Incident Score: Analysis & Impact (ONENXLHYPINOONDEMP1780957588)

Rankiteo's analysis has identified several MITRE ATT&CK tactics and techniques associated with this incident, each with varying levels of confidence based on available evidence. Under the Initial Access tactic, the analysis identified Phishing (T1566) with high confidence (95%), with evidence including unsolicited emails spoofing legitimate companies, and fake job offers and code review requests, Phishing: Spearphishing Link (T1566.001) with high confidence (90%), supported by evidence indicating direct victims to malicious GitHub repositories disguised as coding assignments, and Phishing: Spearphishing Attachment (T1566.002) with moderate to high confidence (70%), supported by evidence indicating pre-configured task executes when victims open repositories in VS Code. Under the Execution tactic, the analysis identified Command and Scripting Interpreter (T1059) with moderate to high confidence (85%), supported by evidence indicating pre-configured task executes deploying cross-platform malware, User Execution: Malicious File (T1204.002) with high confidence (90%), supported by evidence indicating victims open repositories in VS Code or Cursor executing malware, and JavaScript (T1059.007) with moderate to high confidence (80%), supported by evidence indicating attack runs as JavaScript within VS Code’s Electron process. Under the Persistence tactic, the analysis identified Boot or Logon Autostart Execution (T1547) with moderate confidence (60%), supported by evidence indicating go-based backdoor derived from Overlord C2 framework. Under the Privilege Escalation tactic, the analysis identified Abuse Elevation Control Mechanism: Elevated Execution with Prompt (T1548.004) with moderate to high confidence (80%), supported by evidence indicating fake system password prompt to escalate privileges on macOS. Under the Defense Evasion tactic, the analysis identified Masquerading (T1036) with high confidence (90%), supported by evidence indicating malicious GitHub repositories disguised as coding assignments, Indicator Removal: File Deletion (T1070.004) with moderate to high confidence (70%), supported by evidence indicating anti-forensic cleanup to remove traces, and Hide Artifacts: Hidden Window (T1564.003) with moderate confidence (60%), supported by evidence indicating malware execution within VS Code’s Electron process. Under the Credential Access tactic, the analysis identified Credentials from Password Stores (T1555) with high confidence (95%), supported by evidence indicating browser credential theft (Chrome, Firefox, Chromium-based browsers), Credentials from Password Stores: Credentials from Web Browsers (T1555.003) with high confidence (90%), supported by evidence indicating targeting 35 wallet extensions, 18 standalone wallets, and browser profiles, Steal Application Access Token (T1528) with moderate to high confidence (80%), supported by evidence indicating cryptocurrency wallet exfiltration (MetaMask, Phantom, Exodus, Ledger Live), and Input Capture: Keylogging (T1056.001) with moderate to high confidence (70%), supported by evidence indicating zenity for credential harvesting on Linux. Under the Collection tactic, the analysis identified Data from Local System (T1005) with high confidence (90%), supported by evidence indicating browser credentials, cookies, and encrypted browser data extracted and Automated Collection (T1119) with moderate to high confidence (80%), supported by evidence indicating python-based stealers to extract credentials and cookies. Under the Command and Control tactic, the analysis identified Application Layer Protocol (T1071) with moderate to high confidence (80%), supported by evidence indicating go-based backdoor derived from Overlord C2 framework and Ingress Tool Transfer (T1105) with moderate to high confidence (70%), supported by evidence indicating malware exfiltrates data to attacker-controlled servers. Under the Exfiltration tactic, the analysis identified Exfiltration Over C2 Channel (T1041) with high confidence (90%), supported by evidence indicating data exfiltrated to attacker-controlled servers and Exfiltration Over Alternative Protocol (T1048) with moderate to high confidence (70%), supported by evidence indicating use of legitimate tools (Overlord, Foundry) for exfiltration. Under the Impact tactic, the analysis identified Defacement: Internal Defacement (T1491.001) with moderate confidence (50%), supported by evidence indicating fake job offers and code review requests spoofing legitimate companies. These correlations help security teams understand the attack chain and develop appropriate defensive measures based on the observed tactics and techniques.