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Kinsing S0599

Type: malware
Platforms: Containers, Linux
Created: 6 April 2021
Last modified: 25 April 2025

Kinsing is Golang-based malware that runs a cryptocurrency miner and attempts to spread itself to other hosts in the victim environment. [1][2][3]

Techniques72nd pct

TacticsTop 2%

Threat groupsNone recorded

CampaignsNone recorded

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

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malware

Kinsing S0599

Type: malware
Platforms: Containers, Linux
Created: 6 April 2021
Last modified: 25 April 2025

Kinsing is Golang-based malware that runs a cryptocurrency miner and attempts to spread itself to other hosts in the victim environment. [1][2][3]

Techniques72nd pct

TacticsTop 2%

Threat groupsNone recorded

CampaignsNone recorded

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

Kinsing MITRE reference S0599

Remote System Discovery T1018 ↗

Kinsing has used a script to parse files like /etc/hosts and SSH known_hosts to discover remote systems.4

Discovery39 detection rules

SSH T1021.004 ↗

Kinsing has used SSH for lateral movement.5

Lateral Movement15 detection rules

Cron T1053.003 ↗

Kinsing has used crontab to download and run shell scripts every minute to ensure persistence.6

Execution · Persistence · Privilege Escalation16 detection rules

Process Discovery T1057 ↗

Kinsing has used ps to list processes.7

Discovery10 detection rules

Unix Shell T1059.004 ↗

Kinsing has used Unix shell scripts to execute commands in the victim environment.8

Execution31 detection rules

Web Protocols T1071.001 ↗

Kinsing has communicated with C2 over HTTP.9

Command and Control60 detection rules

Standing S0599

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

Techniques1772nd pct

72nd percentile · 72% 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 groups061% 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 / technique16med38th pct

38th percentile · 62% of 825 ATT&CK software entries have more detection rules per technique.

Tests / technique4med28th pct

28th percentile · 72% of 825 ATT&CK software entries have more atomic tests per technique.

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 / technique2medTop 9%

91st percentile · 91% 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 17 Enterprise techniques.

Range

Technique Campaign use over its cumulative rule count.

Campaigns · 0Sigma rules (cumulative) · 314Splunk ESCU (cumulative) · 215