Hacker groupG0135
BackdoorDiplomacy
BackdoorDiplomacy is a cyber espionage threat group that has been active since at least 2017. BackdoorDiplomacy has targeted Ministries of Foreign Affairs and telecommunication companies in Africa, Europe, the Middle East, and Asia.
- Known attack methods
- 15
- Motive
- Espionage
- First seen
- 2017
- Source
- MITRE ATT&CK
How they break in
Techniques MITRE has documented this group using, mapped onto the ATT&CK matrix. Each one is a behaviour you can look for in your own logs, and a control you can test.
Used by this groupNot documented for this groupIn brackets: sub-techniques this group uses, of those that exist.
Reconnaissance
12 techniques
Resource Development
9 techniques · 1 used
Initial Access
11 techniques · 1 used
Execution
20 techniques
Persistence
22 techniques · 1 used
Privilege Escalation
13 techniques
Stealth
30 techniques · 4 used
Defense Impairment
18 techniques
Credential Access
17 techniques
Discovery
34 techniques · 3 used
Lateral Movement
9 techniques
Collection
17 techniques · 1 used
Command and Control
18 techniques · 2 used
Exfiltration
9 techniques
Impact
15 techniques
Resource development2
Initial access1
Persistence1
Stealth5
Discovery3
Collection1
Command and control2
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Malware
Families MITRE records this group deploying. Detection names for these are a reasonable place to start.
China ChopperTurian
Tools
Legitimate or dual-use software the group is documented using. Most of it is software your own administrators use too, which is the point.
MimikatzNBTscanQuasarRAT