNC2452: What We Know So Far
Cobalt Strike SUNBURST TEARDROP
2021-01-11 ⋅ SolarWinds ⋅ Sudhakar Ramakrishna
@online{ramakrishna:20210111:new:296b621, author = {Sudhakar Ramakrishna}, title = {{New Findings From Our Investigation of SUNBURST}}, date = {2021-01-11}, organization = {SolarWinds}, url = {https://orangematter.solarwinds.com/2021/01/11/new-findings-from-our-investigation-of-sunburst/}, language = {English}, urldate = {2021-01-18} } New Findings From Our Investigation of SUNBURST
Cobalt Strike SUNBURST TEARDROP
2021-01-04 ⋅ Twitter (@TheEnergyStory) ⋅ Dominik Reichel
@online{reichel:20210104:some:9e72d62, author = {Dominik Reichel}, title = {{Some small detail on compiler used for TEARDROP}}, date = {2021-01-04}, organization = {Twitter (@TheEnergyStory)}, url = {https://twitter.com/TheEnergyStory/status/1346096298311741440}, language = {English}, urldate = {2021-01-11} } Some small detail on compiler used for TEARDROP
TEARDROP
2021 ⋅ Symantec ⋅ Symantec Threat Hunter Team
@techreport{team:2021:supply:ad422b5, author = {Symantec Threat Hunter Team}, title = {{Supply Chain Attacks:Cyber Criminals Target the Weakest Link}}, date = {2021}, institution = {Symantec}, url = {https://file2.api.drift.com/download/drift-prod-file-uploads/417f%2F417f74ae8ddd24aa7c2b43a23093983f/Supply%20Chain%20Attacks_%20Cyber%20Criminals%20Target%20the%20Weakest%20Link.pdf}, language = {English}, urldate = {2022-02-01} } Supply Chain Attacks:Cyber Criminals Target the Weakest Link
Cobalt Strike Raindrop SUNBURST TEARDROP
2020-12-28 ⋅ Microsoft ⋅ Microsoft 365 Defender Team
@online{team:20201228:using:f8e8574, author = {Microsoft 365 Defender Team}, title = {{Using Microsoft 365 Defender to protect against Solorigate}}, date = {2020-12-28}, organization = {Microsoft}, url = {https://www.microsoft.com/security/blog/2020/12/28/using-microsoft-365-defender-to-coordinate-protection-against-solorigate/}, language = {English}, urldate = {2021-01-01} } Using Microsoft 365 Defender to protect against Solorigate
SUNBURST TEARDROP
2020-12-24 ⋅ Twitter (@TheEnergyStory) ⋅ Dominik Reichel
@online{reichel:20201224:teardrop:8b014ba, author = {Dominik Reichel}, title = {{Tweet on TEARDROP sample}}, date = {2020-12-24}, organization = {Twitter (@TheEnergyStory)}, url = {https://twitter.com/TheEnergyStory/status/1342041055563313152}, language = {English}, urldate = {2021-01-01} } Tweet on TEARDROP sample
TEARDROP
2020-12-23 ⋅ Palo Alto Networks Unit 42 ⋅ Unit 42
@online{42:20201223:timeline:466b51a, author = {Unit 42}, title = {{A Timeline Perspective of the SolarStorm Supply-Chain Attack}}, date = {2020-12-23}, organization = {Palo Alto Networks Unit 42}, url = {https://unit42.paloaltonetworks.com/solarstorm-supply-chain-attack-timeline}, language = {English}, urldate = {2020-12-26} } A Timeline Perspective of the SolarStorm Supply-Chain Attack
SUNBURST TEARDROP
2020-12-22 ⋅ Medium mitre-attack ⋅ Matt Malone, Adam Pennington
@online{malone:20201222:identifying:259fcd9, author = {Matt Malone and Adam Pennington}, title = {{Identifying UNC2452-Related Techniques for ATT&CK}}, date = {2020-12-22}, organization = {Medium mitre-attack}, url = {https://medium.com/mitre-attack/identifying-unc2452-related-techniques-9f7b6c7f3714}, language = {English}, urldate = {2020-12-23} } Identifying UNC2452-Related Techniques for ATT&CK
