LightNeuron — Malware Profile
LightNeuron is a sophisticated backdoor that has targeted Microsoft Exchange servers since at least 2014. LightNeuron has been used by Turla to target diplomatic and foreign affairs-related organizations. The presence of certain strings in the malware suggests a Linux variant of LightNeuron exists.
MITRE ATT&CK techniques (22)
- T1001.002 Steganography
- T1005 Data from Local System
- T1016 System Network Configuration Discovery
- T1020 Automated Exfiltration
- T1027.013 Encrypted/Encoded File
- T1029 Scheduled Transfer
- T1036.005 Match Legitimate Resource Name or Location
- T1041 Exfiltration Over C2 Channel
- T1059.003 Windows Command Shell
- T1070.004 File Deletion
- T1071.003 Mail Protocols
- T1074.001 Local Data Staging
- T1082 System Information Discovery
- T1105 Ingress Tool Transfer
- T1106 Native API
- T1114.002 Remote Email Collection
- T1119 Automated Collection
- T1140 Deobfuscate/Decode Files or Information
- T1505.002 Transport Agent
- T1560 Archive Collected Data
- T1565.002 Transmitted Data Manipulation
- T1573.001 Symmetric Cryptography