ATT&CKReferencesWiz TeamPCP KICS MAR 2026

Wiz TeamPCP KICS MAR 2026

McCarthy, R., Haughom, J., Read, B. (2026, March 23). KICS GitHub Action Compromised: TeamPCP Strikes Again in Supply Chain Attack. Retrieved July 1, 2026.

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Procedure examples35

TechniqueUsed byProcedure example
T1003.007
Proc Filesystem
MalwareTeamPCP Cloud Stealer

TeamPCP Cloud Stealer can scrape memory from the Runner.Worker process by reading `/proc/<pid>/mem` to extract secrets including plaintext tokens.

T1008
Fallback Channels
MalwareTeamPCP Cloud Stealer

TeamPCP Cloud Stealer can compress and encrypt data and exfiltrate it via POST to an attacker-controlled domain. If that method fails it can use the victim's own GitHub account to create a public repository and uploads the encrypted data as a release asset.

T1036.005
Match Legitimate Resource Name or Location
MalwareTeamPCP Cloud Stealer

TeamPCP Cloud Stealer has installed a backdoor named sysmon.py on targeted systems.

T1041
Exfiltration Over C2 Channel
MalwareTeamPCP Cloud Stealer

TeamPCP Cloud Stealer has exfiltrated collected data to typosquat C2 domains including scan.aquasecurtiy[.]org.

T1057
Process Discovery
MalwareTeamPCP Cloud Stealer

TeamPCP Cloud Stealer can locate GitHub Actions runner processes.

T1059.006
Python
MalwareTeamPCP Cloud Stealer

TeamPCP Cloud Stealer has leveraged Python scripts to download additional payloads, engage in discovery, and to establish persistence.

T1059.007
JavaScript
GroupTeamPCP

TeamPCP has used the JavaScript runtime for malware delivery and injected malicious JavaScript into OpenVSX extensions.

T1059.013
Container CLI/API
GroupTeamPCP

TeamPCP has queried the Kubernetes API for local service account tokens and has used `kubectl` for lateral movement.

T1071.001
Web Protocols
MalwareTeamPCP Cloud Stealer

TeamPCP Cloud Stealer has used `curl` to upload stolen data to attacker controlled domains.

T1074.001
Local Data Staging
MalwareTeamPCP Cloud Stealer

TeamPCP Cloud Stealer has created a staging file in `/tmp` for collected data.

T1078.004
Cloud Accounts
GroupTeamPCP

TeamPCP has used compromised credentials for GitHub and software package repositories, including privileged service accounts, to inject malicious code into CI/CD pipelines.

T1083
File and Directory Discovery
MalwareTeamPCP Cloud Stealer

TeamPCP Cloud Stealer can identify files containing environment variables, SSH keys, cloud credentials, access tokens, and cryptocurrency wallets.

T1105
Ingress Tool Transfer
GroupTeamPCP

TeamPCP has modified legitimate software binaries to retrieve secondary payloads from C2.

T1105
Ingress Tool Transfer
MalwareTeamPCP Cloud Stealer

TeamPCP Cloud Stealer has the ability to download additional payloads to targeted systems.

T1176.002
IDE Extensions
GroupTeamPCP

TeamPCP has compromised VS Code and Open VSX IDE extensions.

T1195.001
Compromise Software Dependencies and Development Tools
GroupTeamPCP

TeamPCP has conducted coordinated supply chain attacks targeting open-source developer infrastructure including the NPM, VS Code, Docker, and PyPi ecosystems to compromise multiple software packages.

T1480
Execution Guardrails
MalwareTeamPCP Cloud Stealer

TeamPCP Cloud Stealer has checked if it is running on a developer machine (rather than GitHub Actions) before executing a Python script for persistence. The script has also polled C2 every 50 minutes for additional payloads and aborted if the returned value contained YouTube.

T1526
Cloud Service Discovery
MalwareTeamPCP Cloud Stealer

TeamPCP Cloud Stealer can search GitHub for Actions runner processes.

T1528
Steal Application Access Token
MalwareTeamPCP Cloud Stealer

TeamPCP Cloud Stealer can read runner.worker process memory to extract plaintext tokens.

T1543.002
Systemd Service
MalwareTeamPCP Cloud Stealer

TeamPCP Cloud Stealer can create a systemd unit to execute a python script for persistence.

T1543.002
Systemd Service
GroupTeamPCP

TeamPCP has used the systemd user service for malware persistence in targeted environments.

T1552.001
Credentials In Files
MalwareTeamPCP Cloud Stealer

TeamPCP Cloud Stealer has the ability to check over 50 file paths for credentials stored in files across CI/CD, cloud, container, and other environments.

T1552.004
Private Keys
MalwareTeamPCP Cloud Stealer

TeamPCP Cloud Stealer has searched victim hosts for TLS and SSH keys.

T1552.007
Container API
MalwareTeamPCP Cloud Stealer

TeamPCP Cloud Stealer can query the Kubernetes API for credentials.

T1555.006
Cloud Secrets Management Stores
MalwareTeamPCP Cloud Stealer

TeamPCP Cloud Stealer can enumerate multiple filesystem paths to extract credentials for AWS, GCP, and Azure including Identity Access Management (IAM) credentials.

T1560.001
Archive via Utility
MalwareTeamPCP Cloud Stealer

TeamPCP Cloud Stealer has bundled collected data into a file named tpcp.tar.gz for exfiltration.

T1564.001
Hidden Files and Directories
MalwareTeamPCP Cloud Stealer

TeamPCP Cloud Stealer can create a hidden directory in the user's home folder on Linux hosts to write a python backdoor.

T1567.001
Exfiltration to Code Repository
MalwareTeamPCP Cloud Stealer

TeamPCP Cloud Stealer can create a repository in the victim's GitHub account using the victim's own GITHUB_TOKEN to upload stolen credentials.

T1573.001
Symmetric Cryptography
MalwareTeamPCP Cloud Stealer

TeamPCP Cloud Stealer has encrypted collected data using a hybrid AES-256 and RSA-4096 encryption prior to exfiltration over 'curl`.

T1573.002
Asymmetric Cryptography
MalwareTeamPCP Cloud Stealer

TeamPCP Cloud Stealer has encrypted collected data using a hybrid RSA-4096 and AES-256-encryption prior to exfiltration over 'curl`.

T1580
Cloud Infrastructure Discovery
MalwareTeamPCP Cloud Stealer

TeamPCP Cloud Stealer has the ability to search for generic GitHub runners.

T1583.001
Domains
GroupTeamPCP

TeamPCP has registered domains resembling legitimate victim sites such as scan.aquasecurtiy[.]org, checkmarx[.]zone, and git-tanstack[.]com to mask C2 and exfiltration endpoints. TeamPCP has also set up a dark web leak site to post stolen data.

T1613
Container and Resource Discovery
MalwareTeamPCP Cloud Stealer

TeamPCP Cloud Stealer can identify Docker and Kubernetes environments for credentials.

T1677
Poisoned Pipeline Execution
GroupTeamPCP

TeamPCP has compromised trusted CI/CD pipelines by injecting credential-stealing payloads into legitimate workflows and software packages including open-source security tools Trivy and KICS, and AI gateway LiteLLM.

T1678
Delay Execution
MalwareTeamPCP Cloud Stealer

TeamPCP Cloud Stealer has leveraged a persistence script that will sleep for five minutes before additional execution.

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