SUNBURST TEARDROP UNC2452
2020-12-22 ⋅ Checkpoint ⋅ Check Point Research
@online{research:20201222:sunburst:f3cfd5f, author = {Check Point Research}, title = {{SUNBURST, TEARDROP and the NetSec New Normal}}, date = {2020-12-22}, organization = {Checkpoint}, url = {https://research.checkpoint.com/2020/sunburst-teardrop-and-the-netsec-new-normal/}, language = {English}, urldate = {2020-12-23} } SUNBURST, TEARDROP and the NetSec New Normal
SUNBURST TEARDROP
2020-12-21 ⋅ Microsoft ⋅ MSRC Team
@online{team:20201221:solorigate:7c7ab64, author = {MSRC Team}, title = {{Solorigate Resource Center}}, date = {2020-12-21}, organization = {Microsoft}, url = {https://msrc-blog.microsoft.com/2020/12/21/december-21st-2020-solorigate-resource-center/}, language = {English}, urldate = {2021-01-01} } Solorigate Resource Center
SUNBURST TEARDROP
2020-12-21 ⋅ Fortinet ⋅ Udi Yavo
@online{yavo:20201221:what:716b31d, author = {Udi Yavo}, title = {{What We Have Learned So Far about the “Sunburst”/SolarWinds Hack}}, date = {2020-12-21}, organization = {Fortinet}, url = {https://www.fortinet.com/blog/threat-research/what-we-have-learned-so-far-about-the-sunburst-solarwinds-hack}, language = {English}, urldate = {2021-01-18} } What We Have Learned So Far about the “Sunburst”/SolarWinds Hack
Cobalt Strike SUNBURST TEARDROP
2020-12-18 ⋅ Microsoft ⋅ Microsoft 365 Defender Research Team, Microsoft Threat Intelligence Center (MSTIC)
@online{team:20201218:analyzing:9486213, author = {Microsoft 365 Defender Research Team and Microsoft Threat Intelligence Center (MSTIC)}, title = {{Analyzing Solorigate, the compromised DLL file that started a sophisticated cyberattack, and how Microsoft Defender helps protect customers}}, date = {2020-12-18}, organization = {Microsoft}, url = {https://www.microsoft.com/security/blog/2020/12/18/analyzing-solorigate-the-compromised-dll-file-that-started-a-sophisticated-cyberattack-and-how-microsoft-defender-helps-protect/}, language = {English}, urldate = {2020-12-19} } Analyzing Solorigate, the compromised DLL file that started a sophisticated cyberattack, and how Microsoft Defender helps protect customers
SUNBURST SUPERNOVA TEARDROP UNC2452
2020-12-18 ⋅ Costin Raiu
@online{raiu:20201218:from:4f8eb88, author = {Costin Raiu}, title = {{Tweet from Costin Raiu about confirmed TEARDROP sample}}, date = {2020-12-18}, url = {https://twitter.com/craiu/status/1339954817247158272}, language = {English}, urldate = {2020-12-19} } Tweet from Costin Raiu about confirmed TEARDROP sample
TEARDROP
2020-12-14 ⋅ Cisco Talos ⋅ Nick Biasini
@online{biasini:20201214:threat:63acc35, author = {Nick Biasini}, title = {{Threat Advisory: SolarWinds supply chain attack}}, date = {2020-12-14}, organization = {Cisco Talos}, url = {https://blog.talosintelligence.com/2020/12/solarwinds-supplychain-coverage.html#more}, language = {English}, urldate = {2020-12-19} } Threat Advisory: SolarWinds supply chain attack
SUNBURST TEARDROP
2020-12-14 ⋅ Symantec ⋅ Threat Hunter Team
