SPACESHIP copies staged data to removable drives when they are inserted into the system.2
tool
SPACESHIP S0035
- Type
- malware
- Platform
- Windows
- Created
- 31 May 2017
- Last modified
- 17 November 2024
SPACESHIP is malware developed by APT30 that allows propagation and exfiltration of data over removable devices. APT30 may use this capability to exfiltrate data across air-gaps. [1]
6
Techniques29th pct
5
Tactics41st pct
1
Threat groupunranked
0
CampaignsNone recorded
Enterprise ATT&CK only. Any Mobile or ICS rows on the same ATT&CK page are not carried.
MITRE reference S0035
SPACESHIP identifies files with certain extensions and copies them to a directory in the user's profile.3
SPACESHIP identifies files and directories for collection by searching for specific file extensions or file modification time.4
SPACESHIP achieves persistence by creating a shortcut in the current user's Startup folder.5
SPACESHIP achieves persistence by creating a shortcut in the current user's Startup folder.6
Data SPACESHIP copies to the staging area is compressed with zlib. Bytes are rotated by four positions and XOR'ed with 0x23.7
Standing S0035
Reach is how much of ATT&CK this tool touches. Coverage is how well defended each thing it does is, as a median per technique rather than a total — a total would just restate the reach. Each figure is ranked against all 825 ATT&CK software entries only where that population actually spreads. Where most of the population shares one value, a percentile would rank the tie instead of the entity, so the raw value is shown and no rank is claimed.
Reach
Techniques629th pct
29th percentile · 71% of 825 ATT&CK software entries have more Enterprise techniques.
Tactics541st pct
41st percentile · 59% of 825 ATT&CK software entries have more tactics spanned.
Threat group161% tie · 22 values
61% of the population shares a single value across only 22 distinct values, so a percentile here would rank the tie, not the entity.
Campaigns085% tie · 8 values
85% of the population shares a single value across only 8 distinct values, so a percentile here would rank the tie, not the entity.
Coverage
Rules / technique4.5medBottom 5%
5th percentile · 95% of 825 ATT&CK software entries have more detection rules per technique.
Tests / technique2.5med
Detection coverage S0035
84 distinct rules cover the 6 techniques recorded for this tool. 73 Sigma · 11 Splunk.
4 covered by at least one rule2 with no coverage84 distinct rules in total
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