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BlackEnergy S0089

Type: malware
Platform: Windows
Created: 31 May 2017
Last modified: 6 October 2023

BlackEnergy is a malware toolkit that has been used by both criminal and APT actors. It dates back to at least 2007 and was originally designed to create botnets for use in conducting Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attacks, but its use has evolved to support various plug-ins. It is well known for being used during the confrontation between Georgia and Russia in 2008, as well as in targeting Ukrainian institutions. Variants include BlackEnergy 2 and BlackEnergy 3. [1]

TechniquesTop 12%

TacticsTop 2%

Threat groupunranked

Campaignunranked

Enterprise ATT&CK only. Any Mobile or ICS rows on the same ATT&CK page are not carried.

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BlackEnergy S0089

Type: malware
Platform: Windows
Created: 31 May 2017
Last modified: 6 October 2023

TechniquesTop 12%

TacticsTop 2%

Threat groupunranked

Campaignunranked

Enterprise ATT&CK only. Any Mobile or ICS rows on the same ATT&CK page are not carried.

BlackEnergy MITRE reference S0089

Fallback Channels T1008 ↗

BlackEnergy has the capability to communicate over a backup channel via plus.google.com.2

Command and Control5 detection rules

System Network Configuration Discovery T1016 ↗

BlackEnergy has gathered information about network IP configurations using ipconfig.exe and about routing tables using route.exe.3 4

Discovery25 detection rules

SMB/Windows Admin Shares T1021.002 ↗

BlackEnergy has run a plug-in on a victim to spread through the local network by using PsExec and accessing admin shares.5

Lateral Movement54 detection rules

Network Service Discovery T1046 ↗

BlackEnergy has conducted port scans on a host.6

Discovery33 detection rules

Windows Management Instrumentation T1047 ↗

A BlackEnergy 2 plug-in uses WMI to gather victim host details.7

Execution71 detection rules

System Network Connections Discovery T1049 ↗

BlackEnergy has gathered information about local network connections using netstat.8 9

Discovery17 detection rules

Standing S0089

Reach is how much of ATT&CK this malware 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

Techniques25Top 12%

88th percentile · 88% of 825 ATT&CK software entries have this many Enterprise techniques or fewer.

Tactics11Top 2%

98th percentile · 98% of 825 ATT&CK software entries have this many tactics spanned or fewer.

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.

Campaign185% 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 / technique25med61st pct

61st percentile · 61% of 825 ATT&CK software entries have this many detection rules per technique or fewer.

Tests / technique7med62nd pct

62nd percentile · 62% of 825 ATT&CK software entries have this many atomic tests per technique or fewer.

Data comps / technique4med54% tie · 11 values

54% of the population shares a single value across only 11 distinct values, so a percentile here would rank the tie, not the entity.

Mitigations / technique3medTop 3%

97th percentile · 97% of 825 ATT&CK software entries have this many mitigations per technique or fewer.

5 of 8 axes carry an honest rank on this page. Coverage medians are taken across this malware’s 25 Enterprise techniques.

Range

Technique Campaign use over its cumulative rule count.

Campaigns · 1Sigma rules (cumulative) · 475Splunk ESCU (cumulative) · 204