ATT&CKReferencesMicrosoft WhisperGate January 2022

Microsoft WhisperGate January 2022

MSTIC. (2022, January 15). Destructive malware targeting Ukrainian organizations. Retrieved March 10, 2022.

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Procedure examples6

TechniqueUsed byProcedure example
T1083
File and Directory Discovery
MalwareWhisperGate

WhisperGate can locate files based on hardcoded file extensions.

T1102
Web Service
MalwareWhisperGate

WhisperGate can download additional payloads hosted on a Discord channel.

T1105
Ingress Tool Transfer
MalwareWhisperGate

WhisperGate can download additional stages of malware from a Discord CDN channel.

T1485
Data Destruction
MalwareWhisperGate

WhisperGate can corrupt files by overwriting the first 1 MB with `0xcc` and appending random extensions.

T1542.003
Bootkit
MalwareWhisperGate

WhisperGate overwrites the MBR with a bootloader component that performs destructive wiping operations on hard drives and displays a fake ransom note when the host boots.

T1561.002
Disk Structure Wipe
MalwareWhisperGate

WhisperGate can overwrite the Master Book Record (MBR) on victim systems with a malicious 16-bit bootloader.

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