ThreatNeedle can collect data and files from a compromised host.2
tool
ThreatNeedle S0665
- Type
- malware
- Platform
- Windows
- Created
- 30 November 2021
- Last modified
- 10 April 2024
ThreatNeedle is a backdoor that has been used by Lazarus Group since at least 2019 to target cryptocurrency, defense, and mobile gaming organizations. It is considered to be an advanced cluster of Lazarus Group's Manuscrypt (a.k.a. NukeSped) malware family.[1]
14
Techniques61st pct
9
TacticsTop 11%
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 S0665
ThreatNeedle can save its configuration data as a RC4-encrypted Registry key under HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\GameCon.3
ThreatNeedle has been compressed and obfuscated using RC4, AES, or XOR.4
ThreatNeedle has been compressed and obfuscated.5
ThreatNeedle chooses its payload creation path from a randomly selected service name from netsvc.6
ThreatNeedle can collect system profile information from a compromised host.7
Standing S0665
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
Techniques1461st pct
61st percentile · 61% of 825 ATT&CK software entries have this many Enterprise techniques or fewer.
Tactics9Top 11%
89th percentile · 89% 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.
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 / technique37.5medTop 15%
85th percentile · 85% of 825 ATT&CK software entries have this many detection rules per technique or fewer.
Tests / technique7.5med
Detection coverage S0665
681 distinct rules cover the 14 techniques recorded for this tool. The 702 technique-to-rule mappings resolve to 681 distinct rules, because one rule can cover several techniques. 436 Sigma · 245 Splunk.
13 covered by at least one rule1 with no coverage681 distinct rules in total
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