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S1076 QUIETCANARY

QUIETCANARY is a backdoor tool written in .NET that has been used since at least 2022 to gather and exfiltrate data from victim networks.1

Item Value
ID S1076
Associated Names Tunnus
Type MALWARE
Version 1.0
Created 19 May 2023
Last Modified 16 April 2025
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Associated Software Descriptions

Name Description
Tunnus 1

Techniques Used

Domain ID Name Use
enterprise T1071 Application Layer Protocol -
enterprise T1071.001 Web Protocols QUIETCANARY can use HTTPS for C2 communications.1
enterprise T1132 Data Encoding -
enterprise T1132.001 Standard Encoding QUIETCANARY can base64 encode C2 communications.1
enterprise T1074 Data Staged QUIETCANARY has the ability to stage data prior to exfiltration.1
enterprise T1140 Deobfuscate/Decode Files or Information QUIETCANARY can use a custom parsing routine to decode the command codes and additional parameters from the C2 before executing them.1
enterprise T1573 Encrypted Channel -
enterprise T1573.001 Symmetric Cryptography QUIETCANARY can RC4 encrypt C2 communications.1
enterprise T1564 Hide Artifacts -
enterprise T1564.003 Hidden Window QUIETCANARY can execute processes in a hidden window.1
enterprise T1106 Native API QUIETCANARY can call System.Net.HttpWebRequest to identify the default proxy configured on the victim computer.1
enterprise T1012 Query Registry QUIETCANARY has the ability to retrieve information from the Registry.1
enterprise T1016 System Network Configuration Discovery QUIETCANARY can identify the default proxy setting on a compromised host.1

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