Malware

Predator Pain

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MITRE ATT&CK

Techniques & procedures

7 distinct techniques documented for this family, organized by ATT&CK tactic.

Initial Access

2 techniques

T1566PhishingEvidence1

Almost all of the adversaries Unit 42 observed employing this malware threat set harvest publicly disclosed or leaked e-mail addresses to construct phishing campaign targeting lists.

T1566.001Spearphishing AttachmentEvidence1

Figure 2 shows the delivery methods observed for the Predator Pain and HawkEye threat set over the period of interest, with e-mail by far being the preferred delivery method for adversaries.

Credential Access

2 techniques

T1056.001KeyloggingEvidence1

Both Predator Pain and HawkEye are considered keyloggers, but they also include additional features, such as web browser and e-mail client credential dumping, display capture, and captured information exfiltration.

T1555Credentials from Password StoresEvidence1

Discovery

1 technique

T1082System Information DiscoveryEvidence1

The following are the capabilities Unit 42 observed as most often enabled for this threat set during the focal time period... Collection of system configuration information

Collection

2 techniques

T1056.001KeyloggingEvidence1

T1113Screen CaptureEvidence1

Exfiltration

1 technique

T1048Exfiltration Over Alternative ProtocolEvidence1

This threat set includes three main methods of exfiltration: E-mail, PHP-based Web Panel, and FTP.

ACTIVITY FEED

Recent activity

3 sources tracked across advisories, community write-ups, and news. New activity surfaces here as Mallory finds it.

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virusbulletinNews

Feb 29, 2016

Virus Bulletin :: New Keylogger on the Block

Mentioned as another contemporary credential stealer/keylogger for comparison with KeyBase's password-stealing functionality.

paloalto researchcenter historicNews

Oct 16, 2015

Surveillance Malware Trends: Tracking Predator Pain and HawkEye

A surveillance malware/keylogger family used primarily in cybercrime campaigns to steal authentication data. It captures keystrokes and also supports browser and email credential dumping, screenshot capture, collection of system configuration information, logging of browser and email activity, and exfiltration via email, PHP-based web panel, or FTP.

palo alto networks unit 42 blogNews

Oct 29, 2014

Examining a VBA-Initiated Infostealer Campaign

Commercially available keylogger/infostealer used to capture and exfiltrate sensitive data (e.g., website credentials, financial information, chat sessions, and email contents).

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IOC matching

Match every observed IP, domain, and hash against your live telemetry.

Threat actor attribution

Named campaigns wielding this family, with evidence pinned to each claim.

Exploited vulnerabilities

CVEs this family uses for access and lateral movement.

Detection signatures

YARA, Sigma, Snort, and vendor rules, auto-deployed to your SIEM.

MITRE ATT&CK mapping7

Every documented technique, ranked by evidence weight.

Researcher chatter

Reddit, Mastodon, and CTI community discussion around this family.

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Malware

Predator Pain

For your environment

Hunt this family in your stack

Mallory pivots from this family to the IOCs, detections, and named campaigns that touch your stack, and pages you when something new lands.

Start free trial

MITRE ATT&CK

Techniques & procedures

7 distinct techniques documented for this family, organized by ATT&CK tactic.

Initial Access

2 techniques

T1566PhishingEvidence1

Almost all of the adversaries Unit 42 observed employing this malware threat set harvest publicly disclosed or leaked e-mail addresses to construct phishing campaign targeting lists.

T1566.001Spearphishing AttachmentEvidence1

Figure 2 shows the delivery methods observed for the Predator Pain and HawkEye threat set over the period of interest, with e-mail by far being the preferred delivery method for adversaries.

Credential Access

2 techniques

T1056.001KeyloggingEvidence1

T1555Credentials from Password StoresEvidence1

Discovery

1 technique

T1082System Information DiscoveryEvidence1

The following are the capabilities Unit 42 observed as most often enabled for this threat set during the focal time period... Collection of system configuration information

Collection

2 techniques

T1056.001KeyloggingEvidence1

T1113Screen CaptureEvidence1

Exfiltration

1 technique

T1048Exfiltration Over Alternative ProtocolEvidence1

This threat set includes three main methods of exfiltration: E-mail, PHP-based Web Panel, and FTP.

ACTIVITY FEED

Recent activity

3 sources tracked across advisories, community write-ups, and news. New activity surfaces here as Mallory finds it.

3 SOURCESView more in app

virusbulletinNews

Feb 29, 2016

Virus Bulletin :: New Keylogger on the Block

Mentioned as another contemporary credential stealer/keylogger for comparison with KeyBase's password-stealing functionality.

paloalto researchcenter historicNews

Oct 16, 2015

Surveillance Malware Trends: Tracking Predator Pain and HawkEye

palo alto networks unit 42 blogNews

Oct 29, 2014

Examining a VBA-Initiated Infostealer Campaign

Commercially available keylogger/infostealer used to capture and exfiltrate sensitive data (e.g., website credentials, financial information, chat sessions, and email contents).

What this page doesn’t show

The version that knows your environment.

Start free trial

IOC matching

Match every observed IP, domain, and hash against your live telemetry.

Threat actor attribution

Named campaigns wielding this family, with evidence pinned to each claim.

Exploited vulnerabilities

CVEs this family uses for access and lateral movement.

Detection signatures

YARA, Sigma, Snort, and vendor rules, auto-deployed to your SIEM.

MITRE ATT&CK mapping7

Every documented technique, ranked by evidence weight.

Researcher chatter

Reddit, Mastodon, and CTI community discussion around this family.