Stuxnet — Malware Profile
Stuxnet was the first publicly reported malware to specifically target industrial control systems devices. Stuxnet is a large and complex malware that utilized multiple behaviors, including numerous zero-day vulnerabilities, a sophisticated Windows rootkit, and network infection routines. Stuxnet was discovered in 2010, with some components being used as early as November 2008.
MITRE ATT&CK techniques (44)
- T1008 Fallback Channels
- T1012 Query Registry
- T1014 Rootkit
- T1016 System Network Configuration Discovery
- T1021 Remote Services
- T1021.002 SMB/Windows Admin Shares
- T1027.013 Encrypted/Encoded File
- T1041 Exfiltration Over C2 Channel
- T1047 Windows Management Instrumentation
- T1053.005 Scheduled Task
- T1055.001 Dynamic-link Library Injection
- T1068 Exploitation for Privilege Escalation
- T1070 Indicator Removal
- T1070.004 File Deletion
- T1070.006 Timestomp
- T1071.001 Web Protocols
- T1078.001 Default Accounts
- T1078.002 Domain Accounts
- T1080 Taint Shared Content
- T1082 System Information Discovery
- T1083 File and Directory Discovery
- T1087.001 Local Account
- T1087.002 Domain Account
- T1090.001 Internal Proxy
- T1091 Replication Through Removable Media
- T1106 Native API
- T1112 Modify Registry
- T1120 Peripheral Device Discovery
- T1124 System Time Discovery
- T1129 Shared Modules
- T1132.001 Standard Encoding
- T1134.001 Token Impersonation/Theft
- T1135 Network Share Discovery
- T1140 Deobfuscate/Decode Files or Information
- T1210 Exploitation of Remote Services
- T1480 Execution Guardrails
- T1505.001 SQL Stored Procedures
- T1518.001 Security Software Discovery
- T1543.003 Windows Service
- T1553.002 Code Signing
- T1560.003 Archive via Custom Method
- T1570 Lateral Tool Transfer
- T1573.001 Symmetric Cryptography
- T1685 Disable or Modify Tools