ATT&CKReferencesTrend Micro Cyclops Blink March 2022

Trend Micro Cyclops Blink March 2022

Haquebord, F. et al. (2022, March 17). Cyclops Blink Sets Sights on Asus Routers. Retrieved March 17, 2022.

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Procedure examples7

TechniqueUsed byProcedure example
T1016
System Network Configuration Discovery
MalwareCyclops Blink

Cyclops Blink can use the Linux API `if_nameindex` to gather network interface names.

T1071.001
Web Protocols
MalwareCyclops Blink

Cyclops Blink can download files via HTTP and HTTPS.

T1083
File and Directory Discovery
MalwareCyclops Blink

Cyclops Blink can use the Linux API `statvfs` to enumerate the current working directory.

T1105
Ingress Tool Transfer
MalwareCyclops Blink

Cyclops Blink has the ability to download files to target systems.

T1559
Inter-Process Communication
MalwareCyclops Blink

Cyclops Blink has the ability to create a pipe to enable inter-process communication.

T1572
Protocol Tunneling
MalwareCyclops Blink

Cyclops Blink can use DNS over HTTPS (DoH) to resolve C2 nodes.

T1686.002
Network Device Firewall
MalwareCyclops Blink

Cyclops Blink can modify the Linux iptables firewall to enable C2 communication on network devices via a stored list of port numbers.

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