Sub-technique of T1608 Stage Capabilities.View on attack.mitre.org
Adversaries may upload malware to third-party or adversary controlled infrastructure to make it accessible during targeting. Malicious software can include payloads, droppers, post-compromise tools, backdoors, and a variety of other malicious content. Adversaries may upload malware to support their operations, such as making a payload available to a victim network to enable Ingress Tool Transfer by placing it on an Internet accessible web server.
Malware may be placed on infrastructure that was previously purchased/rented by the adversary (Acquire Infrastructure) or was otherwise compromised by them (Compromise Infrastructure). Malware can also be staged on web services, such as GitHub or Pastebin; hosted on the InterPlanetary File System (IPFS), where decentralized content storage makes the removal of malicious files difficult; or saved on the blockchain as smart contracts, which are resilient against takedowns that would affect traditional infrastructure.
Adversaries may upload backdoored files, such as software packages, application binaries, virtual machine images, or container images, to third-party software stores, package libraries, extension marketplaces, or repositories (ex: GitHub, CNET, AWS Community AMIs, Docker Hub, PyPi, NPM). By chance encounter, victims may directly download/install these backdoored files via User Execution. Masquerading, including typosquatting legitimate software, may increase the chance of users mistakenly executing these files.
Rules on DetectionCode tagged with T1608.001.
| Rule | Type | Risk | Data source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Windows Unusual File Creation in Confluence Directory | Anomaly | NULL | Sysmon EventID 11 |
| Used by | Procedure example |
|---|---|
| MalwareShai-Hulud | Shai-Hulud has published malicious gzip-compressed tarball (.tgz) following modification of packages within compromised accounts. Shai-Hulud has also modified packages within compromised accounts. |
| Used by | Procedure example |
|---|---|
| CampaignC0010 | For C0010, UNC3890 actors staged malware on their infrastructure for direct download onto a compromised system. |
| CampaignC0011 | For C0011, Transparent Tribe hosted malicious documents on domains registered by the group. |
| CampaignC0021 | For C0021, the threat actors uploaded malware to websites under their control. |
| CampaignNight Dragon | During Night Dragon, threat actors uploaded commonly available hacker tools to compromised web servers. |
| CampaignOperation Dream Job | For Operation Dream Job, Lazarus Group used compromised servers to host malware. |
| CampaignOperation Sharpshooter | For Operation Sharpshooter, the threat actors staged malicious files on Dropbox and other websites. |
| CampaignOperation Spalax | For Operation Spalax, the threat actors staged malware and malicious files in legitimate hosting services such as OneDrive or MediaFire. |
| CampaignRedDelta Modified PlugX Infection Chain Operations | Mustang Panda staged malware on adversary-controlled domains and cloud storage instances during RedDelta Modified PlugX Infection Chain Operations. |
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