Berry, A., Homan, J., and Eitzman, R. (2017, May 23). WannaCry Malware Profile. Retrieved March 15, 2019.
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| Technique | Used by | Procedure example |
|---|---|---|
| T1047 Windows Management Instrumentation |
MalwareWannaCry | WannaCry utilizes |
| T1083 File and Directory Discovery |
MalwareWannaCry | WannaCry searches for variety of user files by file extension before encrypting them using RSA and AES, including Office, PDF, image, audio, video, source code, archive/compression format, and key and certificate files. |
| T1120 Peripheral Device Discovery |
MalwareWannaCry | WannaCry contains a thread that will attempt to scan for new attached drives every few seconds. If one is identified, it will encrypt the files on the attached device. |
| T1210 Exploitation of Remote Services |
MalwareWannaCry | WannaCry uses an exploit in SMBv1 to spread itself to other remote systems on a network. |
| T1486 Data Encrypted for Impact |
MalwareWannaCry | WannaCry encrypts user files and demands that a ransom be paid in Bitcoin to decrypt those files. |
| T1489 Service Stop |
MalwareWannaCry | WannaCry attempts to kill processes associated with Exchange, Microsoft SQL Server, and MySQL to make it possible to encrypt their data stores. |
| T1490 Inhibit System Recovery |
MalwareWannaCry | WannaCry uses |
| T1543.003 Windows Service |
MalwareWannaCry | WannaCry creates the service "mssecsvc2.0" with the display name "Microsoft Security Center (2.0) Service." |
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