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S1140 Spica

Spica is a custom backdoor written in Rust that has been used by Star Blizzard since at least 2023.1

Item Value
ID S1140
Associated Names
Type MALWARE
Version 1.0
Created 18 June 2024
Last Modified 18 June 2024
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Techniques Used

Domain ID Name Use
enterprise T1560 Archive Collected Data Spica can archive collected documents for exfiltration.1
enterprise T1059 Command and Scripting Interpreter -
enterprise T1059.001 PowerShell Spica can use an obfuscated PowerShell command to create a scheduled task for persistence.1
enterprise T1140 Deobfuscate/Decode Files or Information Upon execution Spica can decode an embedded .pdf and write it to the desktop as a decoy document.1
enterprise T1083 File and Directory Discovery Spica can list filesystem contents on targeted systems.1
enterprise T1105 Ingress Tool Transfer Spica can upload and download files to and from compromised hosts.1
enterprise T1036 Masquerading -
enterprise T1036.004 Masquerade Task or Service Spica has created a scheduled task named CalendarChecker for persistence on compromised hosts.1
enterprise T1095 Non-Application Layer Protocol Spica can use JSON over WebSockets for C2 communications.1
enterprise T1053 Scheduled Task/Job -
enterprise T1053.005 Scheduled Task Spica has created a scheduled task named CalendarChecker to establish persistence.1
enterprise T1539 Steal Web Session Cookie Spica has the ability to steal cookies from Chrome, Firefox, Opera, and Edge browsers.1

Groups That Use This Software

ID Name References
G1033 Star Blizzard 1

References