Rocke
Rocke is an alleged Chinese-speaking adversary whose primary objective appeared to be cryptojacking, or stealing victim system resources for the purposes of mining cryptocurrency. The name Rocke comes from the email address "rocke@live.cn" used to create the wallet which held collected cryptocurrency. Researchers have detected overlaps between Rocke and the Iron Cybercrime Group, though this attribution has not been confirmed.
- Known attack methods
- 36
- Motive
- Financial gain
- 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
Initial Access
11 techniques · 1 used
Execution
20 techniques · 2 used
Persistence
22 techniques · 3 used
Privilege Escalation
13 techniques
Stealth
30 techniques · 8 used
Defense Impairment
18 techniques · 3 used
Credential Access
17 techniques · 1 used
Discovery
34 techniques · 5 used
Lateral Movement
9 techniques · 1 used
Collection
17 techniques
Command and Control
18 techniques · 4 used
Exfiltration
9 techniques
Impact
15 techniques · 1 used
Initial access1
Persistence3
Stealth11
- T1014Rootkit
- T1027Obfuscated Files or Information
- T1027.002Software Packing
- T1027.004Compile After Delivery
- T1036.005Match Legitimate Resource Name or Location
- T1055.002Portable Executable Injection
- T1070.004File Deletion
- T1070.006Timestomp
- T1140Deobfuscate/Decode Files or Information
- T1564.001Hidden Files and Directories
- T1574.006Dynamic Linker Hijacking