Hacker groupG0040
Patchwork
Also tracked as Hangover Group, Dropping Elephant, Chinastrats, MONSOON, Operation Hangover
Patchwork is a cyber espionage group that was first observed in December 2015. While the group has not been definitively attributed, circumstantial evidence suggests the group may be a pro-Indian or Indian entity. Patchwork has been seen targeting industries related to diplomatic and government agencies. Much of the code used by this group was copied and pasted from online forums. Patchwork was also seen operating spearphishing campaigns targeting U.S. think tank groups in March and April of 2018.
- Known attack methods
- 41
- Motive
- Espionage
- 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 · 1 used
Resource Development
9 techniques · 2 used
Initial Access
11 techniques · 2 used
Execution
20 techniques · 5 used
Persistence
22 techniques · 1 used
Privilege Escalation
13 techniques · 1 used
Stealth
30 techniques · 6 used
Defense Impairment
18 techniques · 2 used
Credential Access
17 techniques · 1 used
Discovery
34 techniques · 5 used
Lateral Movement
9 techniques · 1 used
Collection
17 techniques · 4 used
Command and Control
18 techniques · 3 used
Exfiltration
9 techniques
Impact
15 techniques
Reconnaissance1
Resource development2
Execution8
Persistence1
Privilege escalation1
Stealth9
Defense impairment2
Credential access1
Discovery5
Lateral movement1
Collection4
Command and control3
Malware
Families MITRE records this group deploying. Detection names for these are a reasonable place to start.
AutoIt backdoorBADNEWSBackConfigNDiskMonitorTINYTYPHONUnknown Logger
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.
PowerSploitQuasarRAT