@online{team:20201214:sunburst:12e5814, author = {Threat Hunter Team}, title = {{Sunburst: Supply Chain Attack Targets SolarWinds Users}}, date = {2020-12-14}, organization = {Symantec}, url = {https://symantec-enterprise-blogs.security.com/blogs/threat-intelligence/sunburst-supply-chain-attack-solarwinds}, language = {English}, urldate = {2020-12-19} } Sunburst: Supply Chain Attack Targets SolarWinds Users
SUNBURST TEARDROP
2020-12-13 ⋅ Github (fireeye) ⋅ FireEye
@online{fireeye:20201213:sunburst:04e594f, author = {FireEye}, title = {{SUNBURST Countermeasures}}, date = {2020-12-13}, organization = {Github (fireeye)}, url = {https://github.com/fireeye/sunburst_countermeasures}, language = {English}, urldate = {2020-12-19} } SUNBURST Countermeasures
SUNBURST SUPERNOVA TEARDROP UNC2452
2020-12-13 ⋅ FireEye ⋅ Andrew Archer, Doug Bienstock, Chris DiGiamo, Glenn Edwards, Nick Hornick, Alex Pennino, Andrew Rector, Scott Runnels, Eric Scales, Nalani Fraiser, Sarah Jones, John Hultquist, Ben Read, Jon Leathery, Fred House, Dileep Jallepalli, Michael Sikorski, Stephen Eckels, William Ballenthin, Jay Smith, Alex Berry, Nick Richard, Isif Ibrahima, Dan Perez, Marcin Siedlarz, Ben Withnell, Barry Vengerik, Nicole Oppenheim, Ian Ahl, Andrew Thompson, Matt Dunwoody, Evan Reese, Steve Miller, Alyssa Rahman, John Gorman, Lennard Galang, Steve Stone, Nick Bennett, Matthew McWhirt, Mike Burns, Omer Baig, Nick Carr, Christopher Glyer, Ramin Nafisi, Microsoft
@online{archer:20201213:highly:9fe1728, author = {Andrew Archer and Doug Bienstock and Chris DiGiamo and Glenn Edwards and Nick Hornick and Alex Pennino and Andrew Rector and Scott Runnels and Eric Scales and Nalani Fraiser and Sarah Jones and John Hultquist and Ben Read and Jon Leathery and Fred House and Dileep Jallepalli and Michael Sikorski and Stephen Eckels and William Ballenthin and Jay Smith and Alex Berry and Nick Richard and Isif Ibrahima and Dan Perez and Marcin Siedlarz and Ben Withnell and Barry Vengerik and Nicole Oppenheim and Ian Ahl and Andrew Thompson and Matt Dunwoody and Evan Reese and Steve Miller and Alyssa Rahman and John Gorman and Lennard Galang and Steve Stone and Nick Bennett and Matthew McWhirt and Mike Burns and Omer Baig and Nick Carr and Christopher Glyer and Ramin Nafisi and Microsoft}, title = {{Highly Evasive Attacker Leverages SolarWinds Supply Chain to Compromise Multiple Global Victims With SUNBURST Backdoor}}, date = {2020-12-13}, organization = {FireEye}, url = {https://www.fireeye.com/blog/threat-research/2020/12/evasive-attacker-leverages-solarwinds-supply-chain-compromises-with-sunburst-backdoor.html}, language = {English}, urldate = {2020-12-19} } Highly Evasive Attacker Leverages SolarWinds Supply Chain to Compromise Multiple Global Victims With SUNBURST Backdoor
SUNBURST SUPERNOVA TEARDROP UNC2452
2020-01-22 ⋅ Thomas Barabosch
@online{barabosch:20200122:malware:f805475, author = {Thomas Barabosch}, title = {{The malware analyst’s guide to PE timestamps}}, date = {2020-01-22}, url = {https://0xc0decafe.com/malware-analyst-guide-to-pe-timestamps/}, language = {English}, urldate = {2021-01-25} } The malware analyst’s guide to PE timestamps
Azorult Gozi IcedID ISFB LOLSnif SUNBURST TEARDROP

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