Blue Mockingbird
Blue Mockingbird is a cluster of observed activity involving Monero cryptocurrency-mining payloads in dynamic-link library (DLL) form on Windows systems. The earliest observed Blue Mockingbird tools were created in December 2019.
- Known attack methods
- 22
- 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.
Reconnaissance
12 techniques
Resource Development
9 techniques · 1 used
Initial Access
11 techniques · 1 used
Execution
20 techniques · 4 used
Persistence
22 techniques · 1 used
Privilege Escalation
13 techniques · 1 used
Stealth
30 techniques · 5 used
Defense Impairment
18 techniques · 1 used
Credential Access
17 techniques · 1 used
Discovery
34 techniques · 1 used
Lateral Movement
9 techniques · 1 used
Collection
17 techniques
Command and Control
18 techniques · 1 used
Exfiltration
9 techniques
Impact
15 techniques · 1 used
Resource development1
Initial access1
Execution5
Persistence1
Privilege escalation1
Stealth6
Defense impairment1
Credential access1
Discovery1
Lateral movement2
Command and control1
Impact1
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.