Hildegard — Malware Profile
Hildegard is malware that targets misconfigured kubelets for initial access and runs cryptocurrency miner operations. The malware was first observed in January 2021. The TeamTNT activity group is believed to be behind Hildegard.
MITRE ATT&CK techniques (27)
- T1014 Rootkit
- T1027.002 Software Packing
- T1027.013 Encrypted/Encoded File
- T1036.004 Masquerade Task or Service
- T1046 Network Service Discovery
- T1059.004 Unix Shell
- T1068 Exploitation for Privilege Escalation
- T1070.003 Clear Command History
- T1070.004 File Deletion
- T1071 Application Layer Protocol
- T1082 System Information Discovery
- T1102 Web Service
- T1105 Ingress Tool Transfer
- T1133 External Remote Services
- T1136.001 Local Account
- T1140 Deobfuscate/Decode Files or Information
- T1219 Remote Access Tools
- T1496.001 Compute Hijacking
- T1543.002 Systemd Service
- T1552.001 Credentials In Files
- T1552.004 Private Keys
- T1552.005 Cloud Instance Metadata API
- T1574.006 Dynamic Linker Hijacking
- T1609 Container Administration Command
- T1611 Escape to Host
- T1613 Container and Resource Discovery
- T1685 Disable or Modify Tools