ATT&CKReferencesCado Security TeamTNT Worm August 2020

Cado Security TeamTNT Worm August 2020

Cado Security. (2020, August 16). Team TNT – The First Crypto-Mining Worm to Steal AWS Credentials. Retrieved September 22, 2021.

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Procedure examples5

TechniqueUsed byProcedure example
T1046
Network Service Discovery
GroupTeamTNT

TeamTNT has used masscan to search for open Docker API ports and Kubernetes clusters. TeamTNT has also used malware that utilizes zmap and zgrab to search for vulnerable services in cloud environments.

T1071.001
Web Protocols
GroupTeamTNT

TeamTNT has the `curl` command to send credentials over HTTP and the `curl` and `wget` commands to download new software. TeamTNT has also used a custom user agent HTTP header in shell scripts.

T1496.001
Compute Hijacking
GroupTeamTNT

TeamTNT has deployed XMRig Docker images to mine cryptocurrency. TeamTNT has also infected Docker containers and Kubernetes clusters with XMRig, and used RainbowMiner and lolMiner for mining cryptocurrency.

T1552.001
Credentials In Files
GroupTeamTNT

TeamTNT has searched for unsecured AWS credentials and Docker API credentials.

T1552.004
Private Keys
GroupTeamTNT

TeamTNT has searched for unsecured SSH keys.

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