BeaverTail — Malware Profile
BeaverTail is a malware that has both a JavaScript and C++ variant. Active since 2022, BeaverTail is capable of stealing logins from browsers and serves as a downloader for second stage payloads. BeaverTail has previously been leveraged by North Korea-affiliated actors identified as DeceptiveDevelopment or Contagious Interview. BeaverTail has been delivered to victims through code repository sites and has been embedded within malicious attachments.
MITRE ATT&CK techniques (23)
- T1001.001 Junk Data
- T1005 Data from Local System
- T1027.013 Encrypted/Encoded File
- T1036 Masquerading
- T1041 Exfiltration Over C2 Channel
- T1059.007 JavaScript
- T1070.004 File Deletion
- T1071.001 Web Protocols
- T1074.001 Local Data Staging
- T1082 System Information Discovery
- T1083 File and Directory Discovery
- T1105 Ingress Tool Transfer
- T1124 System Time Discovery
- T1195.001 Compromise Software Dependencies and Development Tools
- T1204.002 Malicious File
- T1217 Browser Information Discovery
- T1555 Credentials from Password Stores
- T1555.001 Keychain
- T1555.003 Credentials from Web Browsers
- T1560.001 Archive via Utility
- T1571 Non-Standard Port
- T1654 Log Enumeration
- T1657 Financial Theft